The grants will be available to counties, local municipalities and nonprofit organizations that sponsor approved waste-tire collection programs and that have not contributed to the creation of illegal tire piles.
“An estimated 12 million waste tires are generated each year in Pennsylvania,” Hess said. “We hope this grant program will serve as an incentive to reuse and recycle waste tires and keep them from littering the landscape.”
Grants may be used to cover collection, transportation and management costs associated with approved tire-collection programs. The tire-collection program may accept a maximum of 12 tires only from one source. Collected tires must be reused, recycled or recovered.
Grants may not be used for the purchase of equipment or the clean up of waste-tire piles. Tire disposal will not be funded.
Eligible tire-collection programs must be held before June 30, 2003.
Total reimbursement costs will be limited to a figure obtained by using a formula based on 2000 census figures and the number of tires collected, with no more than $25,000 distributed in any given county.
“One of DEP’s goals is to eliminate pollution at its source,” Hess said. “We hope this new waste-tire collection program will take old tires out of the waste stream before they become a problem for all Pennsylvanians and the environment.”
For registration forms and more information, visit the PA PowerPort at www.state.pa.us, PA Keyword: “waste tires.”
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