Pennsylvania offers grants to businesses
that use recyclable materials in finished products
Harrisburg, PA— Pennsylvania is taking aggressive
steps to make environmental protection an engine for economic growth
with a $1 million investment that will help manufacturers increase
their use of recyclable materials in the production of finished
products.
The Recycling Markets Infrastructure Development
Grant Program aims to increase the volume of recyclable materials
consumed in the production of finished goods and, by extension,
increase the demand for recyclable goods recovered in Pennsylvania.
The Recycling Markets Infrastructure Development
Grant Program awards grants of up to $500,000 for purchases of machinery
or equipment that will increase consumption of recyclable materials
recovered in the commonwealth.
The grants are available to startup companies
as well as existing businesses and nonprofit organizations that
currently are manufacturing a product or engaged in reusing an existing
product utilizing recyclable material from Pennsylvania.
Applications will be accepted until August 31.
The state’s recycling programs are supported
by a $2 tipping fee on each ton of waste deposited in Pennsylvania
landfills. However, that fee runs only through 2008. Governor Rendell
is working with the legislature to extend that deadline.
For more information on the grant program or to
obtain a grant application, visit www.depweb.state.pa.us
keyword “Recycling”.
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