Recycling and Waste Diversion Grant Cycle FY23

2022-2023 Grant Cycle

The Recycling and Waste Diversion (RWD) Grant was announced in July 2022 with a $2 million budget. Applications were accepted between August 1, 2022, and September 30, 2022.

A total of 42 applications were received amounting to $14,765,239 in grant award requests. Each application was reviewed and scored based on overall project purpose and need, community investment, implementation plan, metrics for waste reduction, and cost effectiveness. Fifteen projects were initially selected for award; however, additional funding ($1 million) became available, resulting in six additional awards from the first application cycle.

The following twenty-one grantees were selected for a total of $2,738,799. 

Click on the links below to learn more about each project. 

Grantee	Brief Project Summary
Athens-Clarke County	Equipment: Collection vehicle & equipment for organics waste diversion
Bleckley County Commission	Equipment: Large collection bins at transfer station
Carroll County Board of Commissioners	Equipment: Bins, tents; Disposal fees for recycling collection
City of Byron	Infrastructure: New recycling center
City of Chatsworth	Infrastructure: Structure to house recycling to prevent contamination
City of Decatur	Residential composting program
City of Milton	Equipment: Collection bins, mobile hopper, tilt trucks
City of Norcross	Household hazardous waste recycling
City of Powder Springs	Equipment: Forklift, baler, bins
City of Roswell	Equipment: Polystyrene densifier
City of Woodstock	Household hazardous waste recycling
Columbus Consolidated Government	Equipment: Roll-offs carts for residential recycling
Dalton Whitfield Solid Waste Authority	Infrastructure: Elevated recycling sorting line
Dodge County	Infrastructure: Cardboard collection & baler facility
Douglas County Board of Commissioners	Infrastructure: Compactor/bailers
Forsyth County Recycling and Solid Waste	Equipment: Plastics compacting and collection equipment
Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners	Infrastructure: Glass recycling
Laurens County Solid Waste Management Authority	Equipment: Roll-offs, trommel installation, mobile conveyor
Murray County Government	Equipment: Collection vehicle for recycling
Pickens County Recycling	Equipment: Glass pulverizer to increase capacity
University of Georgia	Equipment: Front-end loader, software

The RWD Grant was administered according to the following schedule for FY23:

Grant Webinar Recordings and Presentation Slides - FY 2023

RWD Grant Presentation Slides  

RWD Grant Reporting and Invoicing Presentation - FY 2023

RWD Grant Reporting and Invoicing Presentation Slides

FAQs - FY 2023

RWD Grant FAQs - September 30, 2022