Solid Waste Management Grants Program

The SWMG Program is designed to assist communities by awarding grant funding to qualified, eligible organizations that provide technical assistance and training to improve the planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas to help reduce or eliminate the pollution of water resources.
Eligible uses: 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; or (e) pay the expenses associated with providing the technical assistance and/or training authorized in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section.
Program administrator: Direct federal
Program status: Active: Accepting applications
Financial instrument: Competitive/Discretionary Grant
Topics: Sustainability, Water, Planning
Notice of funding opportunity: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/364018
Additional information: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/solid-waste-management-grants