1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Zeroing Excess, Reducing Organic Waste, and Sustaining Technical Expertise Act or the ZERO WASTE Act . 2. Grant program (a) In general The Administrator shall establish and carry out a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for projects that are consistent with zero-waste practices. (b) Grant use (1) Organics recycling infrastructure An eligible entity receiving a grant under this Act may use grant funds to carry out a project relating to organics recycling infrastructure, including facilities, machinery, equipment, and other physical necessities required for organics collection or processing on a city-wide or county-wide scale, provided that— (A) implementation of such project— (i) results in increased capacity for residential and commercial source separated organics streams; and (ii) generates a usable product that has demonstrable environmental benefits when compared to the input materials, such as compost with added nutritional content; and (B) such project does not include mixed-waste composting. (2) Electronic waste reuse and recycling An eligible entity receiving a grant under this Act may use grant funds to carry out a project relating to electronic waste reuse or recycling, including infrastructure and technology, research and development, and product refurbishment, provided that such project— (A) does not include an electronic waste buy-back program that provides compensation for used electronics where such compensation is applied as a credit toward the purchase of additional electronics