Dive Brief:
- The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality announced that $4.3 million in grants were awarded to recipients engaged in waste reduction and recycling.
- The grants were made available through the state’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Grant Fund.
- Funding was collected through the sale of new tires, annual business sales and solid waste disposal fees.
Dive Insight:
Recipients of the grants include transfer stations, scrap tire collectors, composting projects, recycling systems and hazardous household waste collection programs.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality recently announced it would provide $200,000 in grants for e-waste projects through its Electronic Waste Grants Program. Funding for these grants came from the statewide sale of computers.