Recipients from Auglaize, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Marion, Mercer, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Williams, and Wyandot counties
Ohio EPA is awarding more than $1.5 million this year in grants to 23 local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations throughout northwest Ohio to implement recycling, litter prevention, market development, and scrap tire recycling programs. Statewide, the Agency is issuing more than $6 million in grant funding to 103 recipients, with more than $3.1 million specifically for community and litter prevention grants.
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. Some of these grants tie into a statewide litter campaign, A Little Litter is a Big Problem, announced by Governor Mike DeWine on April 22 to prioritize and promote the conversation around litter in Ohio.
Projects approved for funding (rounded down to the nearest dollar) include:
| Auglaize County Solid Waste Management District | $56,294 | Purchase a skid loader and advertisement for material recovery facility |
| Barnes Nursery, Inc. (Erie County) | $200,000 | Organics recycling |
| Cleanlites Recycling (Fulton County) | $200,000 | Aerosol can recycling |
| Defiance County Environmental Services | $15,000 | Adopt a Highway signs, school presentations, recycling containers for community containers |
| Friends of Lucas County Children Services | $35,000 | Playground paving |
| Goodwill Industries of Erie, Huron, Ottawa, and Sandusky counties) | $20,172 | Purchase a foam densifier |
| Harding Township (Lucas County) | $2,400 | Township cleanup day |
| Henry County Solid Waste | $50,000 | Scrap tire recovery program |
| Lucas County Solid Waste Management District | $200,000 | Purchase bin and screens for Material Recovery Facility |
| Marion County Recycling and Litter Prevention | $1,000 | Keep America Beautiful renewal, T-shirts, totes, and advertising for litter clean up event |
| Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity (Lucas County) | $39,500 | Purchase a box truck for recycled donations |
| Mercer County Solid Waste Management District | $4,424 | Roadway littler cleanup |
| North End Community Improvement Collaborative (Richland County) | $39,142 | Organics composting |
| Ottawa/Sandusky/Seneca Solid Waste District | $31,040 | Tire amnesty events |
| Recycle Services, LLC (Lucas County) | $200,000 | Glass recycling |
| Richland County Regional Solid Waste Management Authority | $30,400 | Purchase a recycling trailer |
| Toledo Christian Schools (Lucas County) | $4,198 | Purchase bins, containers, and Republic Services |
| Toledo Environmental Services | $64,000 | Household hazardous waste and tire collection events |
| Triangular Processing Inc. (Fulton County) | $62,241 | Purchase a truck, trailers, forklift, bins, hoppers, and forklift attachment |
| University of Cincinnati (Hamilton County) | $30,000 | Purchase Ergo recycling cans |
| University of Findlay (Hancock County) | $48,597 | Purchase a skid steer, cardboard baler, cardboard trailers, and marketing materials |
| Williams County Health Department | $25,000 | Tire amnesty events |
| Wyandot County Solid Waste Management District | $162,507 | Purchase a high compaction read loader truck |
| Keep Ohio Beautiful (Statewide) | $80,000 | Litter collection and special venues |
