Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has announced the recipients of 38 recycling and 10 household hazardous waste grants totaling over $3.5 million to expand recycling in Kentucky, reduce the amount of solid waste going into landfills, and sustain the environmental management of hazardous waste from homes, including electronic scrap and mercury.
The Kentucky Pride Fund, administered by the Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Waste Management, is awarding 48 grants totaling $3,538,842. The money for the grants is derived from the $1.75 collected for each ton of municipal solid waste disposed of in the state’s landfills.
“Recycling and managing household hazardous waste play a large part in Kentucky’s efforts to go green and conserve energy statewide,” says Gov. Beshear in a release. “The hazardous waste grants allow homeowners to safely dispose of chemicals and other materials that pose a threat to human health and the environment.”
The grants require a 25 percent local match in the form of cash or “in-kind” personnel, educational activities and materials and advertising to promote the program from the cities or counties receiving the awards.
Grant recipients, along with the grant amounts, are:
Adair County Fiscal Court - $38,949
Allen County Fiscal Court - $55,850
Ballard County Fiscal Court - $93,419
Barbourville (Knox County) - $65,699
Bath County Fiscal Court - $2,541
Big Sandy Regional Recycling Program - $128,044
Bell County Garbage (109) District - $79,852
Breathitt County Fiscal Court/Wolfe County Fiscal Court - $266,935
Danville-Boyle County Recycle Center - $78,000
Daviess County Board of Education - $66,125
Daviess County Fiscal Court - $23,396
Eastern Kentucky University - $39,100
Estill County Fiscal Court - $53,166
Flemingsburg (Fleming County) - $27,785
Garrard/Lincoln Solid Waste Management Area - $169,167
Hardin County Fiscal Court - $19,718
Hopkinsville-Christian County Recycling Program - $26,000
Jessamine County Fiscal Court - $136,237
LaRue County Fiscal Court - $32,400
London (Laurel County) - $187,474
Madisonville (Hopkins County) - $62,218
Lyon County Fiscal Court - $40,107
Mason County Fiscal Court - $173,000
McCracken County Fiscal Court - $86,295
Meade County Fiscal Court - $481,081
Mercer County Fiscal Court - $4,500
Morehead-Rowan County Fiscal Court-Morehead State University - $21,505
Northern Kentucky Solid Waste Management Area - $15,937
Owen County Fiscal Court - $109,665
Pulaski County Fiscal Court - $223,168
Regional Recycling Center (Washington, Marion and Nelson counties, city of Lebanon) -$47,936
Robertson County Fiscal Court - $24,250
Russell County Fiscal Court - $89,628
Taylor County Fiscal Court - $26,100
Tri-County Recycling Alliance Inc. - $129,769
Wayne County Fiscal Court - $52,157
Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission - $58,990
Woodford County Fiscal Court - $124,061
Recipients of the Hazardous Waste Grants are the following:
Grant County Solid Waste Board - $16,560
Hardin County Fiscal Court - $20,600
Jessamine County Fiscal Court - $20,180
Madison County Fiscal Court - $5,000
Nelson County Fiscal Court - $19,450
Northern Kentucky Solid Waste Management Area - $22,947
Oldham County Fiscal Court - $13,981
Paducah (McCracken County) - $27,000
Rowan County Fiscal Court - $10,600
Tri-County Recycling Alliance - $22,300
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