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Montgomery County awarded $296,632 Waste Tire Recycling Grant from Tennessee Environment and Conservation
$2.8 Million in Waste Tire Recycling Grants Awarded
Grants Support Diversion of Waste Tires from Landfills
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Martineau announced 41 grants to help Tennessee communities recycle tires and keep them out of landfills.
The waste tire recycling grants total more than $2.8 million in fiscal year 2013-14, and the grants are supported from the Solid Waste Management Fund, which receives revenue from a pre-disposal fee on the purchase of new tires. Montgomery County (Stewart/Houston) received $296,632.
“Working with our local county partners is vital to the success of this program,” Haslam said. “The Solid Waste Management Fund continues to provide support to Tennessee’s communities, assisting in the diversion of waste tires from landfills for the benefit of the environment.”
The General Assembly authorized waste tire grants in the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991. The grants assist counties with the processing and transportation of tires to beneficial end-use facilities. Counties are reimbursed $1.00 per eligible tire and are required to provide at least one waste tire collection site. Counties may charge an additional fee if the grant is not adequate to cover costs.
The fund is administered by the Department of Environment and Conservation, and $1.25 from the $1.35 pre-disposal fee collected is used to supplement the counties’ costs for waste tire recycling and services.
Tire-derived fuel, or TDF, conserves fossil fuels and provides a waste-to-energy disposal method. According to a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TDF used in a well-designed and maintained boiler emits fewer pollutants than conventional fossil fuels. In Tennessee, Abitibi Bowater Company, Packaging Corporation of America, Cemex Cement, Buzzi Unicem USA and Gerdau Ameristeel are among those generating energy and processing waste tires by utilizing processed waste tires for fuel or as a source of carbon in their manufacturing process.
Purchasing longer life tires, rotating and balancing tires every 6,000 miles, and checking air pressure monthly are excellent ways to reduce the number of scrap tires generated in Tennessee and will also save money.
For more information on Tennessee’s Waste Tire Program, please visit www.tn.gov/environment/swm/tires. A complete list of the grant awards for announced today follows.
| County | Grant Amount |
| Cannon | $5,800 |
| Claiborne | $24,200 |
| Clay | $1,700 |
| Cocke | $47,800 |
| Coffee | $83,000 |
| Crockett | $13,000 |
| Decatur | $10,400 |
| Dickson | $101,000 |
| Greene | $102,712 |
| Hamblen | $116,800 |
| Hancock | $4,200 |
| Hardeman | $24,400 |
| Hardin Co | $35,190 |
| Hawkins | $39,800 |
| Haywood | $23,800 |
| Henderson | $42,800 |
| Henry | $67,200 |
| Jackson | $8,000 |
| Lauderdale | $24,000 |
| Lawrence | $80,400 |
| Lewis | $12,000 |
| Lincoln | $50,200 |
| Macon Co | $41,000 |
| Marion | $48,000 |
| Marshall | $39,200 |
| Maury Co | $115,000 |
| McNairy | $19,000 |
| Monroe | $42,400 |
| Montgomery (Stewart/Houston) | $296,632 |
| Morgan | $8,800 |
| Roane | $75,600 |
| Rutherford | $466,000 |
| Scott | $10,800 |
| Sequatchie | $20,400 |
| Sevier (Solid Waste, Inc.) | $126,600 |
| Smith | $16,000 |
| Sumner (Resource Authority) | $146,000 |
| Tipton | $60,000 |
| Washington Hub – Carter Johnson, Sullivan, Union | $300,000 |
| Wayne | $11,000 |
| Weakley | $39,800 |
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