News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2003
ODNR AWARDS MORE THAN $2,000,000 IN GRANTS TO
EXPAND MARKETS FOR RECYCLED PRODUCTS STATEWIDE
$771,850 in grants go to scrap tire recycling efforts
COLUMBUS, OH -- More than $2,000,000 in Recycling Market Development Grants have gone to cooperating businesses and local solid waste management districts across the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
Approximately $1,262,871 in grants went to nine plastics and paper recyclers, while another $771,850 went to three businesses that recycle scrap tires. Each recipient must provide a contribution equal to or greater than the grant award.
Market development grants help state and local governments strengthen relationships with their local recycling business partners, said ODNR Director Sam Speck. In turn, the partnerships help Ohio's economy by creating jobs and long-term markets for many of the materials collected by the state's local recycling programs.
Since 1994, the ODNR Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention has awarded more than $6.3 million in Recycling Market Development grants to cooperating businesses and local solid waste management districts across Ohio.
EDITORS NOTE: A List of 2003 Recycling Market Development Grant Recipients Follows:
2003 RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
|
| Recipient |
Solid Waste Management District |
Grant Amount |
| Franklin Boxboard Corp. |
Warren County Solid Waste Management Dist. |
$150,000
|
| SBC Recycling Corp. |
Licking County |
$150,000
|
| Hancor, Inc. |
Hancock County |
$150,000
|
| Advanced Fiber Technology |
Crawford County |
$150,000
|
| Evergreen Plastics, LTD |
Ottawa/Sandusky/Seneca Solid Waste Dist. |
$150,000
|
| Valley Converting Co. |
Jefferson County |
$140,000
|
| Sims Brothers, Inc. |
Delaware/Knox/Marion/Morrow Solid Waste Dist. |
$72,871
|
| Bio Lumber of Ohio |
Hamilton County Solid Waste District |
$150,000
|
| Phoenix Technologies, Inc. |
Wood County Solid Waste District |
$150,000
|
| *Akron Thermal, LP |
Summit/Akron Solid Waste Authority |
$340,750
|
| *Appleton Papers, Inc. |
Montgomery County Solid Waste Dist. |
$231,100
|
| *Campbell Scrap Tire Co. |
Southeastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Dist. |
$200,000
|
| *Scrap Tire Market Development Grants |
For Further Information Contact:
Jane Beathard, ODNR Media Relations
(614) 265-6860
-or-
Chet Chaney, ODNR Recycling & Litter Prevention
(614) 265-6407
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