“These communities have earned these grants by supporting and encouraging recycling that takes these items out of the trash and makes them available to manufacturers," Rendell says. "I encourage local officials to use these grants to support even stronger municipal recycling programs that will keep Pennsylvania clean and competitive.”
In Pennsylvania, more than 3,247 recycling and reuse businesses and organizations generate more than $18.4 billion in gross annual sales and provide jobs for more than 81,322 employees at an annual payroll of approximately $2.9 billion. These businesses add more than $305 million in taxes to the commonwealth treasury, according to the state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
“The success of the recycling industry in Pennsylvania is proof that environmental stewardship can be an engine of economic growth,” DEPSecretary Kathleen A. McGinty says.
Including these 62 grants, more than 770 grants have been approved from nearly 800 applications that DEP received by the Sept. 30, 2004, filing deadline for recycling performance during the 2003 calendar year. Additional awards will be made as the remaining applications are processed.
Applications for the 2004 round of recycling performance grants are now available. The deadline for applying for the grants is Sept. 30.
The following municipalities were awarding in the most recent round of recycling performance grants:
ADAMS COUNTY
Gettysburg -- $3,198
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Brentwood -- $4,276
BEAVER COUNTY
Beaver Falls -- $3,050
BERKS COUNTY
Reading City -- $173,479
BLAIR COUNTY
Blair County -- $8,633
BRADFORD COUNTY
Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority -- $36,531
BUCKS COUNTY
Bensalem Township -- $187,741
Bristol -- $46,380
Hilltown Township -- $53,368
Northampton Township -- $302,261
BUTLER COUNTY
Butler County -- $44,647
Clinton Township -- $454
CAMBRIA COUNTY
Cambria County SWA -- $22,318
CARBON COUNTY
Carbon County -- $24,003
Lehighton -- $10,723
CHESTER COUNTY
New Garden Township -- $9,797
Schuylkill Township -- $29,146
West Sadsbury Township -- $23,079
CLARION COUNTY
Clarion Borough -- $5,544
CLEARFIELD COUNTY
Clearfield Borough -- $11,453
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Wormleysburg -- $4,607
DELAWARE COUNTY
Middletown Township -- $41,822
Ridley Park -- $6,450
ERIE COUNTY
Erie City -- $212,225
Erie County -- $9,863
Millcreek Township -- $220,385
North East Borough -- $7,678
North East Township -- $2,639
HUNTINGDON COUNTY
Huntingdon County -- $26,158
Huntingdon County (2002) -- $24,331
JUNIATA COUNTY
Port Royal -- $43
LACKAWANNA COUNTY
Scranton -- $107,189
LAWRENCE COUNTY
Shenango Township -- $6,741
LEBANON COUNTY
Lebanon City -- $55,841
LEHIGH COUNTY
Emaus -- $27,694
Lower Macungie Township -- $109,204
LUZERNE COUNTY
Duryea -- $4,686
Hughestown -- $1,732
Laflin -- $1,931
LYCOMING COUNTY
Lycoming County -- $223,653
MONROE COUNTY
Coolbaugh Township -- $29,682
Hamilton Township -- $3,156
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Horsham Township -- $138,019
Lower Merion Township -- $489,054
Norristown -- $22,780
Red Hill -- $12,805
Towamencin Township -- $16,302
West Norriton Township -- $42,922
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
East Allen Township -- $13,172
Lower Saucon Township -- $9,852
Northampton Borough-- $38,284
Palmer Township -- $107,783
PERRY COUNTY
Perry County -- $3,250
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
Philadelphia -- $1,996,314
PIKE COUNTY
Pike County -- $47,817
SULLIVAN COUNTY
Northern Tier SWA -- $1,656
TIOGA COUNTY
Northern Tier SWA -- $17,661
Wellsboro -- $10,562
VENANGO COUNTY
Oil City -- $5,890
Sugarcreek -- $2,677
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MacDonald -- $819
YORK COUNTY
Fairview Township -- $44,072
Wrightsville -- $1,034