1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2024 . 2. Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Program (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Curbside recycling The term curbside recycling means the process by which residential recyclable materials are picked up curbside. (3) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means— (A) a State (as defined in section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6903 )); (B) a unit of local government; (C) an Indian Tribe; and (D) a public-private partnership. (4) Indian Tribe The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). (5) Materials recovery facility (A) In general The term materials recovery facility means a recycling facility where primarily residential recyclables, which are diverted from disposal by a generator and collected separately from municipal solid waste, are mechanically or manually sorted into commodities for further processing into specification-grade commodities for sale to end users. (B) Exclusion The term materials recovery facility does not include a solid waste management facility that may process municipal solid waste to remove recyclable materials. (6) Pilot grant program The term pilot grant program means the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Program established under subsection (b). (7) Recyclable material The term recyclable material means obsolete, previously used, off-specification, surplus, or incidentally produced material for processing into a specification-grade commodity for which a market exists. (8) Transfer station The term transfer station means a facility that— (A) receives and consolidates recyclable material from curbside recycling or drop-off facilities