Nebraska issues grant money.The state of Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has awarded $1.13 million in 56 separate grants for recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. , litter litter /lit·ter/ (lit´er) stretcher. lit·ter n. 1. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a cleanup and public education programs. The money came from the state's Litter Reduction and Recycling Grant Program. The Village of Verdigre, which received $22,420 for a new building to house recycling services, was among the grant recipients. The new building will enable further expansion of recycling services in Verdigre and will extend its service area to include additional communities in Knox County There are nine counties named Knox County in the United States, all apparently named after Henry Knox:
The Five Rivers Resource Conservation & Development District received $37,173 for household hazardous waste Household hazardous waste (HHW) is the term for common household chemicals and substances for which the owner no longer has a use. Exhibiting many of the same dangerous characteristics as fully regulated hazardous waste, HHW is not regulated by the EPA. collection events in eight counties. Partners in the events include the counties of Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson and Saline saline /sa·line/ (sa´len) (sa´lin) salty; of the nature of a salt; containing a salt or salts. normal saline , physiological saline physiologic saline solution. . Burton Enterprises, located in Henderson, provides drive-through recycling services and semi-truck collection service to an eight-county area. It received $31,928 to add three loading docks to its existing building. The grant should help with continued expansion of services and enable Burbon to process greater volumes of recyclables more efficiently. WasteCap of Lincoln received $59,595 to provide technical assistance to businesses statewide. It is developing a statewide expansion strategy to promote business waste reduction and recycling. U.S. Recyclers Inc., Ogallala, was awarded $12,145 to purchase a recycling trailer In communications, a code or set of codes that make up the last part of a transmitted message. See trailer label. to be placed in the Village of Venango and to collect recyclables in the community as well as in the Village of Sutherland and in the City of Arapahoe. |
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