Dec. 13, 2005
 
More Than $1 Million Recycling Grants Awarded
 
By HNN Staff
 
Flatwoods, WV (HNN) – More than $1 million in recycling grants were awarded Monday, Dec. 12, 2005 to communities across the state. The funding was provided by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Rehabilitation Environment Action Plan – The Next Generation program.
 
Twenty-seven cities and county solid waste authorities, as well as private businesses, gathered in Flatwoods to receive grants and attend training.
 
“In the 13 years that the recycling grants have been presented, we’ve awarded 245 grants, totaling more than $20 million,” said Jim Hill, manager of REAP’s Statewide Recycling Program.
 
The grants are available to any county, municipality, public or private entity in West Virginia interested in planning and implementing recycling programs, related public educational programs or recycling marketing efforts.
 
“Over the years, there has been a 30 percent increase in the number of recycling grant applicants,” Hill said. “The goal of the program is to see the number double, an increase of 100 percent. Not enough people know about the program and what we have to offer; and we want to get the word out.
 
Applications for future grants and information about the Statewide Recycling Program can be found at: http://www.wvdep.org/item.cfm?ssid=18&ss1id=829, or calling (304) 926-0499 Ext. 1002.
 
2006 Recycling Assistance Grant Recipients
• D&D Recycling (Boone Co.), $17,046
• KHM Enterprises, Inc.(Cabell Co.), $48,000
• Calhoun County Solid Waste Authority, $40,496
• City of Montgomery (Fayette Co.), $3,382
• Greenbrier Solid Waste Authority, $100,000
• Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority, $100,000
• Tabro Filter Recycling (Kanawha Co.), $23,750
• Marion County Solid Waste Authority, $46,236
• North Central West Virginia Recycling Cooperative (Marion Co.), $29,850
• Mason County Solid Waste Authority, $59,141
• Crosco Services, Inc. dba PC Renewal (Monongalia Co.), $29,200
• Edwards Document Destruction & Recycling, LLC (Monongalia Co.), $78,000
• Harbor LLC dba Dick’s Recycling (Monongalia Co.), $50,000
• Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority, $78,000
• Wadestown Community Resources Center (Monongalia Co.), $44,643
• Morgan County Solid Waste Authority, $34,150
• New River Trading, LLC (Nicholas Co.), $46,150
• Pocahontas Recycling (Pocahontas Co.), $50,000
• City of Kingwood (Preston Co.), $38,192
• E&L, Inc. (Putnam Co.), $32,143
• Beckley Garbage (Raleigh Co.), $49,840
• Oak Hill Garbage Company (Raleigh Co.), $50,000
• Nichols Graphics (Roane Co.), $21,103
• Roane County Solid Waste Authority, $27,369
• City of Grafton (Taylor Co.), $11,200
• City of Buckhannon (Upshur Co.), $50,000
• Harold’s Refuse Removal (Wood Co.), $23,882