More Than $1.8 Million Awarded For Tire Collection, Recycling Projects
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
More Than $1.8 Million Awarded For Tire Collection, Recycling Projects
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Director Mike Linder announced today that the state is awarding $1.86 million to support 131 tire recycling and cleanup projects across the state.
"Nebraskans pay a $1 fee for every new tire they purchase," said Linder. "These grants put that money into use locally to help manage scrap tires. We like to see the highest possible beneficial use of these old tires, and these projects help us reach that goal."
Nebraskans generate more than one and a half million scrap tires each year, about one tire for every person in the state. The grants awarded today will reimburse individuals and organizations for crumb rubber and equipment purchases, and will help prevent public health and environmental problems by eliminating tire piles, Linder said.
The grants are part of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Grants program, which is administered by NDEQ. The grants support both the collection of scrap tires and the purchase of new tire-derived products. 2012 grant recipients include:
Chadron Public Schools – $20,180.96 – 25% reimbursement of an athletic running track surface at Chadron High School. 79,200 pounds of crumb rubber made from recycled tires were used in the surface.Chase County Schools – $23,202.58 – 25% reimbursement of an athletic running track surface at Chase County High School in Imperial. 93,000 pounds of crumb rubber made from recycled tires were used in the surface.Fremont Public Schools – $9,678.40 - 50% reimbursement of 83,440 pounds of rubber playground mulch made from recycled tires.
City of Norfolk – $79,938.28 – 25% reimbursement of artificial turf for the football field in Norfolk Veterans Memorial Park. 314,000 pounds of crumb rubber made from recycled tires were used in the turf.
Below is a listing of the 2012 Waste Reduction and Recycling Tire Grants.
| Applicant Name and City | Project Description | Amount Awarded |
| Ainsworth, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $11,922 |
| Atkinson, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $20,077 |
| Auburn, City of | 50% reimbursement for 50,940 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $3,231 |
| Bassett, City of and Rock County | scrap tire cleanup | $16,462 |
| Bayard Public Schools | 25% reimbursement, athletic running track surface | $21,750 |
| Beatrice Public Schools (Beatrice) | 25% reimbursement, artificial turf and athletic running track | $91,899 |
| Bethel Evangelical Free Church (N. Platte) | 50% reimbursement for 27,300 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $4,788 |
| Bennet, Village of | 50% reimbursement for 29,250 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $4,325 |
| Bright Morning Star (Lincoln) | 50% reimbursement for 19,500 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $2,950 |
| Bruckman Rubber Co (Hastings) | 50% reimbursement for 13,406 pounds of crumb rubber for manufacturing | $1,138 |
| Cass County Dept. of Roads (2 sites) | scrap tire cleanup | $14,353 |
| Cedar Bluffs Public Schools | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $11,163 |
| Cedar County (Hartington) | scrap tire cleanup | $11,432 |
| Central City, City of | 25% reimbursement for 12 picnic tables made from crumb rubber | $1,787 |
| Chadron Public Schools | 25% reimbursement for athletic running track surface | $20,181 |
| Chase County Schools (Imperial) | 25% reimbursement for athletic running track surface | $23,203 |
| Columbus, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $13,500 |
| Creighton Community School (Creighton) | 25% structural spray for athletic track surface | $9,812 |
| Creighton University (Omaha) | 25% reimbursement for artificial turf for baseball & soccer fields | $158,818 |
| Dakota Co. Road Dept. (Hubbard) | scrap tire cleanup | $10,007 |
| David City, City of | 50% reimbursement of 60,450 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $8,535 |
| David City Public Works & Recycling | scrap tire cleanup | $18,470 |
| David City Public Schools (David City) | 50% reimbursement for 5,850 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $798 |
| David City Public Schools (David City) | 25% reimbursement for two rubber spinner playground pads | $234 |
| Dixon County (Ponca) | scrap tire cleanup | $9,016 |
