ETCOG now accepting applications for solid waste grants

KILGORE — ETCOG’s Solid Waste program is now accepting applications for its annual Municipal Solid Waste grant funds. On Thursday, ETCOG’s Lindsay Vanderbilt told KTBB, “Those eligible include cities, counties, school districts, special districts like a water authority, maybe a river authority. Applicant need to be in the 14 county region in one of those types of entities.” Approximately $151,223 is estimated to be allocated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to regional solid waste minimization efforts in East Texas.

Vanderbilt continued, “Typically in the community we see ISD’s, and cities applying to host local clean-up projects at their school or in their community. We will see a lot of recycling projects. It will fund litter abatement officers in the area, that may work for a city or in a county.” Local governments and special districts may apply for funds by submitting an application to ETCOG by September 30, 2020, by 4:00 PM. Applicants must be in the ETCOG 14-county service area, which includes Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties.

The Request for Applications (RFA) and FY 2021 application forms are available online at https://www.etcog.org/solid-waste-grants. You may also request the documents by contacting Lisa Smith at (903) 218-6467 or by email at [email protected]. The deadline for application submittal is Wednesday, September 30, 2020, by 4:00 PM (CST).