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Solid Waste Management Grant Program

Funds may be used to: (a) Provide technical assistance and/or training to reduce the solid waste stream through reduction, recycling, and reuse. (b) Provide training to enhance operator skills in maintaining and operating active landfills.

FromRural Utilities Service
Who can applyothers (see eligibility notes)
Eligibility notesAn organization is eligible to receive a SWM grant if it: a) is a private, non-profit organization that has tax-exempt status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
How muchup to $1 million per award; about 40 awards; $4 million total
DeadlineThu, Dec 31, 2026 (69 days left)
CategoryCommunity Development
TypeGrant
Opportunity #SWMFY27
Assistance listing10.762
PostedThu, Oct 1, 2026

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Funds may be used to: (a) Provide technical assistance and/or training to reduce the solid waste stream through reduction, recycling, and reuse. (b) Provide training to enhance operator skills in maintaining and operating active landfills. (c) Provide technical assistance and/or training for operators of landfills which are closed or will be closed in the near future with the development/implementation of closure plans, future land use plans, safety and maintenance planning, and closure scheduling within permit requirements. (d) Evaluate current landfill conditions to determine the threats to water resources. (e) Pay the expenses associated with providing the technical assistance and/or training authorized in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section. Grant funds may not be used to: (a) Duplicate current services or replace or substitute support normally provided by other means, such as those performed by an association's consultant in developing a project, including feasibility, design, and cost estimates. (b) Fund political or lobbying activities. (c) Purchase real estate or vehicles, improve or renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property. (d) Pay the costs for construction, improvement, rehabilitation, modification, or operation and maintenance of water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities. (e) Construct or furnish a building. (f) Intervene in the Federal regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. (g) Sue the Federal Government or any o

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