West Virginia receives recycling grants

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has approved grants totaling $1.99 million for 22 recipients through the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP’s) Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) Recycling Assistance Grants Program. 

Grants were awarded to state solid waste authorities, county commissions, municipalities, private companies and nonprofit organizations. Funding for the Recycling Assistance Grant Program is generated through the $1 assessment fee per ton of solid waste disposed at in-state landfills.

The following received grants to fund waste and recycling operations:

• Metal Center Recycling, Milton, West Virginia, received $73,687 to purchase a horizontal baler and shear.
• Calhoun County Solid Waste Authority received $135,363 to assist with wages, a baler, trailer, skid steer and baling wire.
• Greenbrier County Solid Waste Authority received $130,000 to support repairs to the county’s recycling facility.
• Greenworks Recycling, Lewisburg, West Virginia, received $66,415 to purchase tilt trailers and a truck to support recycling operations.
• Hampshire County Commission received $149,620 to assist with recycling containers, asphalt, concrete pads, a glass crusher with electrical installation, an entrance gate and wages to support the county-wide recycling program.
• Hancock County Solid Waste Authority received $39,550 to support wages, transportation of materials and a bulk mailer.
• Harrison County Recycling Center received $75,000 to purchase a horizontal baler.
• The city of St. Albans received $66,700 to purchase a trailer and signage, open top containers, tarps, a tie down kit and containers for the city-wide recycling program.
• Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority received $150,000 to purchase a concrete pad, 3-phase electrical and convex covers to support the county recycling program.
• Glass Smash Sand Cooperative Association, South Charleston, West Virginia, received $75,000 to purchase a glass pulverizer system.
• Mason County Commission received $105,300 to purchase a reinforced concrete pad to support the county-wide recycling program.
• Mason County Solid Waste Authority received $56,062.99 to assist with wages, insurance, fuel, maintenance, utilities, air compressor, operational and office supplies, printing and promotional items, conference attendance and contractor fees to support the county-wide recycling program.
• The city of Westover received $75,000 to assist with a new truck to support the city-wide recycling program.
• Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority received $38,237.45 to assist with a market research and opinion study, printing, advertising, mailing supplies and postage to support the county’s recycling efforts.
• Ohio County Commission received $75,000 to purchase a new truck to support the city of Wheeling’s recycling program.
• Ohio County Solid Waste Authority received $90,900 to assist with wages, a computer, trailer, storage shed, roll-offs, a recycling drop box and a trailer step assembly.
• The city of Wheeling received $150,000 to purchase a new truck.
• Pleasants County Solid Waste Authority received $34,000 to assist with wages, vehicle repairs, fuel, office supplies and utilities to support the county-wide recycling program.
• Bionic Tire Recycling, Masontown, West Virginia, received $51,625 to assist with wages, conference attendance, operational supplies, office supplies, shredding equipment and a truck scale.
• Roane County Commission received $71,850 to purchase a concrete pad and baler.
• Roane County Solid Waste Authority received $140,246 to assist with wages, vehicle and equipment maintenance, utilities, operating supplies, fuel, facility improvements, collection trailers, glass and fluorescent bulb recycling fees, advertising, can baler, vertical baler, electric pallet jack and a collection bin.
• Summers County Solid Waste Authority received $149,785 to assist with a truck, dump trailers, electric pallet jack, bulk crates, wages, computer, printer, conference attendance, vehicle insurance, fuel, internet, utilities and office supplies to support the county-wide recycling program.