Pennsylvania Announces $4.2 million in Grants

“These grants reward communities for a job well done,” McGinty said. “Recycling has a direct impact on Pennsylvania’s economy by conserving natural resources and landfill space, providing jobs and generating billions of dollars in revenues. I encourage local officials to use this money to support even stronger municipal recycling programs that will divert the maximum amount of material from the waste stream.”

DEP has awarded $11.2 million in performance grants to 523 communities for recycling efforts in 2002, with approximately 260 applications still to be processed for that year. The formula-driven grant program is financed by the Recycling Fund, which is supported by a $2 per ton fee on all materials disposed of in landfills in Pennsylvania.

Performance grant applications now are being accepted for 2003 recycling efforts. The deadline is Sept. 30, 2004.

Recycling has become one of the engines that drive Pennsylvania’s economy. Recycling is a $23 billion industry in the Commonwealth, paying $2.9 billion in wages to 81,322 people employed in 3,247 recycling and reuse industries statewide. The annual sales receipts of these establishments total $18.4 billion. The indirect benefits total $1.8 billion and tax receipts are estimated at $305 million annually.

Demonstrating that environment and economy go hand in hand, Governor Rendell’s proposed 2004-05 budget would distribute funds from an $800 million voter-approved bond issue among three areas over four years:

• $330 million for parks, open space and farmland.
• $300 million for environmental cleanup.
• $170 million to revitalize older communities.

As part of that plan, the Recycling Fund would receive an additional $25 million per year to support a growing industry and assist municipalities with recycling programs that give more than 10 million Pennsylvanians access to recycling. This money will help 42 municipalities newly mandated to recycle as a result of the 2000 federal census.

In addition, the Rendell administration recently announced the creation of the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center to encourage the continued growth and economic health of the state’s recycling industries. RMC will expand and develop more secure and robust markets for recovered secondary materials, stimulate demand for products with recycled content and research and maintain up-to-date market trend data. RMC will be the lead organization for the development of recycling markets in Pennsylvania, providing support to generators, haulers, processors, manufacturers and end-users of recycled materials and products.

For more information on recycling grants and the Recycling Markets Center, visit DEP’s Web site at www.dep.state.pa.us, Keyword: “Recycling.”

The following is a list by region of the $4.2 million in performance grants that the Rendell administration recently awarded for recycling efforts in 2002:

SOUTHEAST REGION

BUCKS COUNTY

Durham Township -- $2,753

Lower Makefield Township -- $106,294

New Britain Borough -- $4,056

New Britain Township -- $28,599

Newtown Borough -- $9,046

Plumstead Township -- $21,097

West Rockhill Township -- $2,113

Yardley Borough -- $3,811

CHESTER COUNTY

Atglen Borough -- $261

Birmingham Township -- $1,482

Caln Township -- $22,886

Central Chester County Recycling Authority -- $1,456

Kennett Township -- $2,839

London Britain Township -- $2,873

London Grove Township -- $3,877

Malvern Borough -- $11,254

New Garden Township -- $2,447

West Brandywine Township -- $11,863

Westtown Township -- $25,047

DELAWARE COUNTY

Brookhaven Borough -- $13,542

Clifton Heights Borough -- $2,304

Rose Valley Borough -- $1,066

Upper Darby Township -- $81,518

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Abington Township -- $340,031

Ambler Borough -- $8,099

Cheltenham Township -- $54,308

Lower Pottsgrove Township -- $57,022

Lower Providence Township -- $68,192

Perkiomen Township -- $6,663

Towamencin Township -- $19,187

Upper Frederick Township -- $8,774

Whitpain Township -- $39,512

NORTHEAST REGION

CARBON COUNTY

Carbon County -- $12,413

Lansford Borough -- $1,749

Lehighton Borough -- $10,695

Mahoning Township -- $9,943

LACKAWANNA COUNTY

Carbondale City -- $13,941

Dunmore Borough -- $33,305

Jefferson Township -- $1,541

Madison Township -- $252

Moosic Borough -- $28,873

Old Forge Borough -- $10,617

Scott Township -- $9,351

Scranton City -- $109,949

Throop Borough -- $25,555

LUZERNE COUNTY

Exeter Borough -- $51,494

Hughestown Borough -- $1,252

Laflin Borough -- $2,115

Nanticoke City -- $36,221

West Pittston Borough -- $18,242

White Haven Borough -- $2,780

MONROE COUNTY

Chestnuthill Township -- $12,562

Stroud Township -- $12,047

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

Bethlehem Township -- $10,906

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY

Mahanoy City Borough -- $1,179

Minersville Borough -- $1,067

Washington Township -- $2,959

SOUTHCENTRAL REGION

ADAMS COUNTY

Conewago Township -- $2,196

Gettysburg Borough -- $2,941

McSherrystown Borough -- $1,875

BERKS COUNTY

Bally Borough -- $686

Colebrookdale Township -- $11,422

Cumru Township -- $49,942

Laureldale Borough -- $11,481

Lenhartsville Borough -- $22

Muhlenberg Township -- $94,439

West Reading Borough -- $12,338

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Carlisle Borough -- $53,676

Lower Allen Township -- $44,451

North Middleton Township -- $14,254

Silver Spring Township -- $33,151

DAUPHIN COUNTY

Dauphin County -- $2,014

East Hanover Township -- $7,417

Lower Paxton Township -- $111,921

Lower Swatara Township -- $29,908

Middle Paxton Township -- $3,418

Paxtang Borough -- $922

South Hanover Township -- $7,378

Steelton Borough -- $3,822

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Washington Township -- $26,544

