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DEC Grant Program Opening Soon: Household Hazardous WasteDEC will provide grant funding to assist municipalities in New York State with costs of household hazardous waste (HHW) collection and disposal. Grants are offered to match eligible costs of HHW collection events or construction of permanent HHW collection facilities to provide a safe alternative for recycling or disposing household hazardous materials. State funding will reimburse up to 50 percent of the costs of municipal HHW collection programs. DEC will be accepting applications only during January and February of 2020 for projects that were completed during January - December 2019. During the application period, applicants must initiate a proposal in the New York State Grants Gateway. You must submit applications in the Grants Gateway no later than 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2020. DEC will review complete applications, and, if acceptable, they will be approved for funding. Learn more about DEC's Household Hazardous Waste Assistance Grants Program.
With holiday cheer and gifts galore, many of you will give or receive new electronic equipment. As you switch out of the old and welcome the new, please remember to recycle your old electronics responsibly. Examples of common electronic equipment that must be recycled:
It is illegal to dispose these and other covered electronic equipment (CEE) in the trash under New York's electronic waste law. How do I recycle electronics? Visit DEC's Consumer Electronic Waste Recycling web page for information on all available recycling/reuse opportunities. Manufacturers of CEE are required to provide consumers a free and convenient opportunity to recycle their equipment or one piece of CEE from another manufacturer with the purchase of the same type. Depending on a specific manufacturer's acceptance program, CEE recycling/reuse opportunities may include: permanent collection locations, local collection events, mailback programs, or at-home pickup (when no other free and convenient option is offered). Questions or concerns? Contact the E-waste Recycling Team. What Interests You In 2020? Tell Us In A Short Survey.As 2019 comes to a close and we say hello to a new decade, we'd like to take a moment to thank all of our readers and those who have written us with questions, suggestions and events in their communities. As we move into 2020, we want to further cater our content to your interests. Please complete a short survey on what you would like to see in the Solid Waste & Recycling newsletters in 2020.2019 Annual Reports Due in March 20202019 Solid Waste Management Facilities annual reports due March 1, 2020. This includes, but is not limited to:
2019 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events Annual Report are due March 1, 2020. 2019 Case-Specific and Large Quantity Pre-Determined BUD annual reports due March 1, 2020 or March 31, 2020 (check your BUD). 2019 Electronic Waste Annual Reports due March 1, 2020 via the Electronic Waste Registration and Reporting System Upcoming Events
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We Want To Hear From You!Is there a topic you'd like to learn more about or a public event or workshop related to recycling (organics, textiles, traditional recyclables, etc.) you'd like the greater community to know more about? E-mail us at organicrecycling@dec.ny.gov and it could be featured in an upcoming Solid Waste & Recycling Newsletter. |
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