INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s (IDEM) Recycling Market Development Program (RMDP) awarded eight organizations with $2 million in grant funding to expand recycling efforts in Indiana. Below is a list of recipients and their award amounts:
- CT Polymers, LLC., Marshall County – Awarded $300,000 to purchase plastic recycling equipment to process scrap plastic materials from businesses to create plastic pellets for reuse in consumer products. This investment will allow the processing of 10,000 additional tons of recyclable plastic.
- CW Recycling, LLC., Marion County – Awarded $500,000 to purchase equipment for a new facility to include an automated waste sorting system for recycling drywall, corrugated cardboard, and vinyl. The new facility would divert 10,000 to 12,000 tons of gypsum per year, up to 3000 tons of old corrugated cardboard per year, and 100 tons of vinyl per year.
- Exeon Processors, LLC., Grant County – Awarded $288,343 to purchase separation equipment to create a sellable recycled polyvinyl chloride (PVC) product from mixed plastics insulation generated from processing insulated wire. This will divert approximately 15,000 tons per year from the landfill.
- Floyd County Solid Waste Management District – Awarded $52,255 to expand recycling access through the purchase of community drop-off recycling trailers and develop a marketing, outreach, and education plan. The district anticipates that the project will increase the volume of collected recyclables by 20%.
- GDC, Inc., Elkhart County – Awarded $98,992 towards the purchase of a baler and collection containers to help divert an estimated 5,000 tons per year of melt blown polypropylene, low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and used corrugated cardboard from their operations for recycling.
- Indiana Shingle Recycling, LLC., Marion County – Awarded $360,213 towards the purchase of equipment to recycle 75,000 tons of asphalt shingles per year.
- SER North America, LLC., a subsidiary of Sirmax North America Inc., Madison County – Awarded $296,654 towards the purchase of plastic recycling equipment that will double their capacity to recycle polypropylene-based flexible packaging and other “hard-to-recycle” post-industrial scraps to 6,500 tons per year.
- Strategic Materials, Inc., Marion County – Awarded $103,543 towards the purchase of drop-off collection containers to expand glass recycling efforts to sixteen new locations throughout rural areas of Indiana. Strategic anticipates the expansion will result in diverting an additional 2,100 tons per year of glass from landfills.
By fostering recycling markets in Indiana through RMDP grants, IDEM supports the growth of the state’s public and private recycling sector infrastructure. The awarded $2 million in grant funding will go to projects with an expected total investment of more than $5.8 million. The projects will increase recycling for residential, commercial, and industrial recyclables from municipal solid waste including glass, plastic, and cardboard, as well as shingles and drywall from construction and demolition debris by almost 117,000 tons per year.
More information about the RMDP grant program, including future grant opportunities, can be found on IDEM’s website.
About the Recycling Market Development Program
The Recycling Market Development Program (idem.IN.gov/recycle/recycling-market-development-program/) operates under the Recycling Market Development Board as established by IC 4-23-5.5. The grant money for the program comes from the Recycling Promotion and Assistance Fund, an account generated by a per-ton fee on solid waste disposed at Indiana landfills. The fund supports source reduction, reuse, recycling and composting to prevent solid waste from permanent disposal.
About IDEM
IDEM (idem.IN.gov) implements federal and state regulations regarding the environment. Through compliance assistance, incentive programs and educational outreach, the agency encourages and aids businesses and citizens in protecting Hoosiers and our environment
