Local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations throughout southeast Ohio will receive more than $600,000 this year in grants from the Ohio EPA to implement recycling, litter prevention, market development, and scrap tire recycling programs.
Statewide, Ohio EPA is issuing more than $7.5 million in grant funding to 159 recipients, with more than $3.8 million specifically for community and litter prevention programs.
Local governments and other entities use these grants for litter collection, education programming, and the disposal of scrap tires through amnesty collection events. All local cleanup efforts involve the work of volunteers and take place on public property.