MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Department of Environmental Management distributed more than $2.5 million in recycling grants to cities, counties, solid waste authorities and other groups to strengthen recycling programs across the state.
The $2,529,388 in awards, announced this week at the Alabama Recycling Coalition’s Annual Conference and Expo in Huntsville, are funded through the Alabama Recycling Fund, which was created by the Legislature in 2008 under the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act.
“This is the 17th year of the grant program, and we can clearly see the impact this funding is having as recycling continues to grow in Alabama,” ADEM Director Edward Poolos said in a statement. “Every item that is recycled is one less item that ends up in a landfill or littered alongside our roads, on our land or in our water.”…