Circular Economy

New Funding Available

On September 16, 2024, EPA announced three funding opportunities for recycling and wasted food prevention. Find out more about these opportunities and how to apply:
Final National Strategy

EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are pleased to announce the "National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics."
- Read the press release.
Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

The report focuses on actions to reduce, reuse, collect, and capture plastic waste.
Recycling Infrastructure and Market Opportunities Map

This interactive map highlights existing infrastructure, per capita generation and recycling of post-consumer material, and other relevant market factors.

A circular economy reduces material use, redesigns materials to be less resource intensive, and recaptures “waste” as a resource to manufacture new materials and products.