Kansas awards grant money for recycling.

The state of Kansas has announced that grants totaling more than $825,000 are being issued to various organizations in the state. The grants, which range from $637 to $200,000, include projects for the reuse of C&D debris, recycling electronic scrap collection and reclamation initiatives around the state, according to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

The Governor's Solid Waste Grants Advisory Committee made the award selections and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will distribute the grants to the 15 awardees.

The grant recipients include:

* Asset LifeCycle LLC, Topeka, $200,000 to expand current collection services to create an electronic reclamation and waste processing facility;

* Bahm Demolition Inc., Silver Lake, $150,000 to purchase two scales, a grapple, 15 roll-off containers, a magnet, four trailers, a skid loader with a grapple arm and a 3-yard wheel loader with grapple bucket;

* Class LTD, Columbus, $75,000 to purchase a sorting conveyor system with a box dumper, a forklift, scale, bins, a pulverizing system for glass, a trailer and safety equipment;

* Habitat ReStore, Kansas City, $40,000 to purchase an 18-foot box truck for collections in Johnson County;

* Heartland Habitat for Humanity, Kansas City, $40,000 to establish a ReStore in Wyandotte County;

* Hodgeman County Economic Development Inc., Jetmore, $7,050 to purchase a pro-gravity trailer for cardboard collection at the landfill;

* City of Hoisington, $13,900 to purchase an Alley Cat trailer with additional bins and lids;

* Lake Region Solid Waste Authority, Paola, $30,000 to establish electronic scrap collection programs in all six counties and to expand public education campaign;

* Northwest Kansas Regional Recycling Organization., Colby, $100,000 to purchase Pro-Tainer trailers with extra bins, four sets of bins, 12 trailer bins and building improvements for Sheridan County;

* City of Olathe, $20,000 to make site improvements for a second drop-off site and to purchase 20 recycling containers and signage;

* Plastics Recycling of Kansas Inc., Wichita, $45,000 to purchase and install a used horizontal baler;

* Rooks County Landfill, Stockton, $40,000 to purchase a pickup, recycling trailers and educational materials;

* Sunflower RC&D Area Inc., Harper, $50,000 for nine projects proposed, including regional equipment, local program expansions and a buy-recycle initiative;

* U.S.D. No. 307 Ell-Saline, Brookville, $638 to purchase 20 three-bin recycling carts; and

* University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., Lawrence, $14,900 to purchase desk-side recycling containers and collection equipment for six office buildings.

The Governor's Solid Waste Grants Advisory Committee has awarded more than $15 million in grants since the program began in 1996.