00E07010
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Description: This agreement provides funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
EPA's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants for political subdivisions of states and territories will fund activities that will result in a significant decrease in the generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and/or an increase in the diversion of MSW from landfills and incineration, as well as fund innovative solutions and programs that provide or increase access to prevention, reuse, mechanical recycling, anaerobic digestion, and composting.
The purpose of this award is to enhance the City of Cincinnati's efforts to meet the SWIFR grants elements.
Specifically, the City of Cincinnati will deploy 80,000 new recycling carts, replacing broken carts out of warranty and expanding service to new households in targeted communities.
This investment will allow the City to continue to serve the community, extending Ohio's oldest curbside recycling program for another ten years.
Cart distribution will be accompanied by a community outreach and education campaign, designed to increase recycling participation, reinforce recycling best practices, and provide targeted messaging to communities with lower recycling participation rates.
By modernizing the City's recycling infrastructure and motivating residents to participate, the City can make substantial progress toward its goal of achieving a 90% waste diversion rate by 2050.
Activities: The activities to be performed are 1) establish, increase, expand, or optimize collection and improve materials management infrastructure; 2) establish, increase, expand, or optimize capacity for materials management; 3) demonstrate a significant and measurable increase in the diversion, recycling rate, and quality of materials collected for municipal solid waste.
Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include;
- Daily grant management and routine meetings with U.S. EPA and submission of timely reports (quarterly and final)
- 80,000 recycling carts
- Monthly vendor reports tracking household participation
- 16,000 tons of recyclables projected/tracked, with material-by-type reporting (e.g., cardboard, paper, metals, plastics, glass).
- Jobs retained (31) and temporary deployment jobs created (6-12) documented as part of grant administration.
The expected outcomes include adding 80,000 recycling carts to the fleet city-wide, replacing carts beyond their 10-year warranty to restore functionality and reliability to the City's recycling program, providing recycling carts through a city-wide opt-in initiative to up to 5,000 new households that previously lacked them, targeting communities with lower recycling participation rates, conducting a comprehensive city-wide outreach and education campaign to address recycling best practices, encourage participation, and reduce contamination, and achieving a measurable increase in recycling participation and diversion rates city-wide, particularly in neighborhoods with lower recycling participation.
The intended beneficiaries include the City of Cincinnati.
EPA's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants for political subdivisions of states and territories will fund activities that will result in a significant decrease in the generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and/or an increase in the diversion of MSW from landfills and incineration, as well as fund innovative solutions and programs that provide or increase access to prevention, reuse, mechanical recycling, anaerobic digestion, and composting.
The purpose of this award is to enhance the City of Cincinnati's efforts to meet the SWIFR grants elements.
Specifically, the City of Cincinnati will deploy 80,000 new recycling carts, replacing broken carts out of warranty and expanding service to new households in targeted communities.
This investment will allow the City to continue to serve the community, extending Ohio's oldest curbside recycling program for another ten years.
Cart distribution will be accompanied by a community outreach and education campaign, designed to increase recycling participation, reinforce recycling best practices, and provide targeted messaging to communities with lower recycling participation rates.
By modernizing the City's recycling infrastructure and motivating residents to participate, the City can make substantial progress toward its goal of achieving a 90% waste diversion rate by 2050.
Activities: The activities to be performed are 1) establish, increase, expand, or optimize collection and improve materials management infrastructure; 2) establish, increase, expand, or optimize capacity for materials management; 3) demonstrate a significant and measurable increase in the diversion, recycling rate, and quality of materials collected for municipal solid waste.
Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include;
- Daily grant management and routine meetings with U.S. EPA and submission of timely reports (quarterly and final)
- 80,000 recycling carts
- Monthly vendor reports tracking household participation
- 16,000 tons of recyclables projected/tracked, with material-by-type reporting (e.g., cardboard, paper, metals, plastics, glass).
- Jobs retained (31) and temporary deployment jobs created (6-12) documented as part of grant administration.
The expected outcomes include adding 80,000 recycling carts to the fleet city-wide, replacing carts beyond their 10-year warranty to restore functionality and reliability to the City's recycling program, providing recycling carts through a city-wide opt-in initiative to up to 5,000 new households that previously lacked them, targeting communities with lower recycling participation rates, conducting a comprehensive city-wide outreach and education campaign to address recycling best practices, encourage participation, and reduce contamination, and achieving a measurable increase in recycling participation and diversion rates city-wide, particularly in neighborhoods with lower recycling participation.
The intended beneficiaries include the City of Cincinnati.
Awardee
Funding Goals
1 - PILLAR 1: CLEAN AIR, LAND, AND WATER FOR EVERY AMERICAN 1.1 - TBD
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Cincinnati,
Ohio
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
City Of Cincinnati was awarded
SWIFR Grant: Enhancing Cincinnati's Recycling Program
Cooperative Agreement 00E07010
worth $4,999,557
from EPA Region 5: Chicago in April 2026 with work to be completed primarily in Cincinnati Ohio United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 66.920 Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Infrastructure Grants.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Political Subdivisions of States and Territories.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 5/7/26
Period of Performance
4/1/26
Start Date
3/31/29
End Date
Funding Split
$5.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
00E07010
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
City Or Township Government
Awarding Office
68HF05 REGION 5 (GRANTS OFFICE)
Funding Office
68U000 REGION 5 (FUNDING OFFICE)
Awardee UEI
MALYJ97YANE5
Awardee CAGE
3BZR6
Performance District
OH-01
Senators
Sherrod Brown
J.D. (James) Vance
J.D. (James) Vance
Modified: 5/7/26