Nebraska DEQ Awards Recycling Grant Money

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has announced the awarding of close to $1.3 million for 54 grants for litter cleanup, recycling, and public education programs and activities. Funds for the program are generated from a fee charged to certain manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of products that commonly contribute to litter.

Several grant winners are the following:

City of Laurel, $111,529. The money will be used to construct a new building and recycling site to house the recycling equipment and baled recyclables. T

Keep Scottsbluff – Gering Beautiful, $14,566. The grant money will to increase the recycling program partnership with schools and businesses. The grant will also fund a second Electronic Community Collection Event. The first event collected over 15,000 pounds of assorted electronic equipment.

Other Recycling Grant Award winners, as well as the amount, are the following: City of Bassett, $9,254; City of Beatrice, $205,729; City of Columbus, $25,000; City of Laurel, $111,529; City of McCook, $20,400; Computers for Africa, Omaha, $12,000; Even Temp, Inc., Waco, $8,628; Goodwill Industries of Greater Nebraska, Inc., Grand Island, $13,097; Keep Alliance Beautiful, $15,620; Keep Creighton Beautiful, $5,900; Keep Kimball Beautiful, $11,000; Keep North Platte-Lincoln County Beautiful, $21,856; Keep Schuyler Beautiful, $29,680; Keep Scottsbluff-Gering Beautiful, $14,566; Mosaic, Omaha, $21,750; Nebraska State Recycling Association, Omaha, $25,000; Paper Can, South Sioux City, $35,210; Recycling Enterprises of NE, Inc., Lincoln, $12,000; Village of Verdigre, $7,908; WasteCap Nebraska, Lincoln, $90,000.