CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today announced 30 local Solid Waste Management agencies have been awarded grants totaling $300,000 to assist local Solid Waste Authorities with litter control and recycling efforts across the state.
Administered by the Solid Waste Management Board (SWMB), the SWMB grant program is designed to assist local Solid Waste Authorities in the job of properly managing solid waste within their respective counties or regions.
Projects awarded funding include:
Barbour County - $14,250 - for insurance, fuel, utilities and wages.
Berkeley County - $10,000 - for contracting to grind brush.
Brooke County - $14,500 - for equipment maintenance and transportation of recyclables.
Calhoun County - $13,121.50 - for insurance, shipping materials, equipment maintenance, utilities and wages.
Hancock County - $9,500 - for composting units for residential program.
Jefferson County - $3,800 - for garage doors to secure recyclables.
Kanawha County - $12,062 - for fuel.
Logan County - $3,000 - for safety vests and litter pickup sticks for volunteers.
Marion County - $12,000 - for rent and hauling costs.
Mason County - $16,749 - for fuel, maintenance costs, educational conference expenses and wages.
McDowell County - $6,625 - for financial examinations, educational conference expenses and promotional expenses.
Mercer County - $3,850 - for two roll off boxes.
Monongalia County - $7,790 - for repair to recycling trailer and assorted tools.
Monroe County - $11,850 - for recycling supplies and hauling services, fuel, equipment maintenance, insurance and Quickbooks software.
Morgan County - $14,100 - for equipment maintenance, insurance, collection and hauling services and wages.
Ohio County - $10,000 - for a household hazardous waste collection event.
Pleasants County - $13,715 - for fuel, recycling bags, baler wire and wages.
Pocahontas County - $8,948.02 - for signage, 1 cage trailer, refrigerant reclamation machine, recycling bins and EPA training for refrigerant extraction.
Preston County - $15,000 - for purchase of a portable storage unit.
Putnam County - $8,500 - for costs associated with county clean up, school awards and backyard composters.
Ritchie County - $11,910 - for equipment maintenance, scales, propane and upgrades to recycling facility.
Summers County - $5,145 - for financial examinations, insurance and educational conference expenses.
Taylor County - $4,306 - for financial examination, insurance and maintenance to drop-off site.
Tucker County - $10,000 - for scales.
Tyler County - $10,000 - for equipment maintenance and wages.
Upshur County - $3,187 - for insurance, financial examination, utilities and school trips.
Wayne County - $12,428 - for insurance, fuel and wages.
Wetzel County - $13,000 - for fuel and wages.
Wirt County - $10,739.48 - for payroll expenses.
Wyoming County - $9,924 - for a truck for the county litter control officer.