Burns: $350,000 awarded to Cambria County Solid Waste Management Authority for recycling, composting
Rep. Frank Burns October 12, 2018 | 1:44 PM
EBENSBURG, Oct. 12 – Expanded recycling and leaf composting in Cambria County are eligible components of a $350,000 grant announced today by state Rep. Frank Burns.
The funding comes in the form of a Recycling Development and Implementation Program grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, said Burns, D-Cambria, who noted the positive impact the award will have on the environment.
“Expanded recycling and composting efforts have the big automatic benefit of reducing the volume sent to landfills, but expansion of these programs also means less air pollution from burning and possibly greater employment of those who do the sorting,” Burns said. “The more we recycle, the better off we’ll be.”
Burns said the grant can be used for several eligible purposes: expanding recycling processing facilities, installing data collection systems on recycling vehicles, continuing or creating curbside recycling programs, developing educational materials, or operating leaf compost facilities.
Up to 90 percent of approved recycling program costs are eligible under the grant program, Burns said, noting that nearly 200 county and municipal governments were awarded under the program.