| Doane College (Crete) | 25% reimbursement for artificial turf | $96,143 |
| Eastridge Presbyterian Church (Lincoln | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $4,875 |
| Elmwood-Murdock Pub School (Elmwood) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $23,181 |
| First Lutheran Church (Fremont) | 50% reimbursement for 14,400 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $1,064 |
| Fremont, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $21,676 |
| Fremont Public Schools | 50% reimbursement for 83,440 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $9,678 |
| Fullerton Public Schools (Fullerton) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $3,382 |
| Gage County (Beatrice) | scrap tire cleanup | $17,492 |
| Garden County Schools (Oshkosh) | 50% reimbursement for 76,050 pounds of crumb rubber for two playgrounds | $11,325 |
| Gingerbread House, The (Wilber) | 25% reimbursement for mats; 50% reimbursement for crumb rubber for playground | $1,372 |
| Goldenrod Hills Community Action Headstart (Wisner) | 25% reimbursement for rubber timbers for playground | $502 |
| Hall County Hwy Dept. (Grand Island) | scrap tire cleanup | $15,842 |
| Hamilton Recreation, Inc.(Aurora) | 25% reimbursement for artificial turf for football/soccer field | $72,730 |
| Hastings Public Schools | 50% reimbursement for 52,650 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $7,891 |
| Hastings Solid Waste Dept. (Hastings) | scrap tire cleanup | $19,403 |
| Jefferson County (Fairbury) | scrap tire cleanup | $8,339 |
| Johnson County (Tecumseh) | scrap tire cleanup | $7,365 |
| Johnson-Brock Athletic Club (Johnson) | 25% reimbursement for poured-in-place playground surface | $6,559 |
| Joy Preschool-1st Church(Oxford) | 50% reimbursement for 21,450 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $3,225 |
| Kearney, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $16,975 |
| Kearney County (Minden) | scrap tire cleanup | $12,864 |
| Keep Alliance Beautiful, Inc. (Alliance) | 50% reimbursement for 1,712 pounds of crumb rubber for landscape mulch | $295 |
| Keep Alliance Beautiful, Inc. (Alliance) | 50% reimbursement for 77,974 pounds of crumb rubber for landscape mulch | $10,722 |
| Keith County (Ogallala) | scrap tire cleanup | $11,796 |
| Kidz Kare (Grand Island) | 25% reimbursement for artificial turf for daycare playground | $10,544 |
| Kingdom Kids Christian Daycare (McCook) | 50% reimbursement 13,650 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $2,594 |
| Kiwanis Club of Milford (Milford) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $3,545 |
| Knox County (Center) | scrap tire cleanup | $8,810 |
| Lexington, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $13,702 |
| Lincoln Christian School Assn. (Lincoln) | 25% reimbursement for athletic track surface | $22,621 |
| Little Blue NRD(Thayer/Nuckolls/Clay Counties) | scrap tire cleanup | $15,825 |
| Longfellow Elem (Hastings Public Schools) | 50% reimbursement for 10,933 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $855 |
| Lower Elkhorn NRD (Norfolk) | scrap tire cleanup | $12,370 |
| Lower Elkhorn NRD (West Point) 9 county | scrap tire cleanup | $20,537 |
| Lower Republican NRD (Harlan/Franklin/Webster) | scrap tire cleanup for 3 sites | $13,600 |
| Madrid, Village of | scrap tire cleanup for Perkins Co & surrounding areas | $18,635 |
| McGinley Construction (Ogallala) | 50% reimbursement for 11,700 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $1,500 |
| Merrick County Hwy. Dept. (Central City) | scrap tire cleanup | $8,238 |
| Millard Star Soccer Association-Omaha Sports Complex | 50% reimbursement for 20,000 pounds of crumb rubber for artificial turf infill | $1,787 |
| Nebraska City Public Schools | 25% reimbursement for athletic running track | $23,759 |
| Nemaha County (Auburn) | scrap tire cleanup | $9,607 |
| Nemaha NRD (Tecumseh) | 50% reimbursement for crumb rubber for playground | $3,063 |
| Newman Grove Pub Sch-Newman Grv | 50% reimbursement for crumb rubber for playground | $2,869 |
| Norfolk, City of | 25% reimbursement for artificial turf football field | $79,938 |
| North Platte, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $17,153 |
| Northwest Community Action Partnership Headstart - Chadron | 50% reimbursement for 44,850 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $9,444 |
| NOVA Treatment Community, Inc.(Omaha) | 25% reimbursement for three 8' picnic tables made from tires | $472 |
| Omaha Christian Academy (Omaha) | 50% reimbursement for 28,471 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $1,958 |
