$345,000 Grant Paves Way for Venango County Recycling Center
Harrisburg, Pa. (EYT) – Venango County has received a state grant that will help pave the way for a new recycling center.
The announcement of the $345,502.00 grant was made as part of a state-wide release issued Friday afternoon by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
In March, the Venango County Commissioners approved a request from the Venango County Planning Commission to apply for the grant.
The grant will cover the start-up costs of a recycling center, which would most likely be located in Cranberry Township/Seneca area.
“The idea would be to create a recycling center to serve all county residents,” Venango County Planning Commision Executive Director Jason Ruggiero told exploreVenango.com in a previous interview.
“It would be similar to the bins at the Two Mile County Park and some other municipalities. County residents could drop off plastic, glass bottles, cans, all the stuff you think about when recycling. They would also be able to drop off the things we have had special collections at the mall for like electronics, refrigerators, dehumidifiers, household hazardous wastes like paints and chemicals, those types of things. They wouldn’t just be confined to the once a quarter or once every other month drop off like they are now.”
A smaller DEP grant of approximately $35,000.00 issued earlier this year is being used for a feasibility study that will ensure a full-time recycling center makes sense for Venango County.
Ruggiero said the county wants to conduct the feasibility study because of the success it has had with its quarterly and sometimes bi-monthly recycling collections at the Cranberry Mall over the past several years.
“It keeps growing in popularity,” Ruggiero said. “And, the state has passed laws that prohibit people from just putting certain items at the curb (for the garbage haulers). Things like TVs, household hazardous waste like household chemicals, antifreeze, things like that. We would take all of that plus your standard recycling items like glass, newspapers, cardboard, plastics.”
Ruggiero believes a recycling center is important for two reasons.
“One, we have seen the need for these types of services through our special collections at the mall,” Ruggiero said. “When I started, we have (special collections) once a year. Last year, I think we did one every other month. We can show the numbers that our residents are using those services and show a need in the county for them.”
Ruggiero also believes having a recycling center is important from a community development standpoint.
“When people consider coming to the area, moving to the area, these are the kinds of amenities they are looking for,” Ruggiero said. “Being able to recycle and dispose of electronics, these are things people from bigger areas are used to. When we don’t have them, we are not as competitive as a community.”
Venango County was one of 195 county and municipal governments to receive a grant, according to Friday’s announcement by the DEP.
The grants, which include efforts related to recycling collections and education as well as leaf litter pickup, totaled over $37 million.
“By providing these grants, we are helping bolster recycling in communities all over Pennsylvania, and reduce the amount of material going into our landfills,” said DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell. “Whether it’s from increased education for residents or an entire facility for sorting recyclables, these grants are making a difference.”
Through the grant program, municipalities and counties in Pennsylvania are eligible for up to 90 percent funding of approved recycling program costs. Municipalities that are designated financially distressed under the Financial Distressed Communities Act are eligible to receive funding for an additional 10 percent of approved costs. Grants were also awarded based on programs designed to meet current market demands for recyclable goods.
