TDEC Announces $199,315 in Recycling Equipment Grants

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has awarded nine recycling equipment grants for projects to help reduce landfill waste in Tennessee, totaling $199,315.

 

The grant program helps encourage recycling and reduces the amount of solid waste going into Tennessee landfills. It was authorized by the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991 and is supported by the Tennessee Solid Waste Management Fund, which is administered by 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.

 

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 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 nine projects total more than $50,000.

 

The recycling equipment grants announced today are:

APPLICANT	COUNTY	GRANT AMOUNT	APPLICANT’S MATCH	PROJECT/EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION
City of LaFollette	Campbell	$22,378	$5,594	Recycling containers
Clay County	Clay	$22,140	$2,460	Forklift, loader and pallet jack
Goodwill Industries	Cocke	$24,112	$6,028	Transport trailer and bins
Fentress County	Fentress	$19,180	$4,795	Forklift
Goodwill Industries	Grainger	$25,000	$2,795	Trailer, drop box and bins
Hardeman County	Hardeman	$25,000	$3,400	Trailers, generator and shredder
Haywood County	Haywood	$15,328	$3,832	Trailer, signage, recycling containers and waste baskets
Goodwill Industries	Union	$21,177	$2,353	Recycling bins and roll-off equipment
White County	White	$25,000	$19,030	Open-top containers