DEP approves 30 applicants for FY2015 CED recycling grants

 

Thirty applicants have been approved for grants totaling $183,416 in the Department of Environmental Protection’s Covered Electronic Devices (CED) Recycling Grant Program, DEP Cabinet Secretary Randy Huffman announced.

Established in 2008 under the DEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP), the CED Program requires that electronics 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 (e-cycling) 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 will be awarded to:

Barbour County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic transportation fees and supplies for the ongoing collection program

Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority $10,000
To fund the ongoing electronic collection program

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 $5,000
To fund contracted services, advertising, forklift rental and signage for a collection event

Clay County Solid Waste Authority $4,050
To fund contracted services, advertising, forklift rental and labor for a collection event

Fayetteville, Town of $5,000
To fund contracted services, advertising, labor and equipment for a collection event

Grafton, City of $4,800
To fund collection, transportation, processing and electronic recycler fees for the ongoing collection program

Greenbrier County Solid Waste Authority $3,550
To fund advertising and shipping supplies for the ongoing collection program

Hancock County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic recycling fees for the ongoing collection program

Harrison County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic recycling fees and advertising for a collection event

Jackson County Solid Waste Authority $10,000
To fund electronic recycling fees, power installation, lighting, security lights and roll-up door installation for the ongoing collection program

Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority $10,000
To fund electronic recycling fees and supplies for the ongoing collection program

Kanawha County Commission $10,000
To fund electronic recycling fees for cleanup events

Kingwood, City of $5,000
To fund electronic recycling fees and advertising for a collection event

Lincoln County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic recycling services for a collection event

Marion County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund contracted electronic recycling services, advertising and signage for a collection event

McDowell County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund collection handling labor, event labor, loading equipment rental, advertising and contracted electronic recycling services for a collection event and the ongoing collection program

Monroe County Solid Waste Authority $8,400
To fund electronic recycling services, advertising, labor and a skid steer loader bucket for a collection event

Morgan County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund contracted electronic recycling services and advertising for a collection event

Nicholas County Solid Waste Authority $10,000
To fund electronic recycling fees for the ongoing collection program

Pleasants County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic recycling/transportation fees and advertising for a collection event and the ongoing collection program

Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic recycling services and equipment rental for the ongoing collection program

Putnam County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund contracted electronic recycling services, advertising and fork truck rental for a collection event

Region VIII County Solid Waste Authority $10,000
To fund equipment for the Southern Transfer Station ongoing electronic recycling program

Summers County Solid Waste Authority $3,116
To fund advertising, forklift rental/operator and electronic recycling fees for a collection event

Terra Alta, Town of $5,000
To fund electronic recycling services, supplies and advertising for the ongoing collection program

Tucker County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic recycling and transportation fees for the ongoing collection program

Wayne County Solid Waste Authority $4,500
To fund e-cycling fees and tires for the ongoing collection program

Wetzel County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic recycling services for a collection event

Wood County Solid Waste Authority $5,000
To fund electronic recycling services, supplies and advertising for a collection event

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Contact:

Kelley Gillenwater
304-926-0499
Kelley.J.Gillenwater@wv.gov