Ohio EPA is awarding nearly $4 million this year in grant funding to 60 local governments, businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout Ohio to establish and implement recycling, litter prevention, recycling market development and scrap tire recycling programs.
Local governments use these funds to support litter collection activities, develop education programming or create opportunities for residents to properly dispose of scrap tires through tire amnesty collection events. All local cleanup efforts will involve the work of volunteers and take place on public property.
Projects approved for funding include (rounded down to the nearest dollar):
| Auglaize County Solid Waste Management | $200,000 | Horizontal 2 ram baler with hopper with steel belt conveyor |
| City of Chillicothe | $200,000 | 65 gallon containers for curbside recycling |
| Cleveland Clinic Office for a Healthy Environment | $31,100 | Vertical bailer, recycling bins |
| Fairfield County | $21,223 | Forklift with rotator attachment |
| Foundation for Ohio River Education (FORE) ORSANCO | $25,000 | Ohio River Cleanup -mailers, poster, brochures, trash bags, gloves, t-shirts |
| Henry County Solid Waste | $34,667 | Enclosed trailer, recycling carts, signage, advertising |
| Keep Akron Beautiful | $21,000 | Waxed trash receptacles and DAB affiliate fee |
| Keep Ohio Beautiful | $75,000 | Supplies for Zero Waste program and KOB affiliates |
| Village of Lockland | $7,066 | 19 waste barrel recycling containers |
| Lorain County Solid Waste Management | $200,000 | Harris horizontal 2 ram baler |
| Lucas County Solid Waste | $185,000 | Hybrid MRF – compactors & push out trailer |
| Montgomery County Solid Waste | $100,000 | Morbark horizontal grinder |
| Mount Carmel Health System | $33,000 | Marathon stream recycling compactor and hopper |
| Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction | $182,147 | In-vessel composting unit and scales |
| Pike County Solid Waste Management | $90,000 | Piranha horizontal baler |
| SouthEastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Management | $76,300 | Cat skid steer loader, SpecTec ejector trailer |
| Van Wert County Solid Waste | $200,000 | Harris horizontal 2 ram baler, sorting conveyor system |
| Wyandot County Solid Waste Management | $130,516 | Maren ProPak 2 ram horizontal baler |
| Adams-Clermont Solid Waste | $40,000 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Brown County Solid Waste Authority | $25,000 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Carroll-Columbiana-Harrison Solid Waste | $35,000 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Champaign Co. Health | $14, 279 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Clark County Farm Bureau | $23,800 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| City of Cuyahoga Falls | $7,400 | School supplies, pop-up tent, table covering, t-shirts, billboards |
| Darke County Solid Waste | $17,000 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Delaware General Health | $3,409 | Certification Fee |
| Fairfield Township | $4,500 | Dumpsters, volunteer t-shirts, gloves/bags/vest, advertising costs |
| Gallia Soil and Water Conservation | $10,000 | Community recycling and litter prevention event |
| Greene County | $10,000 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Guernsey County Community Development Corp. | $20,000 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Highland County Recycling and Litter Prevention Office | $2,500 | Gloves, safety vests, sharps container, bags, advertising |
| Keep Akron Beautiful | $318 | Certification Fee |
| Keep Cincinnati Beautiful | $6414 | Signs, 5-gallon buckets, litter sticks, t-shirts, advertising |
| Keep Euclid Beautiful/City of Euclid | $3,650 | KAB renewal fee, t-shirts, totes, logo tablecloth |
| Knox County Ohio | $2,078 | Newspaper ads, t-shirts, KAB renewal, trailer rental |
| Lawrence Scioto Solid Waste Management | $25,000 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Marion County Recycling & Litter Prevention | $3,000 | Surveillance camera, public recycling receptacles, KOB renewal fee, safety t-shirts, supplies |
| Mercer County Solid Waste | $6,700 | Display ad, disposal fees, trash bags, totes |
| Morrow County Commissioners | $9,511 | First aid kits, t-shirts, advertising, KAB renewal, disposal fees, signage |
| Village of New Concord | $1,000 | Certification Fee |
| City of Niles | $10,000 | Enclosed trailer, landscaping tools, garbage bags, gloves |
| Preble County Board of Commissioners | $15,000 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| SouthEastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Management | $40,000 | Scrap Tire collection and disposal |
| City of Struthers | $3,500 | Vests, eDucational supplies, advertising tools, supplies, t-shirts |
| Valley View Foundation | $6,600 | Signage, t-shirts, & gloves |
| City of Youngstown | $40,225 | Scrap tire collection and disposal |
| Cuyahoga County Solid Waste/Rust Belt Riders Composting LLC | $13,931 | Flip screen, sand saster SM20 |
| Franklin County/JDM Services dba Frank Road Recycling Solutions | $97,634 | Track stacker, loadrite belt scale system |
| Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste/MadTree Brewing Company | $6,172 | Vertical baler |
| Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste/Tri-State Escrap | $189,513 | Conveyors and magnets, shaker table, 60 hp granulator, hoppers, air separation tables |
| NCO Solid Waste/Weidmann Electrical Technology, Inc. | $184,000 | Derrick screen system |
| Putnam County Solid Waste Management/Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | $200,000 | Pelletizing line, ERF melt filter, Maag screen changer |
| Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint SWMD/The Belden Brick Company | $150,000 | Model SDL-100 Attritor |
| Crawford County Solid Waste Management/Willig Tire Recycling, LLC | $300,000 | Scrap Tire processor and manufacture – fork lifts, front end loader, trucks, skid steer, trailers |
| Jackson Center Schools | $125,941 | GTR Paving-JCS athletic complex and City of Jackson Center walking path |
| Jackson Township/Liberty Tire Services of Ohio, LLC | $300,000 | Scrap Tire processor – Granutech liberator, Millpower vibrating conveyor |
| Metroparks Toledo | $107,381 | GTR Paving -walking path and interpretive signage |
Litter prevention grants are available to local governments, parks or health departments, state colleges, and universities, solid waste authorities or Keep America Beautiful communities. Community Development Grants support and expand community recycling and litter prevention efforts. Market Development Grants assist businesses and nonprofit organizations that purchase equipment and infrastructure for successful markets of recyclable materials and related products. Scrap Tire Grants provide financial assistance to Ohio’s businesses, communities and nonprofits seeking to convert manufacturing operations into facilities that accept scrap tire material, expand tire processing or use scrap tire material in construction projects or manufactured products.
For additional information about the grant programs, contact Chet Chaney at Ohio EPA at (614) 230-5330, or online: www.recycleohio.gov.