DEP Approves 23 Applicants for Covered Electronic Device Recycling Grants

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has approved more than $177,000 in grant funding to 23 applicants for the Covered Electronic Device (CED) Recycling Program.

Established in 2008 under the DEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP), the CED program requires that manufacturers register their brands with the state. The fees collected from this program allow counties and municipalities to apply for CED grants to conduct electronic collection events and support ongoing collection programs.

The goals of the program are to establish a registration process for manufacturers of covered electronic devices, to determine if manufacturers have adopted or implemented a free take-back/recycling program for their products and to award recycling grants to counties and municipalities for recycling or other programs that divert covered electronic devices from the waste stream.

Grants have been awarded to:

Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority                                                 $10,000
- To fund supplies for the ongoing Electronic Collection Program

Braxton County Solid Waste Authority                                                  $6,000
- To fund advertising, promotional items, labor, supplies and transportation
costs for a collection event

Brooke County Solid Waste Authority                                                   $10,000
- To fund labor, contracted recycling services, advertising and supplies for
a collection event and the ongoing program

Cabell County Solid Waste Authority                                                    $8,000
- To fund contracted recycling services, advertising, forklift rental charges
and signage for a collection event

Clay County Solid Waste Authority                                                       $5,550
- To fund contracted recycling services charges, advertising, forklift rental
charges and labor for a collection event

Town of Fayetteville                                                                            $8,000
- To fund contracted recycling services and advertising for a collection event

City of Grafton                                                                                   $8,000
- To fund collection handling, transportation, processing and electronic
recycling fees for the ongoing collection program

Greenbrier County Solid Waste Authority                                              $10,000
- To fund advertising, a storage container and shipping supplies for the ongoing
collection program

Hancock County Solid Waste Authority                                                 $7,000
- To fund site attendant labor and recycling fees for the ongoing collection program

Kanawha County Commission                                                             $10,000
- To fund electronic recycling service fees and advertising for collection
events

City of Kingwood                                                                               $8,000
- To fund electronic recycling fees and advertising for a collection event

Lincoln County Solid Waste Authority                                                  $7,000
- To fund contracted recycling services for a collection event

McDowell County Solid Waste Authority                                               $6,600
- To fund rental equipment, collection handling, labor, personnel, recycling fees
and advertising for a collection event

Monongalia County Commission                                                         $10,000
- To fund advertising, supplies, labor and transportation fees for collection events

Monroe County Solid Waste Authority                                                 $5,530
- To fund electronic recycling fees, advertising, labor, fuel and roll-off rental for a collection event.

Pleasants County Solid Waste Authority                                              $8,000
- To fund recycling transportation fees for a collection event 

Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority                                           $10,000
- To fund recycling transportation, gaylord boxes and a flat-bed trailer for the
ongoing collection program

Putnam County Solid Waste Authority                                                $8,600
- To fund electronic recycling services, advertising and forklift rental charges
for a collection event

Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority                                                 $10,000
- To fund e-waste recycling fees for the ongoing collection program

Region VIII County Solid Waste Authority                                           $10,000
- To fund recycling expenses for the ongoing collection program

Summers County Solid Waste Authority                                             $1,565
- To fund personnel, including fork lift operator, and supplies for a collection event

Wayne County Solid Waste Authority                                                 $3,000
- To fund advertisement and recycling fees for the ongoing collection program

Wood County Solid Waste Authority                                                  $6,245
- To fund a pallet truck and gaylord boxes for the ongoing collection program

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