00E08000
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Description: This agreement provides funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
The U.S. 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 Chicago's efforts to meet the SWIFR grants elements.
Specifically, the City of Chicago will establish a curbside yard waste collection program.
Funding will be used to hire staff to collect yard waste on a year-round, biweekly schedule along 60 collection routes that would service roughly 36,000 households.
The yard waste collected will be diverted from landfills to composting.
Activities: The activities to be performed include hiring staff to collect yard waste on a year-round, biweekly schedule along 60 collection routes that would service roughly 36,000 households.
Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include the establishment of a curbside yard waste collection program established/created to serve 36,000 households on a year-round, biweekly schedule and the distribution of 14,271 95-gallon yard waste carts to aide in collection.
The expected outcomes include an estimated 6,048 tons of yard waste diverted from landfills to composting over the 3-year project period.
Residents from these 36,000 households will also learn how to properly use the new yard waste program and about the benefits of composting yard waste through mailers, presentations at community meetings by DSS staff, cart tagging when improper yard waste set out is observed, and through the availability of free bags of compost for interested households along collection routes.
The intended beneficiaries include residents of the City of Chicago.
The U.S. 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 Chicago's efforts to meet the SWIFR grants elements.
Specifically, the City of Chicago will establish a curbside yard waste collection program.
Funding will be used to hire staff to collect yard waste on a year-round, biweekly schedule along 60 collection routes that would service roughly 36,000 households.
The yard waste collected will be diverted from landfills to composting.
Activities: The activities to be performed include hiring staff to collect yard waste on a year-round, biweekly schedule along 60 collection routes that would service roughly 36,000 households.
Subrecipient: No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes: The anticipated deliverables include the establishment of a curbside yard waste collection program established/created to serve 36,000 households on a year-round, biweekly schedule and the distribution of 14,271 95-gallon yard waste carts to aide in collection.
The expected outcomes include an estimated 6,048 tons of yard waste diverted from landfills to composting over the 3-year project period.
Residents from these 36,000 households will also learn how to properly use the new yard waste program and about the benefits of composting yard waste through mailers, presentations at community meetings by DSS staff, cart tagging when improper yard waste set out is observed, and through the availability of free bags of compost for interested households along collection routes.
The intended beneficiaries include residents of the City of Chicago.
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
Chicago,
Illinois
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
City Of Chicago was awarded
Chicago Yard Waste Collection Program Grant
Cooperative Agreement 00E08000
worth $4,999,988
from EPA Region 5: Chicago in April 2026 with work to be completed primarily in Chicago Illinois 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 4/28/26
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
00E08000
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
Y68CZ7ALK2N7
Awardee CAGE
8MPY7
Performance District
IL-04
Senators
Richard Durbin
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
Modified: 4/28/26