FY25 RWD and Tire Grants Informational Meeting
Recycling and Waste Diversion Grant Cycle FY25
The FY25 Recycling and Waste Diversion (RWD) Grant was announced on July 15, 2024, with an initial $2.5 million budget. Applications were accepted between August 15, 2024, and October 4, 2024.
A total of ten applications were received for the RWD Grant, amounting to $3.7 million in grant award requests. Each application was reviewed and scored based on overall project purpose and need, implementation plan, metrics, and cost effectiveness.
The following seven grantees were selected for a total of $3,182,051:
| Athens-Clarke County | Equipment: Screener for cardboard processing |
| Carroll County | Infrastructure: Cardboard compactor |
| City of Tybee Island | Infrastructure and equipment: Coastline recycling bins, Styrofoam densifier |
| Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority | Equipment: Front-end loader truck, recycling bin repair |
| Gordon County | Infrastructure: Roll-off containers for paper recycling |
| Laurens County | Infrastructure: Food residuals collection for composting |
| The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia* | Infrastructure: Center for Hard to Recycle Material (CHaRM) recycling facility |
*Grantee(s) in italics are recommended for award, and their agreements are pending execution.
The RWD Grant was administered for the following schedule for FY25:
| August 1, 2024 | SWTF Grant Administration Portal Training |
| August 8, 2024 | RWD Grant Informational Webinar |
| August 15, 2024 | Application period open |
| October 4, 2024 | Application submission deadline |
| October 2024 -January 2025 | Application review |
| February – March 2025 | Grant funds awarded |
