Montgomery, Troy receive recycling grants from ADEM

The City of Troy and the Montgomery Clean City Commission have received grants from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management or ADEM to "boost" recycling efforts. 

A press release from ADEM stated that a $2.5 million round of grants was administered from its Alabama Recycling Fund or ARF. They were awarded during the Alabama Recycling Coalition’s recent Annual Conference and Expo in Huntsville.

“ADEM is delighted to be able again to award grants to assist and, in many cases. enable these worthy recycling projects,” ADEM Director Edward Poolos said in a statement. “This is the 17th year of the grant program, and we can clearly see the impact this funding is having as recycling continues to grow in Alabama. Every item that is recycled is one less item that ends up in a landfill or littered alongside our roads, on our land or in our water.”

The Montgomery Clean Commission was granted $30,000 while Troy was given $127,945. 

“One of the many benefits of this program is the partnership we have developed with local governments and local agencies to promote and advance recycling in the state,” Poolos said. “We are constantly looking for opportunities to boost the reuse of materials not only because it reduces disposal costs and landfill use, but because it also saves natural resources. These local groups are where recycling and preserving our resources begin.”