(AGENPARL) – gio 26 ottobre 2023 Issued: Oct 26, 2023 (1:05pm EDT)
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EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to Boonslick Regional Planning Commission in
Missouri, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
Contact Information: Jonathan Klusmeyer, 913-343-2991,
LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 26, 2023) – Today, EPA Region 7 Brownfields,
Redevelopment and Reuse Branch Chief Stan Walker presented a $1 million
ceremonial check to the Boonslick Regional Planning Commission (BRPC), which
EPA selected for a Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant.
Walker was joined in Warrenton, Missouri, by Warren County Presiding
Commissioner Joe Gildehaus and Boonslick Regional Planning Commission Chairman
Ryan Poston.
The commission will use the funds to expand the East Central Solid Waste
Management District by buying a truck, a trailer, and a Styrofoam compactor,
as well as building a new storage house with a concrete driveway. These
actions will help the East Central Missouri Recycling Center create 20 staffed
drop-off locations throughout the four-county region of Warren, Lincoln,
Montgomery, and Franklin counties in Missouri. A new worker will be hired to
transfer these materials and staff each of the 20 locations once a month.
“EPA is proud to see these funds go to the BRPC to support their efforts in
creating a cleaner and healthier environment throughout their service
region,” said EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister. “By increasing
their recycling capacity, the BPRC is supporting the circular economy,
reducing waste by providing a second life for consumer goods.”
“We are excited that the BRPC has been awarded this project through EPA’s
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant program,” Poston said.
“This grant will increase and improve the capacities of the East Central
Missouri Recycling Center. The outcomes of this opportunity will greatly
impact our community and will allow residents of the Boonslick Region and
surrounding areas further access to recycling drop-off locations, as well as
increase the amount of materials that the Recycling Center handles.”
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants are part of President
Biden’s Investing in America Agenda that is growing the American economy
from the bottom-up and middle-out – from rebuilding our nation’s
infrastructure to driving over $470 billion in private-sector manufacturing
and clean energy investments in the United States, to creating a manufacturing
and innovation boom powered by good-paying jobs that don’t require a
four-year degree, to building a clean energy economy that will combat climate
change and make our communities more resilient.
EPA’s Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant program is also
advancing President’s Justice40 Initiative, which aims to ensure that 40% of
the overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged
communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.
Approximately $56 million out of the $73 million (or 76%) of the total funding
for communities will go toward projects that benefit disadvantaged
communities.
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