WVDEP Awards More than $70,000 in Recycling Grants from Covered Electronic Devices Takeback Fund
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) will award $70,480 in grant funding to nine applicants through the Covered Electronic Devices (CED) Recycling Grant Program.
CEDs include electronics such as computers, tablets and televisions that require proper disposal. In 2008, the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP) established the CED Program to ensure manufacturers follow disposal guidelines. Varying fees are imposed on manufacturers that have not adopted or implemented a free take-back/recycling program. Fees collected through this program are deposited into the CED Takeback Fund and grants are awarded to counties and municipalities to support ongoing collection programs and to conduct electronic collection events.
Grants will be awarded to:
Harrison County Commission: $10,000
To fund e-cycling contractor services in support of a CED collection event for the county.
Lewis County Commission: $10,000
To fund e-cycling contractor services in support of a CED collection event for the county.
Mingo County Commission: $10,000
To fund e-cycling contractor services in support of a CED collection event for the county.
Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority: $7,500
To fund e-cycling contractor services in support of a CED collection event for the county.
Pleasants County Solid Waste Authority: $10,000
To fund e-cycling contractor services and legal ads in support of a CED collection event for the county.
Preston County Solid Waste Authority: $9,000
To fund e-cycling contractor services in support of a CED collection event for the county.
Ritchie County Solid Waste Authority: $9,580
To fund e-cycling contractor services, labor, legal ads and advertising in support of a CED collection event for the county.
Roane County Solid Waste Authority: $2,650
To fund e-cycling contractor services in support of the county’s ongoing CED collection program.
Wayne County Solid Waste Authority: $1,750
To fund labor in support of CED collection events for the county.
A list of the CED brands that have approved take-back programs free to consumers can be found here: dep.wv.gov/
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