IDEM Awards $513,000 In Community Recycling Grants

Wabash College is getting $34,920 from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, along with 15 other applicants the agency announced this week.

The grants are available to counties, municipalities, solid waste management districts, schools, and nonprofit organizations located in Indiana. Here is the list of recipients and the amounts they were awarded:

“IDEM is proud to work with communities throughout the state toward increasing recycling opportunities,” IDEM Commissioner Brian Rockensuess said. “The grants are a great way for IDEM to promote recycling and facilitate recycling education in communities statewide.”

Altogether, IDEM awarded $513,593 to 16 applicants. IDEM said that grant funding is intended to create successful, cost-effective programs. Applicants must demonstrate a positive environmental impact within the project service area, an increase in waste diversion because of the project and show the sustainability of the project. Grants are funded through IDEM’s Solid Waste Management Fund. Funds come from the solid waste management fee (IC 13-20-22-1). The fee consists of $0.50 per ton charge on solid waste for final disposal at Indiana municipal solid waste landfills and incinerators. None of the funding comes from tax dollars.