Gov. Joe Manchin III today awarded grants worth over $1.5 million to 42 recipients through the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s REAP Recycling Assistance Grants program.
The governor presented the 2010 grants during a ceremony this afternoon at the DEP’s Charleston headquarters. Grants were awarded to state solid waste authorities, county commissions, municipalities, instrumentalities, private industries and non-profit organizations.
Funding for the recycling assistance program is generated through the $1 assessment fee per ton of solid waste disposed of at in-state landfills and is provided by WV Code 22-15A-19(h) (1).
Following are the grant recipients:
BROOKE COUNTY
Brooke County Commission $15,874.00
To purchase new garage doors and lights for the recycling facility.
Brooke County Solid Waste Authority $81,893.39
To assist with personnel, purchase a truck with hoist system and provide
support for the ongoing program.
CABELL COUNTY
KHM Enterprises $28,875.00
To assist with personnel and purchase a fork lift and recycling containers
for the current recycling program.
CALHOUN COUNTY
Calhoun County Solid Waste Authority $31,788
To assist with personnel and provide support for the ongoing program.
GREENBRIER COUNTY
Greenbrier County Solid Waste Authority $45,935.00
To purchase a can sorter/densifier and roll off recycling container to
assist in the current recycling operation.
HANCOCK COUNTY
Hancock County Solid Waste Authority $63,530.00
To purchase roll off containers, vertical balers, fork lift, platform
scales and provide support for the ongoing program.
HARRISON COUNTY
Clarksburg Mission $27,700.00
To purchase a vertical baler and box truck for the ongoing program.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Apple Valley Waste $30,000.00
To purchase a packer truck for recyclables.
Corporation of Shepherdstown $34,870.00
To purchase a dump truck for yard composting and recyclables and
to provide support to the ongoing program.
KANAWHA COUNTY
Town of Chesapeake $7,675.00
To purchase recycling bags, stands and educational material for
the ongoing program.
Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha/Putnam Counties $36,690.00
To purchase a truck for hauling reusable material.
Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority $65,280.00
To purchase a fork lift, can densifier and fuel for the countywide
program.
Knight-Horst Shredding $37,500.00
To purchase a shredding truck for paper recycling.
LOGAN COUNTY
Evans Recycling $31,700.00
To purchase a skid loader for the current operation.
LEWIS COUNTY
Stonewall Resort $15,000.00
To purchase compartmentalized recycling bins to assist in the
ongoing program.
MARION COUNTY
Fairmont State University $9,838.00
To purchase recycling bins and provide support for the campus wide
program.
North Central WV Recycling Cooperative $25,000.00
To assist with personnel for the ongoing program.
Union Mission of Fairmont $21,916.00
To purchase a fork lift truck for the current operation.
MASON COUNTY
Mason County Solid Waste Authority $44,090.00
To purchase recycling trailers and provide support for the
countywide program.
MCDOWELL COUNTY
BeBe Enterprises $71,354.00
To purchase a skid loader and truck for the recycling operation.
MERCER COUNTY
Mercer County Solid Waste Authority $62,160.00
To purchase a baler, a paper shredder and to expand the recycling
MONONGALIA COUNTY
Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority $70,000.00
To purchase compartmentalized hook lift containers for the county
wide program.
Town of Star City $34,950.00
To purchase a recycling truck and non-residential recycling containers
for the citywide program.
City of Westover $7,049.00
To assist with personnel and provide support for the ongoing program.
West Virginia University Research Corporation $39,654.00
To purchase compartmental recycling trailers and recycling bins
for the Mountaineers Recycle Program.
MONROE COUNTY
Monroe County Solid Waste Authority $25,975.00
To assist with personnel and provide support for the countywide program.
OHIO COUNTY
City of Wheeling $45,000.00
To purchase a truck for the citywide recycling program.
PLEASANTS COUNTY
Pleasants County Solid Waste Authority $72,825.56
To assist with personnel and to purchase a box truck and
provide support to the ongoing program.
City of St. Marys $25,580.00
To assist with personnel and vehicle insurance for the ongoing
program.
POCAHONTAS COUNTY
Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority $59,250.00
To purchase a baler and provide support to the countywide program.
PRESTON COUNTY
City of Kingwood $11,175.92
To purchase compartmentalized recycling bins and construction
of bays for the current program.
Preston Tire and Recycling $75,000.00
To purchase a shear shredder, various equipment shredding parts
and welders for the current operation.
RALEIGH COUNTY
Beckley Garbage $30,000.00
To assist in the purchase of a packer truck for cardboard recycling.
Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority $55,000.00
To assist in the purchase of a tub grinder for the ongoing program.
ROANE COUNTY
Roane County Solid Waste Authority $35,016.00
To assist with personnel and provide support to the ongoing program.
Russell Moore Recycling $25,000.00
To assist in the purchase of a pole building for the existing operation.
TAYLOR COUNTY
RRHAMCO, Inc. $25,000.00
To assist with the purchase of a new scale system for the existing
facility.
TUCKER COUNTY
Sunrise Sanitation $29,990.00
To purchase recycling bin units for the current operation.
WEBSTER COUNTY
Smalley Sanitation $30,022.04
To purchase a lift gate and material loader for the recycling operation.
WETZEL COUNTY
Wetzel County Solid Waste Authority $34,025.00
To purchase a new recycling truck for the countywide program.
WIRT COUNTY
Afterlife Electronics $15,500
To purchase van trailers and provide support to the current
operation.
WOOD COUNTY
Wood County Habitat for Humanity $15,319.00
To purchase a fork lift and pallet jack to assist with the overall
program.