UPPER CUMBERLAND – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) announced Wednesday $6,041,629 in grants to support community recycling efforts in a statewide effort to reduce landfill waste.
“TDEC is committed to increasing the diversion and beneficial use of materials that would otherwise end up in landfills or contaminating our waters,” said TDEC Commissioner Bob Martineau. “These grants will help local communities meet the ever-growing challenge of finding ways to reuse materials that would otherwise be discarded to benefit our economy and protect our environment.”
Awarded projects fall into one of five categories: Recycling Hub and Spoke, Recycling Equipment, Recycling Rebate, Used Oil and Convenience Centers. Specific grant information is detailed below:
GRANTEE | COUNTY | GRANT AMOUNT* | DESCRIPTION |
Anderson County | Anderson | $24,920 | Paving replacement at Green Valley Convenience Center |
City of Norris | Anderson | $34,050 | Used oil transport trailer; oil collection tank; antifreeze collection tank; canopy; pad; used oil heater; oil pump; oil filter crusher |
Blount County | Blount | $59,450 | Education and outreach materials; used oil transport trailer; oil collection tank; oil storage tank; pad; oil filter crusher; used oil heater; oil pump; antifreeze storage tank |
Campbell County | Campbell | $124,968 | Horizontal baler; conveyor |
$25,000 | Truck scales | ||
Campbell County Highway Department | Campbell | $38,450 | Used oil transport trailer; used oil storage tanks; used oil filter crusher; used oil heater; oil pump; antifreeze storage tank |
Cannon County | Cannon | $19,550 | Education and outreach materials; general contractor; oil collection tank; canopy; pad; oil filter crusher; oil pump; old tank removal; antifreeze storage tank |
Cannon County | Cannon | $100,000 | For Alexander Drive Convenience Center: compactor; receiver boxes, front load/roll-off containers; paving, fencing; attendant shelter; electric/water; engineering fees |
Cannon County | Cannon | $25,000 | Truck scales |
Carroll County | Carroll | $32,351 | Recycling truck |
Cheatham County | Cheatham | $9,500 | Used oil heater |
$25,000 | Truck scales | ||
Chester County | Chester | $1,160,565 | Disc screen; facility expansion; magnetic cross belt; recycling compactor truck |
Claiborne County | Claiborne | $48,000 | For Springdale Convenience Center: fencing; electric/water |
Clay County | Clay | $28,050 | Education and outreach materials; general contractor; oil collection tank; oil storage tank; canopy; pad; oil filter crusher; oil pump; oil tank removal |
City of Tullahoma | Coffee/Franklin | $13,826 | 18-gallon recycling carts; roll-off containers; kennels for cardboard collection |
$14,050 | Education and outreach materials; used oil collection tanks; canopy; pad; oil filter crusher; oil pump | ||
Crockett County | Crockett | $38,238 | For Alamo Convenience Center: paving; fencing. For Maury City Convenience Center: paving; gate; culvert |
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County | Davidson | $124,841 | 96-gallon curbside recycling carts |
$50,000 | Recycling resource educational program materials | ||
Isaiah 58, Inc. | Davidson | $30,000 | Horizontal balers; skid steer loaders |
Turnip Green Creative Reuse | Davidson | $25,000 | Information booths; expansion of free recycling and outreach programs |
Urban Green Lab | Davidson | $30,000 | Corporate recycling curriculum; recycling signage; annual report production |
DeKalb County | DeKalb | $88,750 | Education and outreach materials; used oil transport trailer; used oil collection tanks; canopies; pads; oil pump; oil filter crushers; old tank removals |
Fentress County | Fentress | $18,200 | General contractor; oil collection tanks; canopies; pads |
Franklin County | Franklin | $21,600 | Forklift |
Gibson County | Gibson | $29,500 | Used oil transport trailer; used oil collection tank; used oil storage tank; used oil heater |
Appertain Corp. | Giles | $23,450 | Truck scales; concrete foundation laying |
Giles County | Giles | $47,618 | Roll-off containers |
$79,800 | Recycling compactor; recycling truck | ||
$29,050 | Education and outreach materials; convenience center; oil collection tank; canopy; pad; oil filter crusher; oil pump; antifreeze storage tank | ||
