Wisconsin grants supporting waste recycling programs totaled $20 million in 2017, according to the state Dept. of Natural Resources.
A Buffalo County recycling program serving 10,836 residents received a grant of $98,814.
Other grant-approved local recycling programs in Buffalo County included Waumandee, $2,452, Alma, $4,141, and Fountain City, $4,640.
A Pepin County recycling program received a grant of $67,368, and Southern Trempealeau County Solid 91仓库 Commission received a grant for $43,125.
Other local recycling project grants in Trempealeau County included Osseo, $9,886, Independence, $3,925, Blair, $2,516, Whitehall, $6,620;
Strum, $7,022, Pigeon Falls, $507, Ettrick, $3,027, Eleva-Albion, $4,734, and rural town grants to Arcadia, Burnside, Chimney Rock, Ettrick, Hale and Pigeon.
The DNR said 1,029 grants were issued statewide to counties and municipalities operating as 鈥渞esponsible recycling units鈥� meeting grant requirements.
Total grants amounted to $19 million in 2016, $20 million in 2015, and $20 million in 2014.
The most recent recycling market sales report issued by the DNR was in 2013 when 762,008 tons of recycled waste was processed at a value of $69.1 million.
A large majority of recycled waste tonnage was paper and cardboard, the DNR reported.
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