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The EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) initiated a series of innovative pilots to test new ideas and strategies for environmental and public health protection. A small amount of money is set aside to fund creative approaches to waste minimization, energy recovery, recycling, land revitalization, and homeland security that may be replicated across various sectors, industries, communities, and regions. We hope these pilots will pave the way for programmatic and policy recommendations by demonstrating the environmental and economic benefits of creative, innovative approaches to the difficult environmental challenges we face today.
Current Activities
April 3, 2007
EPA is reviewing applications for the OSWER Innovations Pilot Projects and will notify both successful and unsuccessful applicants once selections have been made.
September 25, 2006
FY 07 OSWER Innovation Pilot Projects RFA (PDF) (pp, 25 pp, 73K, About PDF)
Questions and Answers, dated November 17, 2006
Amendment 001, dated October 31, 2006 (PDF) (1 p, 17 K, About PDF)
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits creative proposals testing innovative and collaborative approaches to: restore
contaminated properties to environmental and economic vitality; increase America’s homeland security; promote stewardship and resource conservation consistent with the Agency’s Resource Conservation Challenge, and encourage voluntary efforts to clean up sites. The closing date of this announcement is Monday, November 20, 2006
May 24, 2005
2005
Innovation Pilots - EPA selected eight projects that
test new approaches to waste minimization and land remediation. While
the innovative projects may begin as small-scale efforts, many hold
promise for broader application across various industrial sectors
and waste streams, leading a shift in thinking from waste management
to materials reuse, from abandonment of contaminated lands to land
revitalization.
July 14, 2004
EPA Announces Innovative Approaches to Reduce Waste and Improve Emergency Preparedness... more...