$80,434 | For new Convenience Center at Highway 31 North: compactors; receiver boxes; front load/roll-off containers; monitoring equipment; land; paving; fencing; attendant shelter; electric/water; sign; professional fees; infrastructure development | ||
$4,760 | Recycling campaign materials | ||
Grainger County | Grainger | $22,350 | Used oil transport trailer; used oil heater; oil pump |
Greene County | Greene | $50,000 | Recycling truck |
$9,100 | Oil collection tank; antifreeze collection tank; canopy; pad | ||
City of Chattanooga | Hamilton | $32,211 | Marketing; Orange Grove personnel; 96-gallon curbside carts |
$28,916 | Recycling campaign materials | ||
City of East Ridge | Hamilton | $3,878 | 96-gallon curbside recycling carts |
Hamilton County | Hamilton | $29,165 | Repair vehicles, equipment and grounds; upgrade building; recycling booth; signage; compactor |
Hancock County | Hancock | $21,600 | Site establishment for a collection center; oil collection tank; canopy; pad |
$68,564 | For Alanthus Hill Convenience Center: receiver box; front load/roll-off container; paving; fencing; attendant shelter; sign. For Kyle’s Ford Convenience Center: receiver box; front load/roll-off container; paving; fencing; attendant shelter; sign | ||
Hardeman County | Hardeman | $43,529 | Forklift |
Henderson County | Henderson | $53,450 | Education and outreach materials; general contractor; used oil collection tank; used oil storage tanks; canopy; pad; used oil heater; oil pump; old tank removals |
Henry County | Henry | $47,950 | Recycling collection containers; forklift |
$28,000 | Education and outreach materials; transport trailer; antifreeze collection tank; spill prevention, control and countermeasure plan | ||
Jackson County | Jackson | $15,000 | Antifreeze collection tanks |
Town of Dandridge | Jefferson | $12,100 | Used oil heater; used oil filter crusher |
Jefferson County | Jefferson | $21,600 | Used oil collection tank; used oil storage tank; canopy; pad; used oil heater |
$33,450 | For Rockvale and Jefferson County Convenience Centers: paving; grading | ||
Knox County
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Knox
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$49,403 | Compactors; roll-off containers; open-top containers; recycling trailers; grapple bucket; tarp system |
$6,600 | Canopy; pad; antifreeze collection tank | ||
$100,000 | For Carter Convenience Center: compactors; receiver boxes; front load/roll-off containers; paving; fencing; attendant shelter; electric/water; sign; professional fees; infrastructure development | ||
City of Knoxville | Knox | $33,798 | Downtown trash and recycling corrals; cardboard containers; outreach materials; recycling truck |
$22,500 | Recycling campaign materials | ||
Macon County
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Macon | $61,050 | Used oil transport trailer; education and outreach materials; general contractor; convenience center; oil collection tank; oil storage tank; canopy; pad; oil filter crusher; heater; oil pump; antifreeze storage tank |
$100,000 | For new Convenience Center at Russell Drive: engineering; compactor; receiver boxes; roll-off containers; recycling collection trailer; paving; fencing; attendant shelter; electric/water | ||
$25,000 | Truck scales | ||
Marshall County | Marshall | $778,029 | Forklift with bale clamp; skid steer loader; articulating boom lift; eddy current system with conveyors; optical sorter |
$36,000 | Education and outreach materials; transport trailer; oil filter crushers; heater | ||
$119,553 | For Columbia Road and Chappell Hill Convenience Centers: compactors; receiver boxes; paving | ||
$2,800 | Software package | ||
City of Etowah | McMinn | $9,500 | Used oil heater |
Montgomery County | Montgomery | $40,000 | Recycling truck |
$89,100 | For Bo Peep, Quail Hollow and Dover Convenience Centers: paving | ||
Morgan County | Morgan | $42,350 | Oil collection tanks; antifreeze collection tank; oil pumps; old tank removals |
Obion County | Obion | $20,999 | Paper shredder system; maintenance plan |
Overton County | Overton | $8,590 | Recycling campaign materials |
Perry County | Perry | $181,096 | For Cedar Creek and Pineview Convenience Centers: compactor; recycling trailer; monitoring equipment; paving; fencing; attendant shelters; electric/water; sign; operation and educational manuals; professional fees |