Waynesboro Borough -- $9,326

JUNIATA COUNTY

Port Royal Borough -- $37

LANCASTER COUNTY

Adamstown Borough -- $1,154

Akron Borough -- $3,531

Caernarvon Township -- $2,053

Christiana Borough -- $1,100

Columbia Borough -- $14,496

Denver Borough -- $5,774

Earl Township -- $861

East Cocalico Township -- $140,603

East Donegal Township -- $18,176

East Hempfield Township -- $74,153

East Lampeter Township -- $156,135

East Petersburg Borough -- $9,646

Elizabeth Township -- $702

Elizabethtown Borough -- $31,414

Ephrata Borough -- $25,135

Ephrata Township -- $19,712

Lancaster City -- $91,224

Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority -- $11,370

Lancaster Township -- $23,091

Manheim Borough -- $4,010

Manheim Township -- $138,167

Manor Township -- $22,927

Marietta Borough -- $1,550

Millersville Borough -- $10,597

Mount Joy Borough -- $10,990

Mount Joy Township -- $8,472

Mountville Borough -- $1,613

New Holland Borough -- $10,168

Paradise Township -- $3,277

Penn Township -- $6,564

Pequea Township -- $3,076

Providence Township -- $15,167

Quarryville Borough -- $4,359

Rapho Township -- $3,210

Salisbury Township -- $19,917

Terre Hill Borough -- $1,175

Upper Leacock Township -- $27,668

Warwick Township -- $49,913

West Donegal Township -- $18,573

West Earl Township -- $2,686

West Hempfield Township -- $46,328

West Lampeter Township -- $25,639

LEBANON COUNTY

Cleona Borough -- $4,087

South Lebanon Township -- $10,093

PERRY COUNTY

Liverpool Borough -- $119

Perry County -- $2,087

YORK COUNTY

North Codorus Township -- $3,508

Shrewsbury Borough -- $3,359

Spring Garden Township -- $44,111

NORTHCENTRAL REGION

BRADFORD COUNTY Athens Township -- $12,410

Canton Borough -- $8,385

CENTRE COUNTY

Centre County Solid Waste Authority -- $325,593

CLEARFIELD COUNTY

Clearfield Borough -- $12,942

Dubois City -- $8,220

Sandy Township -- $3,677

COLUMBIA COUNTY

Berwick Borough -- $20,550

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY

Sunbury City -- $30,769

SNYDER COUNTY

McClure Borough -- $55

Middleburg Borough -- $616

SULLIVAN COUNTY

Dushore Borough -- $1,233

Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority -- $1,765

TIOGA COUNTY

Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority -- $20,509

Wellsboro Borough -- $7,727

UNION COUNTY

Lewisburg Borough -- $2,137

Union County -- $20,185

SOUTHWEST REGION

ALLEGHENY COUNTY

Avalon Borough -- $1,051

Bethel Park Municipality -- $12,139

Carnegie Borough -- $4,965

Coraopolis Borough -- $594

Edgeworth Borough -- $2,429

Green Tree Borough -- $2,663

Indiana Township -- $5,511

Kennedy Township -- $10,435

McCandless Town -- $64,731

Mt. Lebanon Municipality -- $18,905

West Mifflin Borough -- $27,850

Wilkinsburg Borough -- $4,795

BEAVER COUNTY

Baden Borough -- $5,556

Chippewa Township -- $16,991

Midland Borough -- $634

New Brighton Borough -- $6,524

New Sewickley Township -- $8,323

Vanport Township -- $1,255

CAMBRIA COUNTY

Lilly Borough -- $383

Richland Township -- $29,797

FAYETTE COUNTY

Connellsville City -- $81

Fayette County -- $2,245

Perry Township -- $140

Perryopolis Borough -- $34

Point Marion Borough -- $2,063

Smithfield Borough -- $680

South Connellsville Borough -- $1,768

South Union Township -- $9,562

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Canton Township -- $1,782

McDonald Borough -- $729

Peters Township -- $36,240

WESTMORELAND COUNTY

Delmont Borough -- $917

Derry Borough -- $1,110

Hempfield Township -- $15,291

Monessen City -- $3,072

New Stanton Borough -- $974

NORTHWEST REGION

BUTLER COUNTY

Butler County -- $89,202

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Crawford County -- $70,483

ERIE COUNTY

Greenfield Township -- $386

Harborcreek Township -- $37,028

Millcreek Township - $195,111

North East Borough -- $8,141

North East Township -- $2,603

Venango Township - $444

Wesleyville Borough - $2,937

LAWRENCE COUNTY

Lawrence County -- $7,484

MERCER COUNTY

Hermitage City -- $20,501

WARREN COUNTY

Warren County Solid Waste Authority -- $654