Infrastructure

Closed Loop Infrastructure Fund

The Closed Loop Infrastructure Fund accepts applications for U.S.-based projects on a rolling basis and provides below-market rate loans to municipalities and companies to improve recycling infrastructure.

Eligible Recipients:

TBA

Eligible Projects:

Applications are evaluated based on the following criteria:

  • Project must be based in the U.S.
  • Greenhouse gas emissions reduced/avoided
  • Materials diversion from disposal
  • Applicant’s ability to repay
  • Replicability and scalability of the project or model
  • Amount of increase in access to or participation in recycling
  • Amount of increase in the recovery and/or reuse of post-consumer commodities (i.e., plastics, paper, glass, or metal)
  • Economic benefit(s) to the community(ies) served by the project or company
  • Ability for the applicant and/or project to leverage additional sources of capital

Funding Source:
Closed Loop Partners

Funding Amount:

  • We provide zero interest loans to municipalities and below market rate loans to private companies.
  • Typical loan size is $3-$5M over a 3-10 year term, with each loan secured by collateral.
  • We invest in best-in-class operators who are leaders in their industry in the United States.

Funding Deadline:
Applications accepted on a rolling basis

Contact:
Apply on website

More Information:
https://www.closedlooppartners.com/funds/apply-for-funding/closed-loop-infrastructure-fund/

EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure and Recycling Grants

The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling program provides grants to implement a strategy to improve post-consumer materials management and infrastructure; support improvements to local post-consumer materials management and recycling programs; and assist local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.

Eligible Recipients:

  • U.S. States and political subdivisions of states.
  • Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.
  • District of Columbia.
  • Federally recognized tribal governments.
  • Former tribal reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior).
  • Alaskan Native Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203.
  • Intertribal Consortia consistent with the requirements in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 35.504(a).

Eligible Projects:

TBA

Funding Source:
United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act and initially funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Funding Amount:
TBA

Funding Deadline:
EPA anticipates the Requests for Applications will be released this fall.

Contact:
Provide input or submit questions about this program to SWIFR@epa.gov.

More Information:
https://www.epa.gov/rcra/solid-waste-infrastructure-recycling-grant-program