CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) approved nearly $2 million in Recycling Assistance Grants to 29 recipients through the agency's Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) program on Tuesday.
Grants were awarded to state solid waste authorities, county commissions, municipalities, private industries, and nonprofit organizations.
Funding for the grant program is generated through a $1 assessment fee per ton of solid waste disposed at in-state landfills, pursuant to WV Code 22-15A-19(h) (1).
The grant recipients include:
BARBOUR COUNTY
- Barbour County Solid Waste Authority: $129,076.00
To assist with a truck, personnel, recycling trailers and a loading ramp to support the county-wide recycling program.
BERKELEY COUNTY
- Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority: $144,600.00
To assist with brush grinding, tractor replacement, gate installation, light material bucket, drive cell battery and long tube lamp recycling, tires for skid steer, grapple bucket, bags, backyard composting training seminar, and signage to support the county-wide recycling program.
BROOKE COUNTY
- Brooke County Solid Waste Authority: $31,800.00
To assist with personnel, lease payment for office, baling wire, fuel for recycling truck, computer with software, propane for heating, and a dedicated line for the security camera to support the county-wide recycling program.
CABELL COUNTY
- Cabell County Solid Waste Authority: $39,600.00
To assist with personnel, fuel for recycling truck, dedicated cell phone, insurance for truck and trailers, education/outreach, utilities, and recycling trailer repairs to support the county-wide recycling program.
- Goodwill Industries of KYOWVA Area, Inc.: $69,034.88
To assist with personnel, recycling conference travel, fuel, utilities, supplies, shrink wrap, tires for box truck and forklift, gaylord boxes and recycling bins to support the recycling operation.
CLAY COUNTY
- Clay County Health Department: $25,185.00
To assist with recycling bags, portable steel tilt dumpsters with lids, commercial recycling containers with lids, canopy recycling containers, a dump trailer, and transportation contractor services to support a new recycling initiative.
GREENBRIER COUNTY
- West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine: $44,850.00
To assist with personnel, recycling bins for campus, a scale, educational materials, and supplies to support the school’s new recycling initiative.
JACKSON COUNTY
- Jackson County Solid Waste Authority: $150,000.00
To assist with the expansion of a metal storage building, electric lift truck, baling wire and fuel to support the county-wide recycling program.
KANAWHA COUNTY
- Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam County: $75,000.00
To assist with a box truck to support the recycling operation.
- Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority: $50,500.00
To assist with personnel, fuel for recycling truck, utilities, baling wire, office supplies and roll-off containers to support the county-wide recycling program.
- Recycling Coalition of West Virginia, Inc.: $49,500.00
To assist with printing, delivery, and insertion of an 8-page newspaper insert and advertising campaign activities to support the recycling education program.
LINCOLN COUNTY
- Lincoln County Solid Waste Authority $37,006.42
To assist with personnel, recycling bin transportation, classroom recycling containers and office supplies to support the county-wide recycling program.
MARSHALL COUNTY
- City of Moundsville: $28,630.00
To assist with personnel, conference travel, roll-off pickup/exchange, glass recycling transportation, advertising and supplies to support the city-wide recycling program.
MERCER COUNTY
- Mercer County Solid Waste Authority: $150,000.00
To assist with a horizontal baler, personnel, and materials and labor for fabrication of trailer sides to support the county-wide recycling program.
- Mountain State Waste: $75,000.00
To assist with the purchase of a horizontal baler to support the recycling operation.
- PACE Enterprises of West Virginia, Inc.: $53,000.00
To assist with personnel, fuel, and utilities to support the recycling operation.
MORGAN COUNTY
- Morgan County Solid Waste Authority: $21,459.00
To assist with personnel, recycling center rent and portable bathroom rental to support the county-wide program.
NICHOLAS COUNTY
- New River Trading, LLC: $55,853.00
To assist with a pallet truck, stacker, analyzer, and containers to support the recycling operation.
RALEIGH COUNTY
- Beckley Waste Paper, Inc.: $40,420.50
To assist with fuel for the recycling truck, propane gas, baling wire and rear load containers to support the recycling operation.
- Oak Hill Garbage Disposal, Inc.: $37,500.00
To assist with the purchase of slotted recycling containers to support the recycling operation.
- Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority: $94,800.00
To assist with personnel, utilities, roll-off containers, belt replacement, operational supplies, vehicle/equipment fuel, and telephone to support the county-wide recycling program.
RANDOLPH COUNTY
- Randolph County Commission: $84,200.00
To assist with personnel, forklift, skid steer hydraulic sweeper broom, and fuel for recycling vehicles to support the county-wide recycling program.
WAYNE COUNTY
- Wayne County Solid Waste Authority: $99,000.00
To assist with personnel, recycling vehicle, fuel, and maintenance and repairs to support the county-wide recycling program.
WOOD COUNTY
- Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley, Inc.: $60,460.15
To assist with a cargo transit van and donation bins to support the recycling operation.
- Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Ohio Valley: $29,150.00
To assist with personnel and a storage container to support the recycling operation.
- Latrobe Street Mission: $75,000.00
To assist with personnel, forklift, baler, baling wire, fuel for recycling truck, and supplies for the recycling operation.
- City of Parkersburg: $140,000.00
To assist with equipment replacement/refurbishment, flatbed truck with headache rack, educational flyers, and baling wire to support the city-wide recycling program.
- Polymer Alliance Services, LLC: $74,340.36
To assist with dust collection and compressed air systems with piping to support the recycling operation.
WYOMING COUNTY
- Wyoming County Solid Waste Authority: $31,638.27
To assist with personnel, conference travel, pickup truck repairs, enclosed trailers, and fuel for the recycling truck to support the county-wide program.
REAP, whose motto is ‘Keeping West Virginia Clean and Green,’ was created in 2005 and strives to clean up West Virginia and rid the state of litter. The program empowers citizens to take ownership of their communities by providing technical, financial, and resource assistance in cleanup and recycling efforts. More information is available on the
REAP webpage.