Pa. Issues Recycling Development, Implementation Grants

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty has announced 162 grants totaling $20 million to help finance municipal recycling programs that contribute significantly to the state’s continued economic growth and provide access to recycling services for some 10 million residents.

 “These grants give residents greater access to waste reduction and recycling opportunities, helping to ensure a healthy environment and strong economy,” McGinty says.

She made the announcement while awarding $435,000 to Middletown Borough to develop a composting facility on three acres that are part of a former federal Superfund and state Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act site on the grounds of the former Olmsted Air Force Base. The grant will finance site improvements, including fill, paving, seeding and erosion and sedimentation control. The funding also will be used to purchase a dump truck and a front-end loader with a grappler and other attachments, as well as a wood chipper.

Yard trimmings remain one of the biggest volume contributors to landfills, with more than 483,000 tons of potentially recyclable grass clippings and woody waste being thrown away each year in Pennsylvania, according to the DEP.

The planned facility, which will serve 28,000 people in Middletown, Steelton, Highspire and Royalton boroughs and Lower Swatara Township, will have the potential to remove 6,500 tons of yard waste from landfills each year, putting the material to productive use. The composted material will be sold to help offset Middletown Borough’s cost of running the operation, and the mulch will provide important and attractive ground cover for various residential and municipal landscaping needs.

The state grants reimburse local governments for the cost of municipal recycling and composting programs. Pennsylvania’s recycling program, created under Act 101 of 1988, mandates recycling in the state’s larger municipalities and requires counties to develop municipal waste management plans. Grants are financed by the Recycling Fund, which is supported by a $2 per ton fee on all materials disposed of in landfills in Pennsylvania.

Recipients, organized by county, are:

Allegheny County

Bethel Park -- $38,835 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Edgewood Borough -- $214,085 for Leaf Collection and Consolidation Site

Mount Lebanon -- $75,516 for Leaf Collection and Recycling Education

O’Hara Township -- $25,966 for Wood Waste Recycling and Recycling Education

City of Pittsburgh -- $358,996 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Plum Borough -- $102,301 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Ross Township -- $83,700 for Leaf Collection

Scott Township -- $54,600 for Leaf Collection and Wood Waste Recycling

Sewickley Borough -- $161,550 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Shaler Township -- $41,730 for Recycling Collection Equipment and Education

South Park Township -- $7,272 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Wilkinsburg Borough -- $79,667 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Armstrong County

Armstrong County -- $160,024 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Center

 

Beaver County

Ambridge Borough -- $75,969 for Wood Waste Recycling and Recycling Education

Beaver County -- $37,400 for Recycling Education and Wood Waste Recycling

 

Berks County

Berks County -- $143,197 for In-Vessel Composting

Cumru Township -- $110,307 for Leaf Collection and Curbside Recycling

Exeter Township -- $101,642 for Leaf Collection and Recycling Education

Mohnton Borough -- $23,850 for Curbside Recycling

Reading City -- $438,750 for Curbside Recycling and Leaf Collection

Robesonia Borough -- $1,233 for Public Area Recycling

South Heidelberg Township -- $35,592 for Curbside and Drop-off Recycling

 

Blair County

Blair County -- $42,750 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Center

Antis Township -- $31,300 for Leaf Composting

 

Bradford County

Northern Tier SWA -- $134,573 for Commercial Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Butler County

Butler County -- $55,600 for Public Area Recycling and Recycling Education

Cranberry Township -- $500,000 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Mars Borough -- $19,980 for Leaf Collection and Recycling Education

 

Carbon County

Carbon County -- $133,486 for Leaf Collection and Home Composting

 

Cambria County

Johnstown City -- $105,718 for Curbside Recycling and Leaf Composting

 

Centre County

Centre County SWA -- $322,442 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Center

Bellefonte Borough -- $135,000 for Leaf Collection and Commercial Recycling

Centre Hall Borough -- $14,761 for Leaf Composting

Ferguson Township -- $13,500 for Leaf Collection and Wood Waste Recycling

Harris Township -- $26,604 for Wood Waste Recycling

Howard Borough -- $19,597 for Leaf Collection

Millheim Borough -- $26,928 for Leaf Composting and Wood Waste Recycling

Patton Township -- $65,331 for Leaf Collection and Wood Waste Recycling

Philipsburg Borough -- $58,058 for Leaf Composting

 

