West Virginia DEP distributes recycling grants

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) has announced that 23 recipients will share $1.3 million in Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) Recycling Assistance Grant funding. The money, which comes from a $1-per-ton fee on all solid waste disposed of in state landfills, will be used to support recycling-related companies in the state.

The following communities and organizations received grants:

• Barbour County Solid Waste Authority, $23,500 to assist with purchasing recycling trailers, fuel, baling wire, utilities and Gaylord boxes for the county’s recycling program;
• Boone County Solid Waste Authority, $67,000 to help buy a recycling truck, utilities for the county’s recycling center, recycling bins, replace/repair loading dock, fuel and insurance for recycling truck and brochures for the countywide program; 
• Braxton County Solid Waste Authority, $28,000 to assist with personnel/labor and collection bins for the county’s recycling program;
• The town of Sutton, $27, 400 to help with the purchase of a pickup truck for the town’s recycling program;
• Huntington Area Habitat for Humanity, $18,900 to assist with the purchase of a forklift; 
• Cabot Recycling Station, Grantsville, $149,400 to assist with wages, utilities, purchasing a new roof and a conveyor for its recycling program; 
• Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity, Lewisburg, $38,000 to assist with the purchase of a van, vehicle expenses and utilities for its recycling operation; 
• The Hancock County Solid Waste Authority, $51,000 to assist with labor and installing a retaining wall for a ramp and a sprinkler system; 
• Infinite Electronics Recycling, DeLand, Florida, $37,500 to be used to buy a box truck and two forklifts; 
• Corporation of Shepherdstown, $56,4500 to be used to purchase a skid loader with pallet fork and glass recycling bins; 
• KnightHorst Shredding, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, $56,000 to assist with the purchase of a cargo van and skid steer; 
• The city of South Charleston, $144,000 to help purchase a recycling collection packer truck and plastic recycling totes; 
• Mountain State Waste, Charleston, West Virginia, $75,000 to assist with the purchase of a forklift and front-load recycling containers.
• Marion County Solid Waste Authority, $122,800 to assist with the purchase of a recycling hook-lift truck and a pickup truck; 
• Empire Salvage and Recycling, Princeton, West Virginia, $59,400 to assist with the purchase of a skid-steer loader; 
• North Elementary School, $3,450 to assist with the purchase of recycling bins; 
• Pleasants County Solid Waste Authority, $40,500 to assist with employee wages, operating supplies, maintenance costs, fuel, utilities and education;
• Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority, $49,650 to assist with the purchase of a baler with a conveyor, rotating pallet fork for a skid steer, Gaylord rotator, steel storage containers, labor and transportation costs and recycling advertisements; 
• city of Kingwood, $74,640 to assist with purchase of a new roof for its recycling building, tires for a recycling truck and a skid-steer loader, tie wires, recycling containers and bins and advertising for the citywide program; 
• Sunrise Sanitation Services, Oakland, Maryland, $68,600 to assist with the purchase of a used shred truck, totes and bailing wire; 
• Upshur County Solid Waste Authority, $3,940 to assist with the purchase of reusable grocery bag totes, telephone costs and paper shred event for the county; 
• Wetzel County Solid Waste Authority, $37,880 to assist with labor wages, the purchase of a truck, fuel and signage for recycling trucks and recycling carts; and
• Latrobe Street Mission, Parkersburg, West Virginia, $26,230 to assist with personnel, a loading ramp, vehicle maintenance and tires, bailing wire and office supplies for its recycling operation.