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WVDEP approves 12 applicants for FY2020 CED recycling grants

Applicants to receive grant amounts totaling $133, 261

CHARLESTON, WV – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Covered Electronic Devices (CED) Recycling Grant Program has approved 12 applicants for grant amounts totaling $133,261.

Established in 2008 under the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP), the CED Program requires that manufacturers register their brands with the state. The fees collected from this program allow counties and municipalities to apply for CED grants to conduct electronic collection events and support ongoing collection programs.

The goals of the program are to establish a registration process for manufacturers of covered electronic devices, to determine if manufacturers have adopted or implemented a free take-back/recycling program for their products and to award recycling grants to counties and municipalities for recycling or other programs that divert covered electronic devices from the waste stream.

Grants were awarded to:

BERKELEY COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $20,000.00
To fund four 15-yard hook roll off containers and local transportation for the ongoing electronics collection program.

BROOKE COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $15,240.00
To fund labor wages, newspaper, TV and web advertising, e-cycling services for an event and dedicated line for security camera.

CABELL COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $19,956.00
To fund an office trailer, labor, outreach, e-cycling services, pallet jack and storage shed for the ongoing electronics collection program.

HANCOCK COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $7,240.00
To fund labor and packaging materials for the ongoing electronics collection program.

KANAWHA COUNTY COMMISSION: $10,600.00
To fund electronic collection event costs, billboards and local newspapers ads for county cleanup events.

LINCOLN COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $8,000.00
To fund e-cycling services, flyers and advertising for an electronics collection event.

PLEASANTS COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $12,000.00
To fund transportation and e-cycling services for an electronics collection event.

PRESTON COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $16,335.00
To fund e-cycling services, advertising and flyer insert for an electronics collection event.

POCAHONTAS COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $7,000.00
To fund e-cycling service costs for the ongoing CED collection program.

RITCHIE COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $9,550.00
To fund labor, legal ad, e-cycling services, shipping supplies, advertising and educational materials for an electronics collection event.

CORPORATION OF SHEPHERDSTOWN: $500.00
To fund public awareness advertising for the ongoing electronics collection programs located in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.

WAYNE COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY: $6,840.00
To fund personnel and fuel for the ongoing electronics collection programs.

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