Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty has announced that 210 Pennsylvania communities will receive nearly $4 million in recycling performance grants for their recycling efforts in 2003.
In 2003, the latest date for which data is available, 4.45 million tons of waste was recovered in Pennsylvania. The economic value of remaking that waste into new and useful products exceeded $68 million. In addition, Pennsylvania communities avoided $240 million in disposal costs based on the estimated statewide average disposal cost of $54 per ton.
Pennsylvania’s recycling performance grants are based on how much municipalities recycle, providing an incentive to continue improvement.
“I encourage local officials to use this money to support even stronger municipal recycling programs, which play an essential role in environmental protection and economic growth in communities across the state,” McGinty says.
The grants are financed by the Recycling Fund, which is supported by a $2 per ton fee on all materials disposed of at municipal waste landfills and resource recovery facilities in Pennsylvania.
These 210 grants and the 396 grants announced previously represent the initial groups approved from nearly 800 applications that DEP received by the Sept. 30, 2004, filing deadline. Additional awards will be made as the remaining applications are processed.
Applications for the 2004 round of recycling performance grants will soon be available. The deadline for applying for the grants will be Sept. 30.
To view the list of recipients click on the following link: Grant Winners
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