Solid Waste Funding
CAPCOG, like other councils of governments, uses state funds provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) generated from landfill tipping fees to support eligible solid waste projects within the region that help implement the regional solid waste management plan.
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Program grants are estimated to provide $227,000 in pass-through funding to communities in its 10-county region for the 2026 and 2027 fiscal years to support management of municipal solid waste. Project award amounts will range between $10,000 and $40,000.
Grant funds will be assigned to each fiscal year during one request for application process. Grant funds are available to local governments, public schools and school districts, and general and special law districts created in accordance with state law, and with the authority and responsibility for water quality protection or municipal solid waste management.
The 2026-27 Request for Application Document includes information local governments need to apply for the CAPCOG Solid Waste Grant Program such as project and entity eligibility, the application submission and project selection process, key applications dates, and award ranges.
Staff Contact
Ken May
- Regional Planning & Services
- Solid Waste Program Manager
- 512-916-6040
- kmay@capcog.org
Key Dates & Timeline
Oct. 21, 2025 — Grant Writing Workshop & Training Video Release
4 p.m. Oct. 31 — Question Deadline
5 p.m., Nov. 7 — Q & A Posted
4 p.m. Nov. 20 — Application Deadline
Nov. 24-Dec. 5 — Industry Review
Jan. 14, 2026 — CAPCOG Grant Approvals
Upcoming Events
Questions & Answers
Applicants may submit questions about the Solid Waste Grant Program RFA at anytime during the application period.
However, CAPCOG will compile question from applicants until 4 p.m. Oct. 31 to draft a Q&A document that will be posted by 5 p.m., Nov. 7, 2025.
Question Submission for Q&A Deadline
4 p.m., Oct. 31.
Submit Questions To
Ken May, CAPCOG Solid Waste program manager; and cc, Charles Simon, CAPCOG Regional Planning and Services director
Search the Q&A
CAPCOG has created a library of all the documents related to the 2025-26 Solid Waste Grant Program that allows users to search and get answers to their questions.
Important Documents
The following documents and webpages are associated with the CAPCOG Solid Waste Program Grants and can assist applicants with completing their application:
Grant Assistance video
CAPCOG has created a grant assistance video meant to help local jurisdictions and other eligible organizations in learning about the 2026, 2027 Solid Waste Grant Program application and funding process.
The video covers topics such as organizational and project eligibility, the submission and review of applications, the difference between this year’s and previous years application processes and more.
Private Industry Review
Under state statute, CAPCOG has an obligation to provide all solid waste grant program applications for a private industry review. CAPCOG will notify its private sector solid waste stakeholders of the applications which will can be accessed through these links after the applications are submitted. Any comments can be sent to Ken May by the close of business on Dec. 5, 2025.
PRevious
Grant Opportunties
2024-25
CAPCOG Solid Waste grants assisted 15 communities in the region during the initial 2024-25 grant cycle.
Read about the process. (Updating)
Review the awarded projects.
At the end of the biennium, CAPCOG funded several disaster related projects in Burnet, and Travis counties, as well as contributed funding to projects that didn’t initially receive funding. This funding was due to programmatic and grant project savings.
2022-23
The CAPCOG Solid Waste grants assisted 12 communities in the region with about $264,000 in funding during the 2022-23 grant cycle.
Read about the process.
Review the awarded projects.
At the end of the biennium, CAPCOG conducted a Call for Projects to spend down programmatic and grant project savings. It awarded nearly $99,000 to 5 additional projects.
Read about the process.
Review the awarded projects.
2020-21
The CAPCOG Solid Waste grants assisted 10 communities in the region with about $191,000 in funding during the 2020-21 grant cycle.
Review the funding projects.
Read the about the process.