BREDESEN ANNOUNCES $379,000 IN RECYCLING EQUIPMENT GRANTS
GRANTS WILL HELP 19 TENNESSEE COMMUNITIES
MEET WASTE
REDUCTION GOALS
Nashville, Tenn. – Governor Phil Bredesen and Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke announced today that 19 recycling equipment grants totaling more than $379,000 have been awarded for projects to help reduce landfill waste across Tennessee.
“I’m pleased we can provide funding to support the waste reduction efforts these 19 grants represent,” said Bredesen. “This program plays an important role in our state’s strategy to encourage recycling and 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 going toward these 19 projects totals more than $485,000.
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 |
Applicant's |
GRANT |
Project/Equipment Description |
| Campbell County |
Campbell |
$ 5,852 |
$ 23,408 |
Glass crusher, shredder, container |
| Carroll County |
Carroll |
$ 5,054 |
$ 20,218 |
Recycling collection truck |
| Chester County |
Chester |
$ 2,495 |
$ 22,455 |
Trailer, receiver box, container, open top roll-off |
| Clay County |
Clay |
$ 3,000 |
$ 25,000 |
Recycling vehicle, scales, dumpsters |
| City of Tullahoma |
Coffee |
$ 9,766 |
$ 14,648 |
Pit conveyor, (40) recycling pens |
| Fentress County Solid Waste |
Fentress |
$ 17,000 |
$ 25,000 |
Baler |
| Town of Greeneville |
Greene |
$ 8,275 |
$ 8,275 |
20 Collection containers |
| Goodwill Material Recovery Facility |
Hamblen |
$ 10,736 |
$ 16,104 |
Forklift, Paint recycling |
| Haywood County |
Haywood |
$ 6,103 |
$ 24,412 |
Skid steer loader,(3) containers, trailer |
| Henry County |
Henry |
$ 9,975 |
$ 23,275 |
Skid steer loader, grapple bucket |
| Hickman County |
Hickman |
$ 83,000 |
$ 25,000 |
Baler, Paint recycling |
| Lincoln County |
Lincoln |
$ 7,470 |
$ 17,430 |
Baler, paint recycling, vent fan, scales |
| Obion County |
Obion |
$ 6,000 |
$ 9,000 |
Containers |
| City of Cookeville |
Putnam |
$ 5,102 |
$ 5,102 |
(2) Divided containers |
| Roane County |
Roane |
$ 17,900 |
$ 25,000 |
Tow motor, (2) trailers, baler |
| Scott County |
Scott |
$ 100,000 |
$ 25,000 |
Roll-off truck |
| Sevier Solid Waste |
Sevier |
$ 154,000 |
$ 25,000 |
Trommel Screen |
| Warren County |
Warren |
$ 8,460 |
$ 19,740 |
(2) Compactors |
| Washington County |
Washington |
$ 25,000 |
$ 25,000 |
Baler, Conveyor |
| TOTAL |
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$ 485,188 |
$ 379, 067 |
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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.
| For more information contact: Dana Coleman
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