IDEM Awards Community Recycling Grants
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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is awarding more than $450,000 to 18 recipients as part of its Community Recycling Grant Program. IDEM says the grants will support projects that increase education and promotion of recycling, waste reduction, and organics management, as well as residential hazardous waste collection and disposal.
“The Community Recycling Grant Program helps to fund recycling and waste-reduction projects at the local level,” said IDEM Commissioner Brian Rockensuess. “These projects will result in environmental improvements for Hoosiers who live and work in communities across Indiana.”
The grants are open to counties, municipalities, solid waste management districts, schools, and nonprofits located in Indiana. IDEM says applicants must “demonstrate a positive environmental impact within the project service area, an increase in waste diversion as a result of the project, and show the sustainability of the project.”
The list of recipients and the amounts awarded are listed below:
- City of Fishers – $25,857
- City of Hobart – $30,000
- City of Jasper, Street Department – $100,000
- City of South Bend – $26,756
- Clark County Recycling District – $10,125
- Dearborn Solid Waste Management District – $17,139
- DePauw University – $22,174
- Indiana State Fair Commission – $100,000
- Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc. – $25,178
- Miami County Solid Waste Management District – $6,510
- Posey County Solid Waste Management District – $7,337
- reTHink Inc. – $12,747
- Southeastern Indiana Solid Waste District – $24,247
- Bartholomew Church and School – $6,578
- Town of Mulberry – $3,750
- Trustees of Indiana University – $3,117
- Washington County Solid Waste Management District – $33,753
- Wayne and Union Solid Waste Management District – $9,800