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DESCRIPTION:WASATCH INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S PROJECT ALIGNS WITH SWIFR OBJECTIVES TO EXPAND COLLECTION AND PROCESSING, REDUCE CONTAMINATION, AND INCREASE DIVERSION IN WASATCH COUNTY. SPECIFICALLY, THE AWARD WILL INVEST IN PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE IN WASATCH COUNTY TO INCREASE ORGANICS CAPACITY AND EXTEND LANDFILL LIFE, REDUCE BARRIERS AND EXPAND ACCESS THROUGH CURBSIDE CARTS, IMPROVE MATERIAL QUALITY BY DETECTING AND REDUCING CONTAMINATION, AND SCALE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO DRIVE PARTICIPATION AND PROPER SORTING. IT WILL ALSO FUND STAFFING AND IMPLEMENTATION, INCLUDING TWO PERMANENT POSITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION JOBS TIED TO THE BUILDOUT.ACTIVITIES:WASATCH INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL BUILD A NEW AERATED STATIC PILE PAD AT THE GREEN WASTE RECYCLING FACILITY TO BOOST PROCESSING CAPACITY FROM 29,000 TO 49,000 TONS PER YEAR, WITH CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING AROUND MONTH 7 AND FINISHING WITHIN 12 MONTHS. THE PROJECT WILL DEPLOY APPROXIMATELY 10,063 CURBSIDE ORGANICS CARTS TO LAUNCH SERVICE IN WEST BOUNTIFUL, SOUTH WEBER, AND CLINTON AND EXPAND PARTICIPATION IN SUNSET AND SYRACUSE, REACHING ROUGHLY 10,000 ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS BY YEAR 2. IT WILL ALSO PILOT TRUCK#8209;MOUNTED CAMERA/AI CONTAMINATION DETECTION PAIRED WITH TARGETED OUTREACHMDASH;PROCURED BY THE END OF YEAR 1 AND ACTIVE IN YEAR 2MDASH;WHILE DELIVERING DISTRICT#8209;WIDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THROUGH MAILERS, STICKERS, BRIEFINGS, TOURS, AND DIGITAL CHANNELS. RESULTS WILL BE TRACKED THROUGHOUT; BY THE BEGINNING OF 2029, THE PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO COLLECT AND COMPOST ABOUT 23,850 TONS OF GREEN WASTE ANNUALLY AND PROVIDE DISTRICT#8209;WIDE ACCESS TO THE EXPANDED FACILITY.SUBRECIPIENT:NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.OUTCOMES:ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AERATED STATIC PILE CONCRETE PAD THAT EXPANDS THE COMPOST FACILITY FOOTPRINT BY APPROXIMATELY 113,000 SQUARE FEET AND INCREASES PROCESSING CAPACITY BY 20,000 TONS PER YEAR; PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF 10,063 CURBSIDE ORGANICS CARTS IN WEST BOUNTIFUL, CLINTON, SOUTH WEBER, SUNSET, AND SYRACUSE; INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF TRUCK#8209;MOUNTED CAMERA AND AI CONTAMINATION#8209;DETECTION TECHNOLOGY; AND DISTRICT#8209;WIDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES, WITH MONITORING AND REPORTING THAT TRACK DIVERSION USING SCALE DATA. EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE CURBSIDE ORGANICS ACCESS FOR ROUGHLY 10,000 ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS, A 23% INCREASE IN GREEN#8209;WASTE DIVERSION FROM THE 2023 BASELINE TO ABOUT 23,850 TONS COLLECTED AND COMPOSTED BY DECEMBER 2028 (RISING TO 38,677 TONS BY 2060), 100% OF THE SERVICE AREA SERVED THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUTREACH, REDUCED CONTAMINATION TO IMPROVE MATERIAL QUALITY, AND JOB CREATION (41 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND TWO PERMANENT FULL#8209;TIME POSITIONS PLUS 0.20 FTE PER YEAR FOR EDUCATION, PILOT IMPLEMENTATION, AND TRACKING). INTENDED BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE RESIDENTS IN THE PARTNER CITIES RECEIVING CARTS AND THE BROADER 16#8209;COMMUNITY DISTRICT, ALL OF WHOM WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE EXPANDED COMPOST FACILITY EITHER VIA CURBSIDE PROGRAMS OR SELF#8209;HAUL; STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS ENGAGED THROUGH EXPANDED TOURS; COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CITY COUNCILS PARTICIPATING IN OUTREACH; AND LOCAL WORKERS BENEFITING FROM CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITY JOBS, WITH ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM REDUCED LANDFILL USE AND ASSOCIATED COST SAVINGS AND AIR#8209;POLLUTION REDUCTIONS OVER TIME.

Cooperative Agreement · Environmental Protection Agency · to Wasatch Intergrated Waste Management District (UEI CZ34R6392QF3) · data as of 2026-09-30

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