Bredesen Announces $424,000 in Recycling Equipment Grants
Nashville, Tenn. - Governor Phil Bredesen and Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke announced today that 20 recycling equipment grants have been awarded for projects to help reduce landfill waste across Tennessee. These grants total more than $424,000.
“I’m pleased we can provide funding to support the waste reduction efforts these 20 grants represent,” Bredesen said. “This program plays an important role in our state’s strategy to encourage recycling and to reduce the amount of solid waste that goes into landfills in Tennessee.”
Recycling equipment grants may be used to purchase equipment for new recycling programs, improve and expand the operation of an existing site or prepare recyclable materials for transport and marketing. Grants may be awarded to counties, cities, non-profit recycling organizations and solid waste authorities across Tennessee to help reach or exceed the goals set forth in the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991. Each recipient is required to match the state grant on a sliding scale basis. Local matching funds toward these 20 projects total nearly $199,000.
The grant program was authorized by the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991 and is supported from the Tennessee Solid Waste Management Fund that is administered by the Department of Environment and Conservation. The fund receives its revenues from a state surcharge on each ton of solid waste disposed in landfills and from a fee on new tires sold in the state.
The recycling equipment grants announced today include:
| APPLICANT | COUNTY | GRANT AMOUNT | APPLICANT’S MATCH | PROJECT/EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION |
| Anderson County | Anderson | $16,375 | $16,375 | Skid steer loader, aerosol can |
| Cannon County | Cannon | $17,500 | $7,500 | Box Truck |
| Carroll County | Carroll | $22,132 | $5,533 | Collection truck |
| Claiborne County | Claiborne | $20,000 | $5,000 | Compactors, containers |
| Coffee County | Coffee | $23,961 | $15,974 | Can crusher, roll-off box |
| Dekalb County | Dekalb | $22,645 | $9,705 | Divided and open-top containers |
| Fentress County | Fentress | $25,000 | $15,000 | Box truck |
| Goodwill Industries-Knoxville, Inc. | Grainger | $21,519 | $2,391 | Roll-off trailer, roll-off container, paint |
| Greene County | Greene | $7,500 | $7,500 | Vertical baler |
| Hardeman County | Hardeman | $19,997 | $4,999 | Floor-mounted drill press, paint management |
| Hardin County | Hardin | $22,680 | $9,750 | Container |
| Henry County | Henry | $23,100 | $9,900 | Box truck |
| Lewisburg | Marshall | $25,000 | $10,714 | Carts, cart tipper |
| Pickett County | Pickett | $25,000 | $10,203 | Skid steer loader |
| Putnam County | Putnam | $7,980 | $5,320 | Receiver box, canopy, paint management |
| Scott County | Scott | $25,000 | $20,000 | Baler |
| Smith County | Smith | $24,259 | $6,064 | Containers, paint management |
| Van Buren County | Van Buren | $25,000 | $5,000 | Roll-off containers |
| Washington County | Washington | $25,000 | $25,000 | Fork lift, roll-off containers |
| Wayne County | Wayne | $25,000 | $7,000 | Skid steer loader |
| TOTAL | $424,648 | $198,929 |
More information about recycling equipment grants may be found on the Department of Environment and Conservation’s Web site at www.tdec.net/swm/grants.