East Texas jurisdictions awarded grants for waste minimization

Robbie Heriman
·1 min read

TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) announced that they received a total of $93,500 in grants from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for various East Texas jurisdictions.

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According to a statement, the grants were awarded to support waste minimization efforts. ETCOG said the various jurisdictions were able to apply for one of the following grant categories:

  • Local enforcement

  • Litter and illegal dumping clean up and community collection events

  • Source reduction and recycling

  • Local solid waste management plans

  • Citizens’ collection stations and small registered transfer stations

  • Household hazardous waste management

  • Technical studies

  • Educational and training projects.

ETCOG provided a chart of the grants awarded by category and jurisdiction:

<em>Solid waste grants awarded, courtesy of ETCOG</em>
Solid waste grants awarded, courtesy of ETCOG

“ETCOG appreciates the efforts of many of our jurisdictions to apply for these funds, as well as the Solid Waste Advisory Committee’s commitment to making East Texas a cleaner place to live,” Parker Harrison, ETCOG’s economic development manager, said. “These essential projects led to the cleanup of hundreds of sites, almost 5,000 tires, and the collection of nearly a million pounds of solid waste last year. We look forward to seeing the results this year’s projects will bring to the region.”

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