Solid Waste Management Grant Program

The Solid Waste Management Grant Program is designed to assist communities through technical assistance and training provided by grant recipients to qualified organizations. The program aims to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas. The grant funds can be used to evaluate current landfill conditions, provide technical assistance and/or training to enhance operator skills, and help communities reduce the solid waste stream. • The grant program is available to private, non-profit organizations, public bodies, federally acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups, academic institutions, and other eligible entities. • The grant funds cannot be used to recruit applications, duplicate current services, fund political or lobbying activities, pay for capital assets, or purchase real estate or vehicles. • The grant program has a scoring system to evaluate applications based on factors such as project area, applicant experience, and population of the proposed area. • The grant period generally begins on October 1 of each year and ends September 30 of the following year.