Chester County

Caln Township -- $284,355 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Central Chester County -- $22,851 for Recycling Center Improvements

Recycling Authority Chester County -- $97,748 for Home Composting and Recycling Education

East Marlboro Township -- $81,001 for Wood Chipping Equipment and Collection Vehicle

East Pikeland Township -- $91,452 for Yard Waste Composting

Phoenixville Borough -- $357,512 for Curbside Recycling and Yard Waste Composting

Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority -- $201,524 for Yard Waste Composting and Recycling Education

West Brandywine Township -- $23,940 for Yard Waste Collection

 

Clearfield County

Clearfield County SWA -- $21,192 for Recycling Education

 

Clinton County

Clinton County SWA -- $120,064 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Columbia County

Berwick Borough -- $55,371 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Bloomsburg Town -- $156,410 for Recycling Center and Leaf Composting

 

Crawford County

Crawford County SWA -- $259,956 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Center

 

Cumberland County

Camp Hill Borough -- $105,620 for Curbside and Drop-off Leaf Collection

Cumberland County -- $500,000 for Drop-off Recycling

Mechanicsburg Borough -- $497,301 for Leaf Composting

Mechanicsburg Borough -- $ 2,699 for Public Place Recycling Containers

Shippensburg Borough -- $360,810 for Leaf Composting

South Middleton Township -- $1,757 for Recycling Education

Upper Allen Township -- $39,888 for Leaf Collection

 

Dauphin County

Dauphin County -- $500,000 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Center

Lower Swatara Township -- $14,337 for Recycling at Airport

Middletown Borough -- $435,000 for Leaf Composting

Millersburg Borough -- $14,094 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Susquehanna Township -- $239,378 for Leaf Composting

Swatara Township -- $131,400 for Leaf Collection

 

Delaware County

Aston Township -- $21,915 for Yard Waste Collection

Chester City -- $8,905, for Yard Waste Collection and Recycling Education

Edgemont Township -- $1,804 for Yard Waste Collection and Recycling Education

Glenolden Borough -- $29,443 for Leaf Collection and Curbside Recycling

Haverford Township -- $183,532 for Curbside and Drop-off Recycling

Marple Township -- $6,385 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Norwood Borough -- $15,250 for Leaf Collection

Radnor Township -- $5,645 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Springfield Township -- $11,918 for Leaf Collection and Recycling Education

Swarthmore Borough -- $28,250 for Curbside Recycling and Public Area Recycling

Upper Chichester Township -- $40,827 for Curbside Collection and Leaf Collection

 

Elk County

Elk County -- $46,361 for Leaf Composting and Recycling Education

City of St. Marys -- $128,334 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Erie County

Edinboro Borough -- $72,950 for Leaf Collection and Public Area Recycling

City of Erie -- $368,100 for Leaf Composting and Public Area Recycling

Mill Creek Township -- $152,774 for Leaf Collection and Composting

 

Fayette County

Fayette County -- $305,916 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Center

Georges Township -- $49,950 for Yard Waste Collection Site

South Union Township -- $13,342 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Greene County

Greene County -- $31,439 for Commercial Recycling

 

Indiana County

Indiana County SWA -- $159,851 for Recycling Center and Recycling Education

 

Jefferson County

Jefferson County SWA -- $44,820 for News-to-Animal Bedding and Recycling Education

 

Lackawanna County

Archbald Borough -- $1,740 for Curbside Recycling

City of Carbondale -- $2,880 for Curbside Recycling

Covington Township -- $4,000 for Public Area Recycling and Recycling Education

Dunmore Borough -- $46,426 for Curbside Recycling and Wood Waste Recycling

Lackawanna County -- $500,000 for Recycling Center and Yard Waste Composting

Moscow Borough -- $50,699 for Yard Waste Drop-off

Olyphant Borough -- $7,200 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

City of Scranton -- $388,829 for Curbside and Drop-off Recycling

 

Lancaster County

Columbia Borough -- $385,724 for Leaf Composting

East Hempfield Township -- $112,500 for Leaf Collection

City of Lancaster -- $260,386 for Drop-off Recycling and Leaf Composting

Lancaster County SWMA -- $48,489 for Curbside Recycling and Home Composting

West Lampeter Township -- $48,933 for Wood Waste Recycling and Public Area Recycling

 

