The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued grants totaling $307,698 to a variety of groups, including municipalities, community groups, not-for-profits, and a elementary school.
Since 1991, IDEM has invested more than $20 million in more than 1,000 solid waste reduction initiatives throughout the state using the Solid Waste Management Fund, which is replenished by a surcharge of 50 cents per ton of garbage dumped at Indiana landfills. IDEM and the Indiana Department of Commerce share equally in the surcharge revenue. Schools, not-for-profit organizations, counties, cities, towns and solid waste management districts are eligible to receive funding.
Several of the programs receiving funding from the agency include the following:
The town of Plainfield awarded a model recycling grant of $5,600 to institute a pilot recycling program for apartment complexes; the city of Bloomington awarded a traditional recycling grant of $50,000 to purchase a recycling truck to support the city's curbside recycling program; the Indiana Recycling Coalition awarded a regional recycling grant of $40,000 to develop an E-Scrap Action Program to address electronics stewardship and recycling; Goodwill Industries of Michiana awarded a traditional recycling grant of $50,000 to purchase a forklift, box truck, pallet jacks, and containers to support the organization's reuse programs; the Clark County Solid Waste Management District awarded a traditional recycling grant of $21,188 for a skid steer loader and truck to support the district's recycling programs; the Dearborn County SWMD awarded a traditional recycling grant of $20,134 to purchase a truck and recycling trailer to support the district's recycling program; Monroe County SWMD awarded a traditional recycling grant of $2,643 for a cart tipper to support the district's Green Business recycling program; and Howard County SWMD awarded a traditional recycling grant of $16,398 to purchase equipment to support the district's electronics recycling and HHW programs.Latest from Recycling Today
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