UC communities receive recycling grants

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

 

Knox

 

$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

 

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

 

Putnam

 

$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

 

Rutherford

 

$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.

 

Sevier

 

$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

 

Wayne

 

$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.

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