NASHVILLE — Chattanooga will receive a $170,000 state grant over the next two years to assist in the continued operation and maintenance of its permanent household hazardous waste facility.
Gov. Bill Haslam and Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Martineau announced today that grants totaling $680,000 went out to Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, with the money split between each city.
“Providing permanent locations for the safe disposal of potentially hazardous materials helps Tennesseans keep their homes safe, minimizes pollution and protects our state’s natural resources,” Haslam said in a news release.
State officials say the average Tennessee household produces 20 pounds of hazardous waste each year. Typical items include cleaning fluids, pesticides, fluorescent bulbs, mercury thermometers and thermostats, aerosols, lithium batteries and paint thinner.
Because the products are considered flammable, toxic, reactive and/or corrosive, it should not be placed with regular garbage, officials say.
The grants are funded through a solid waste management program funded by a 90-cent “tipping fee” on each ton of solid waste received by Class I landfills and a $1.25 per tire pre-disposal fee on new tires.
Get breaking news from the Times Free Press on Twitter at www.twitter.com/timesfreepress or by visiting us on Facebook or Twitter at the right:
related articles »
NASHVILLE -- Several Republican state lawmakers plan to renew their push next year for a multistate "health care compact" that, ...
Volkswagen's announcement Thursday that it will add another 800 jobs at its Chattanooga plant by year's end -- raising the ...
Marion and Roane counties got a piece of almost $190,000 in collection grants to establish, upgrade and expand used motor ...
The Tri-State Exhibition Center will host Bradley County’s annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on April 2.