The full list of grant recipients is below.
Allegheny County:
|
|
Allegheny County
|
$198,000
|
Baldwin Borough
|
$264,681
|
Fox Chapel Borough
|
$350,000
|
Green Tree Borough
|
$77,958
|
Oakmont Borough
|
$112,140
|
Penn Hills Municipality
|
$288,000
|
Pittsburgh City
|
$350,000
|
Robinson Township
|
$244,726
|
West Homestead Borough
|
$277,110
|
Wilkins Township
|
$24,570
|
|
|
Beaver County:
|
|
Aliquippa City
|
$53,700
|
Beaver Borough
|
$234,000
|
Beaver County
|
$350,000
|
Brighton Township
|
$18,000
|
Chippewa Township
|
$108,000
|
Monaca Borough
|
$198,000
|
New Sewickley Township
|
$166,500
|
Patterson Township
|
$49,500
|
Vanport Township
|
$130,500
|
|
|
Berks County:
|
|
Amity Township
|
$203,487
|
Berks County Solid Waste Authority
|
$85,545
|
Bern Township
|
$239,292
|
Cumru Township
|
$47,152
|
Exeter Township
|
$248,074
|
Kenhorst Borough
|
$25,974
|
Lower Alsace Township
|
$283,249
|
Lower Heidelberg Township
|
$98,581
|
Maidencreek Township
|
$112,082
|
Maxatawny Township
|
$32,538
|
Muhlenberg Township
|
$335,619
|
Reading City
|
$349,992
|
South Heidelberg Township
|
$283,089
|
Wernersville Borough
|
$264,767
|
West Reading Borough
|
$141,772
|
Wyomissing Borough
|
$122,715
|
|
|
Blair County:
|
|
Intermunicipal Relations Committee
|
$350,000
|
|
|
Bradford County:
|
|
Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority
|
$350,000
|
Sayre Borough
|
$345,215
|
|
|
Butler County:
|
|
Butler City
|
$66,661
|
|
|
Cambria County:
|
|
Cambria County Solid Waste Mgmt. Authority
|
$350,000
|
|
|
Cameron County:
|
|
Cameron County
|
$318,520
|
|
|
|
|
Centre County:
|
|
Bellefonte Borough
|
$349,307
|
Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority
|
$350,000
|
Centre County Council of Governments
|
$350,000
|
College Township
|
$185,978
|
Ferguson Township
|
$233,132
|
State College Borough
|
$350,000
|
|
|
Chester County:
|
|
Chester County Solid Waste Authority
|
$279,000
|
Coatesville City
|
$8,587
|
East Pikeland Township
|
$31,816
|
Phoenixville Borough
|
$148,733
|
South Coatesville Borough
|
$23,132
|
Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority
|
$350,000
|
Valley Township
|
$290,488
|
West Bradford Township
|
$270,266
|
|
|
Clearfield County:
|
|
Clearfield Borough
|
$76,545
|
Clearfield County Solid Waste Authority
|
$30,600
|
Lawrence Township
|
$153,255
|
|
|
Clinton County:
|
|
Clinton County Solid Waste Authority
|
$349,869
|
Lock Haven City
|
$15,300
|
|
|
Columbia County:
|
|
Bloomsburg Town
|
$117,568
|
Scott Township
|
$93,749
|
|
|
Crawford County
|
|
Meadville City
|
$170,094
|
|
|
Cumberland County:
|
|
Camp Hill Borough
|
$106,735
|
Carlisle Borough
|
$169,682
|
Cumberland County
|
$350,000
|
East Pennsboro Township
|
$161,711
|
Hampden Township
|
$240,118
|
Silver Spring Township
|
$159,412
|
|
|
Dauphin County:
|
|
Dauphin County
|
$350,000
|
Derry Township
|
$114,613
|
Harrisburg City
|
$347,725
|
Penbrook Borough
|
$55,171
|
Susquehanna Township
|
$279,113
|
|
|
Delaware County:
|
|
Aston Township
|
$244,808
|
Brookhaven Borough
|
$37,962
|
Colwyn Borough
|
$51,600
|
Haverford Township
|
$284,691
|
Lansdowne Borough
|
$313,011
|
Marple Township
|
$296,871
|
Millbourne Borough
|
$4,378
|
Morton Borough
|
$8,206
|
Nether Providence Township
|
$292,149
|
Prospect Park Borough
|
$136,213
|
Ridley Township
|
$163,018
|
Springfield Township
|
$142,797
|
Swarthmore Borough
|
$192,182
|
Upper Chichester Township
|
$31,774
|
|
|
Elk County:
|
|
Elk County
|
$337,698
|
|
|
Erie County:
|
|
Erie City
|
$350,000
|
Fairview Township
|
$247,052
|
Millcreek Township
|
$325,450
|
Wesleyville Borough
|
$109,217
|
|
|
Fayette County:
|
|
Fayette County
|
$245,000
|
German Township
|
$81,000
|
|
|
Greene County:
|
|
Greene County
|
$145,000
|
Huntingdon County:
|
|
Huntingdon County
|
$64,633
|
|
|
Indiana County:
|
|
Indiana County Solid Waste Authority
|
$337,930
|
|
|
Jefferson County:
|
|
Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority
|
$96,026
|
|
|
Lackawanna County:
|
|
Carbondale City
|
