Bredesen Announces $417,000 in Recycling Equipment Grants
Friday, October 24, 2008 | 06:00am
NASHVILLE - Governor Phil Bredesen and Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke announced today that 19 recycling equipment grants have been awarded for projects to help reduce landfill waste across Tennessee. These grants total more than $417,000.
“I’m pleased we have a mechanism to help support waste reduction efforts for our counties,” 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 19 projects total nearly $167,500.
The grant program was authorized by the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991 and is supported from the Tennessee Solid Waste Management Fund, which 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 | $15,192 | $15,192 | Bins, baler, propane cylinder system, fluorescent bulb crusher, lift gate |
Bledsoe County | Bledsoe | $21,765 | $2,418 | Roll-off containers |
Chester County | Chester | $25,000 | $3,000 | Skid steer loader |
Claiborne County Solid Waste | Claiborne | $25,000 | $35,000 | Horizontal baler |
Goodwill Industries-Knoxville | Cocke | $19,887 | $4,972 | Metal wire mesh fences, enclosures, bins, lids |
Fentress County | Fentress | $20,806 | $5,202 | Recycling containers |
Goodwill Industries-Knoxville | Grainger | $22,499 | $2,500 | Trailer, bins with covers, stackable lids, storage containers |
Hardin County | Hardin | $17,010 | $7,290 | Recycling containers |
Haywood County | Haywood | $25,000 | $7,178 | Mobile shredding unit, sorting conveyor belt |
Hickman County | Hickman | $25,000 | $19,700 | Skid steer loader |
Jefferson County Solid Waste | Jefferson | $17,500 | $7,500 | Horizontal baler |
Marion County | Marion | $21,765 | $2,418 | Roll-off containers |
City of Lewisburg | Marshall | $25,000 | $10,715 | Carts, RFID reader |
Morgan County | Morgan | $18,347 | $2,039 | Flatbed trailers |
Overton County | Overton | $23,093 | $2,566 | Glass crusher, recycling containers |
Sequatchie County | Sequatchie | $22,011 | $2,446 | Compactor, roll-off container |
Smith County | Smith | $22,478 | $5,620 | Forklift, diaphragm pump, recycling containers |
Washington County | Washington | $25,000 | $25,000 | Recycling containers |
Wayne County | Wayne | $25,000 | $6,667 | Recycling truck with enclosed bed, computer system |
TOTAL | $417,353 | 167,423 |
More information about recycling equipment grants may be found on the Department of Environment and Conservation’s Web site at www.tn.gov/environment/swm/grants.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2008
Contact: Tisha Calabrese-Benton (865) 594-5442