1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017 . 2. Grant program The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this Act referred to as the Administrator ) shall award grants to local governments or consortia of local governments, which may be acting in coordination with one or more nongovernmental entities. The grants shall be used to develop solid waste prevention, reuse, and recycling tactics and operations, which may include— (1) development or deployment of technologies or practices to increase rates of waste prevention, reuse, recycling, or composting; (2) capital investment in infrastructure to start or expand waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting, or product reuse programs; (3) partnerships with local businesses interested in incorporating new technologies or processes to reduce or prevent waste in production or packaging; or (4) community outreach and public education programming, including programming to— (A) increase community knowledge of effective waste prevention, reuse, recycling, or composting; and (B) increase behavior that will reduce overall household waste generation. 3. Grant review (a) Grant awardees Grants shall be awarded under this Act to applicants that collectively represent a range of existing waste prevention, reuse, recycling, and composting rates. In order to be considered for this award, applicants must— (1) set specific waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting, or public education goals that will bring communities closer to zero waste; (2) have a clearly established plan to use grant funds for one or more of the purposes described in section 2; and (3) meet other criteria as determined by the Administrator. (b) Additional factors Additional weight may be given to the applications of local governments or consortia that— (1) have statutorily committed to zero waste principles; (2) demonstrate job creation