New York doles out grant money.New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Gov. George E. Pataki has announced waste reduction and recycling grants totaling more than $8.7 million to 27 municipalities across New York State, including a $2 million grant to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. for public outreach and education to promote the city's renewed recycling program. The $2 million EPF EPF early pregnancy factor. grant to the New York City Department of Sanitation sanitation: see plumbing; sanitary science. will help fund efforts to continue extensive public outreach and education initiatives targeting individuals and communities across the city in an effort to promote and expand recycling activity. Since 1995, New York has committed more than $145.7 million to more than 402 recycling projects funded through several funding and bond programs. The grant program provides 50 percent of eligible project costs, up to a maximum of $2 million per project. To date, the EPF has provided more than $1.1 billion for more than 3,900 projects, including $57.4 million in total appropriations for waste reduction and recycling projects, including 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. removal. |
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