Grant Expenditures
| Year |
Date |
Amount |
Summary |
| 2013 |
8/27/2014 |
$8,174.61 |
EARSWMD collected a total of 3632.2 tons. District staff worked with counties and municipalities to set up recycling programs and schedule recycling events.
The District purchased 4 recycling trailers for drop-off recycling locations for West Memphis, Crittenden County and Forrest City. The District also worked with Goodwill Industries and Waste Services, Inc., on e-waste collection and recycling events throughout the six counties of the District.
Moving forward, the District plans on placing a recycling trailer to serve as a drop-off location for recycling services in each county, expand current recycling programs and continue to host recycling events. |
| 2012 |
9/6/2013 |
$17,325.39 |
District collected and recycled 196.24 tons during this time period, which included collectiona t e-waste events/pickups, office recycling program and community events. Staff worked to clean up/disburse past grants, and is in the process of establishing recycling programs in all six counties. The district has also worked to rebrand the recycling program/matreials and is developing an education program for school districts to use in the six counties. Staff established new accounting system to track and administer grants. |
| 2011 |
10/19/2012 |
$0.00 |
Due to the late approval date received, there were no expenditures for this grant during this reporting period. |
| 2011 |
9/14/2012 |
$0.00 |
No expenditures during this reporting period. [District notified 10/05/12 the report does not provide sufficient information regarding progress in the project.] |