FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Robbie Wilbur
September 23, 2010 601/961-5277
MDEQ ANNOUNCES RECYCLING BIN GRANT AWARDS
(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced Thursday that recycling bin grant awards have been awarded to various organizations around the State of Mississippi. The bin grant awards are being made through a partnership involving MDEQ, the Alcoa Recycling Company, the Southeast Recycling Development Council, and the Mississippi Recycling Coalition.
The current bin grant awards involve corrugated recycling bins that are designed to increase the collection of aluminum, plastic and glass containers for recycling from elementary and secondary schools, community colleges and institutions of higher learning, and state government agencies, local governments, and non-profit community groups and organizations.
“We are encouraged to see the increased participation in recycling activities across the state. These recycling bins will be a crucial step in assisting many organizations in their recycling efforts,” said Trudy Fisher, MDEQ Executive Director.
The recipients receiving bin grant awards include the following organizations:
Schools:
●North Pike Elementary School (Summit)
●DeLisle Elementary (Harrison County)
●Strayhorn Elementary (Sarah)
●Sudduth Elementary (Starkville)
●Saltillo Primary School
●Henderson Ward-Stewart Elementary (Starkville)
●Lafayette Middle School
●Olde Town Middle School (Ridgeland)
●Pass Christian High School
●Starkville/Millsaps Technology Center
●Stone County Schools
●Madison School District
●Jackson Public School District
●Mississippi School for the Deaf
Colleges:
●Mississippi College School of Law
●Co-Lin Community College (Wesson)
●Co-Lin Community College (Simpson County)
●Jackson State University
●University of Mississippi
●Delta State University
Hospitals:
●St. Dominic's Hospital (Jackson)
●Mississippi State Hospital
Private/Civic/Misc:
●Cub Scout Troop 124 (McComb)
●Junior League of Jackson
●Girls & Boys Club (Gulf Coast)
●Girl Scout Troop 6013 (Columbia)
●Nollie Jenkins Family Center, Inc. (Lexington)
●Mississippi Manufacturers’ Association
●Mississippi Department of Transportation
Local Governments:
●City of Leland
●City of Richland
●City of Okolona
●Town of Monticello
●City of Quitman
●City of Corinth
●City of Starkville
●City of Gulfport
●City of Canton
●City of Hernando
●City of Pascagoula
●City of Louisville
●City of West Point
●City of Bay St. Louis
●DeSoto County
●Bolivar County
●Sharkey County
●Hinds County Sheriff's Department
MDEQ has served as the applicant reviewer and the distributor of the recycling bins on behalf of the partnership. Grant requests were submitted at the end of July and notices of awards were made in August to the recycling bin recipients. It is anticipated that the partnership will make additional recycling bin grants available this fall.
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