Putnam County
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Putnam
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$44,191 | Recycling collection trailer; roll-off containers; skid steer loader |
$49,050 | Education and outreach materials; convenience center; spill prevention, control and countermeasure plan; oil collection tank; oil storage tank; canopy; pad; oil filter crusher; used oil heater; oil pump; antifreeze storage tank | ||
$29,725 | Recycling campaign materials | ||
Tennessee Technological University | Putnam | $35,922 | Recycling campaign materials |
Town of Oliver Springs | Roane | $22,050 | Used oil collection tank; canopy; pad; oil filter crusher; used oil heater; oil pump; antifreeze storage tank |
Roane County | Roane | $13,200 | Education and outreach materials; used oil collection tank; canopy; pad; oil filter crusher; antifreeze storage tank |
Robertson County | Robertson | $99,600 | For new Convenience Center at West County Farm Road: compactors; receiver boxes; paving; fencing; attendant shelter; electric/water; sign; professional fees; infrastructure development |
Rutherford County
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Rutherford
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$141,200 | Oil pumps; oil filter crushers; used oil collection tanks; used oil storage tanks; antifreeze collection tanks; canopies; pads; heaters |
$56,226 | Electronics recycling; consultant fees | ||
$100,000 | For Rockvale Convenience Center: compactors; receiver boxes; front load/roll-off containers; recycling trailers; paving; fencing; attendant shelter; electric/water; sign; education manuals; professional fees; infrastructure development | ||
$7,040 | Software package; metering/monitoring equipment | ||
Scott County | Scott | $12,850 | Used oil transport trailer; oil pump |
$5,850 | Pallet scales | ||
Sevier Solid Waste, Inc.
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Sevier
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$49,545 | Recycling campaign materials |
$25,000 | Truck scales; excavation; concrete cutting; tile and piping | ||
$16,347 | Skid steer loader | ||
$91,567 | 50-yard containers; 16-yard container; skid steer loader | ||
Bartlett | Shelby | $10,685 | Recycling bins |
Town of Collierville | Shelby | $8,913 | 96-gallon curbside recycling carts |
City of Germantown | Shelby | $7,158 | Amnesty Day promotional materials; electronics recycling |
$19,304 | Recycling campaign materials | ||
City of Memphis | Shelby | $143,722 | 96-gallon curbside recycling carts; outreach materials |
$27,250 | Materials for the Dare 2 Recycling campaign | ||
Refurban Memphis, LLC | Shelby | $15,948 | Truck scales |
Smith County | Smith | $4,500 | Education and outreach materials; used oil collection tank; old tank removal |
Sullivan County | Sullivan | $5,000 | Antifreeze collection tanks |
$700 | Scales pallet | ||
City of Gallatin | Sumner | $12,500 | Vertical baler; maintenance plan |
Resource Authority | Sumner | $2,500 | Antifreeze tank |
Union County Solid Waste Authority | Union | $9,600 | Canopies |
Washington County | Washington | $36,350 | Oil storage tanks; antifreeze collection tanks |
Wayne County
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Wayne
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$41,974 | Hoppers for recyclables; forklift |
$46,950 | Education and outreach materials; general contractor; convenience center; oil collection tank; spill pans; oil storage tank; canopy; pad; heater; pump; old tank removal; antifreeze storage tank | ||
$25,000 | Truck scales |
*Each grant amount represents an individual project award.
Recycling Equipment Grants were authorized by the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991 and are supported by the Tennessee Solid Waste Management Fund, which is administered by TDEC. The fund receives revenues from a state surcharge on each ton of solid waste disposed in landfills and from a fee on new tires sold in the state. Used Oil Grants are authorized under the Used Oil Collection Act of 1993 and are funded by the Used Oil Collection Fund, which receives its revenues from a fee collected against every quart of oil sold.
For more information about TDEC’s Materials Management program, visit https://www.tn.gov/environment/sw-mm-materials-management-program.html.