$45,571
|
Covington Township
|
$103,763
|
Jermyn Borough
|
$48,803
|
Jessup Borough
|
$55,208
|
Mayfield Borough
|
$20,955
|
Scranton City
|
$237,213
|
Throop Borough
|
$269,201
|
|
|
Lancaster County:
|
|
Columbia Borough
|
$350,000
|
East Petersburg Borough
|
$1,574
|
Lancaster City
|
$206,257
|
Salisbury Township
|
$136,876
|
West Earl Township
|
$350,000
|
|
|
Lawrence County:
|
|
Lawrence County
|
$289,399
|
|
|
Lebanon County:
|
|
Annville Township
|
$75,083
|
Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority
|
$200,717
|
Lebanon City
|
$269,070
|
North Lebanon Township
|
$122,169
|
South Lebanon Township
|
$350,000
|
|
|
Lehigh County:
|
|
Allentown City
|
$350,000
|
Fountain Hill Borough
|
$60,999
|
Lower Macungie Borough
|
$168,597
|
Salisbury Township
|
$221,499
|
Whitehall Township
|
$299,827
|
|
|
Luzerne County:
|
|
Dallas Area Municipal Authority
|
$207,855
|
Dupont Borough
|
$25,481
|
Hanover Township
|
$159,791
|
Kingston Municipality
|
$238,050
|
Kingston Township
|
$185,565
|
Pittston City
|
$223,340
|
Plains Township
|
$287,093
|
Wilkes Barre City
|
$350,000
|
|
|
Lycoming County:
|
|
Loyalsock Township
|
$179,318
|
Lycoming County
|
$349,666
|
|
|
McKean County:
|
|
McKean County
|
$81,647
|
|
|
Mercer County:
|
|
Grove City Borough
|
$85,000
|
|
|
Mifflin County:
|
|
Mifflin County
|
$324,846
|
|
|
Monroe County:
|
|
Chestnuthill Township
|
$313,871
|
Coolbaugh Township
|
$301,707
|
Monroe County Waste Management Authority
|
$349,205
|
Middle Smithfield Township
|
$33,262
|
Oak Grove Multi-Municipal Compost Facility
|
$200,815
|
Polk Township
|
$154,433
|
Smithfield Township
|
$290,512
|
Stroud Township
|
$350,000
|
|
|
Montgomery County:
|
|
Abington Township
|
$350,000
|
Cheltenham Township
|
$348,422
|
Conshohocken Borough
|
$212,363
|
Douglass Township
|
$99,807
|
East Norriton Township
|
$199,961
|
Hatboro Borough
|
$236,123
|
Jenkintown Borough
|
$170,100
|
Lower Merion Township
|
$314,987
|
Plymouth Township
|
$172,629
|
Upper Dublin Township
|
$328,849
|
Upper Moreland Township
|
$350,000
|
West Norriton Township
|
$93,492
|
Whitemarsh Township
|
$94,057
|
|
|
Montour County:
|
|
Danville Borough
|
$1,400
|
|
|
Northampton County:
|
|
Bethlehem City
|
$342,508
|
Bethlehem Township
|
$41,978
|
Easton City
|
$55,215
|
First Regional Compost Facility
|
$350,000
|
Forks Township
|
$324,617
|
Lower Nazareth Township
|
$268,673
|
Nazareth Borough
|
$263,252
|
Palmer Township
|
$350,000
|
Upper Nazareth Township
|
$178,394
|
Walnutport Borough
|
$61,038
|
West Easton Borough
|
$11,625
|
Wilson Borough
|
$110,614
|
|
|
Northumberland County:
|
|
Kulpmont Borough
|
$143,845
|
Shamokin City
|
$51,820
|
Sunbury Municipal Authority
|
$60,500
|
|
|
Philadelphia County:
|
|
Philadelphia City
|
$350,000
|
|
|
Pike County:
|
|
Lehman Township
|
$191,032
|
|
|
Potter County:
|
|
Potter County Solid Waste Authority
|
$79,155
|
|
|
Schuylkill County:
|
|
Minersville Borough
|
$118,318
|
Schuylkill Haven Borough
|
$229,398
|
|
|
Somerset County
|
|
Somerset County
|
$94,275
|
|
|
Susquehanna County:
|
|
Susquehanna County
|
$105,076
|
|
|
Union County:
|
|
Union County
|
$56,943
|
|
|
Venango County:
|
|
Venango County
|
$345,502
|
|
|
Warren County:
|
|
Warren City
|
$180,877
|
|
|
Washington County:
|
|
Peters Township
|
$122,400
|
|
|
Wayne County:
|
|
Wayne County
|
$151,110
|
|
|
Westmoreland County:
|
|
Jeanette City
|
$39,375
|
Latrobe City
|
$95,843
|
New Kensington City
|
$98,716
|
|
|
Wyoming County:
|
|
Wyoming County
|
$28,572
|
|
|
York County:
|
|
Carroll Township
|
$215,875
|
Fairview Township
|
$50,863
|
Hanover Borough
|
$349,027
|
Penn Township
|
$349,999
|
Red Lion Borough
|
$4,083
|
West Manchester Township
|
$46,612
|
Windsor Township
|
$158,697
|
Copyright © 2024 EYT Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Any copying, redistribution or retransmission of the contents of this service without the express written consent of EYT Media Group, Inc. is expressly prohibited.
Category: Local News, News