FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 13, 2012
CONTACT: Robbie Wilbur
601/961-5277
MDEQ Awards $157,000 Waste Tire Grant to Pine Belt
(Jackson, Miss.) --The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has awarded Pine Belt Solid Waste Management Authority a $157,654 waste tire grant to continue the local waste tire collection program for small quantity generators of waste tires. It covers the counties of Covington, Jones, and Perry as well as the cities of Hattiesburg, Laurel, and Petal.
Funding for waste tire grants is provided by a waste tire account funded from a fee charged on the wholesale sale of every new motor vehicle tire sold in Mississippi. This fee provides the funds to ensure and encourage the proper management and disposal of waste tires in the state.
Information about this grant program and other solid waste initiatives and programs is available at www.deq.state.ms.us/solidwaste.
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