Lawrence County

Lawrence County -- $29,618 for Home Composting and Recycling Education

 

Lebanon County

Lebanon City -- $151,977 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Lebanon County -- $60,200 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Myerstown Borough -- $10,143 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

North Cornwall Township -- $134,176 for Leaf Collection and Recycling Education

North Lebanon Township -- $86,928 for Curbside Recycling and Leaf Composting

North Londonderry Township -- $92,620 for Leaf Composting

South Lebanon Township -- $102,736 for Leaf Collection and Public Area Recycling

 

Lehigh County

Allentown City -- $295,000 for Recycling Center and Recycling Education

Emmaus Borough -- $16,491 for Leaf Composting and Public Recycling Area

Lehigh County -- $276,074 for Leaf Composting and Recycling Education

Lower Macungie Township -- $17,465 for Curbside Recycling

Salisbuy Township -- $22,950 for Leaf Collection

Upper Macungie Township -- $8,281 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Education

Washington Township -- $7,636 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Luzerne County

Exeter Borough -- $181,347 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Hanover Township -- $92,736 for Leaf Collection and Recycling Education

Hughestown Borough -- $48,561 for Curbside Recycling

Kingston Municipality -- $306,526 for Yard Waste Processing Equipment

Luzerne County -- $31,915 for Office Recycling

West Hazelton Borough -- $27,122 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Wright Township -- $500,000 for Leaf Composting

 

Lycoming County

Lycoming County -- $198,900 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Center

 

Mercer County

Mercer County SWA -- $25,000 for Drop-off Recycling and Consolidation Center

 

Monroe County

Chestnuthill Township -- $306,598 for Recycling Center and Leaf Composting

Coolbaugh Township -- $410,636 for Leaf Composting

East Stroudsburg Borough -- $45,288 for Curbside and Drop-off Recycling

Monroe County MWM Authority -- $197,307 for Drop-off Recycling and Consolidation Center

Stroud Township -- $363,609 for Leaf Composting

Tunkhannock Township -- $1,827 for Curbside Recycling

 

Montgomery County

Ambler Borough -- $18,974 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Cheltenham Township -- $184,309 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Douglass Township -- $101,640 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Hatboro Borough -- $140,807 for Curbside Recycling

Jenkintown Borough -- $84,577 for Curbside Recycling

Montgomery County -- $12,708 for Office and Public Event Recycling

Montgomery County Recycling Consortium -- $287,736 for Recycling Center Construction

Rockledge Borough -- $2,999 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Springfield Township -- $121,500 for Leaf Collection

Trappe Borough -- $10,948 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

Upper Dublin Township -- $100,036 for Leaf Collection and Composting

Upper Merion Township -- $64,072 for Public Area Recycling and Apartment Recycling

Upper Moreland Township -- $285,957 for Leaf Collection and Composting

 

Northampton County

Bethlehem City -- $204,901 for Leaf Composting and Recycling Education

Freemansburg Borough -- $5,928 for Leaf Composting and Recycling Education

 

Northumberland County

Northumberland Borough -- $78,525 for Recycling Center Equipment

City of Shamokin -- $26,793 for Curbside Recycling and Leaf Collection

Sunbury Municipal Authority -- $16,879 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Philadelphia County

Philadelphia -- $500,000 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Schuylkill County

Schuylkill County -- $257,052 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Snyder County

Selinsgrove Borough -- $34,392 for Drop-off Recycling and Leaf Collection

 

Susquehanna County

Northern Tier Coalition -- $488,864 for Leaf Composting

 

Union County

Union County -- $126,765 for Curbside and Drop-off Recycling

 

Venango County

City of Franklin -- $10,592 for Public Area Recycling and Recycling Education

 

Warren County

Warren County SWA -- $107,720 for Drop-off Recycling and Recycling Education

 

 

Washington County

Donora Borough -- $14,082 for Leaf Collection

 

Wayne County

Wayne County -- $4,868 for Home Composting

 

Westmoreland County

Murraysville -- $7,306 for Curbside Recycling and Recycling Education

 

York County

Manchester Township -- $41,478 for Leaf Collection and Recycling Education

Springettsbury Township -- $26,094 for Leaf Collection and Recycling Education

Wrightsville Borough -- $58,058 for Leaf Collection and Composting

York County Solid Waste & Refuse Authority -- $244,786 for Curbside Recycling