| Omaha, City of - Public Works Dept. | scrap tire cleanup (neighborhood) | $12,565 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Catlin Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $9,995 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Saratoga Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $6,413 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Belvedere Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $15,059 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Chandler Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $14,770 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Adams Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $11,422 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Dundee Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $15,509 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Wakonda Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $6,092 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Gomez Heritage) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $6,374 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Beals Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $3,016 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Crestridge Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $6,013 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Harrison Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $4,286 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Focus-Wilson Elementary) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $20,317 |
| Omaha Public Schools (Prairie Wind) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $13,348 |
| Omaha Pub Schools (Ashland Park Robbins) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $13,166 |
| Orleans, Village of | 50% reimbursement for 15,600 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $2,300 |
| Orleans, Village of | scrap tire cleanup | $8,865 |
| Overton Public School Dist. (Overton) | 25% structural spray on walking track surface | $23,131 |
| Otoe County (Nebraska City, Syracuse, Palmyra) | scrap tire cleanup | $32,628 |
| Papillion, City of | 25% reimbursement for poured-in-place splash pad | $8,144 |
| Pawnee City Public School (Pawnee City) | 25% reimbursement for poured-in-place playground surface | $9,796 |
| Pawnee County (Pawnee City) | scrap tire cleanup | $5,591 |
| Pierce County (Pierce) | scrap tire cleanup | $8,425 |
| Plattsmouth Community Schools (Weeping Water) | 50% reimbursement for 18,860 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $2,086 |
| Rader, Brad (Brock) | 50% reimbursement for 2,177 pounds of crumb rubber | $152 |
| Ralston Public Schools (4 elementary schools) | Reimbursement for 25% playground poured-in-place & 50% crumb rubber | $36,910 |
| Raymond Central Pub Schools (Raymond) | 25% reimbursement for athletic track surface | $19,433 |
| Richardson County (Falls City) | scrap tire cleanup | $15,752 |
| St. Edward, City of | 50% reimbursement for 8,730 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $988 |
| St. Ludger's Elementary (Creighton) | 50% reimbursement for 49,920 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $9,984 |
| St. Stephen the Martyr (Omaha) | 25% reimbursement for mats; 50% reimbursement for 93,600 pounds of crumb rubber | $15,079 |
| Saline County (Wilber) | scrap tire cleanup | $12,665 |
| Salvation Army Kroc Community Center (Omaha) | 25% reimbursement for artificial turf for football/soccer field | $65,555 |
| Sandhill Plastics, Inc. (Kearney) | 50% reimbursement for crumb rubber for manufacturing flooring | $4,847 |
| Sanitary Improvement Dist.#6(Emerald) | scrap tire cleanup | $27,950 |
| Saunders Co. Hwy. Dept. (Wahoo) | scrap tire cleanup | $12,339 |
| Schuyler, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $9,372 |
| Schuyler Community Schools (Schuyler) | 50% reimbursement for crumb rubber to add to playground | $6,125 |
| Seward County (Seward) | scrap tire cleanup | $17,160 |
| Sidney Public Schools (Sidney) | 25% reimbursement for additional cost of running track | $7,893 |
| Sitzman, Debra (Lincoln) | 50% reimbursement for landscaping rubber mulch | $62 |
| SWANN (Chadron) | scrap tire cleanup | $12,327 |
| South Sioux City, City of | 50% reimbursement for 4,225 sq ft @ 4", crumb rubber for playground | $3,976 |
| SoEast Nebraska YMCA Foundation, Inc (Beatrice) | 50% reimbursement for crumb rubber / 25% mats for playground | $12,911 |
| Southern Public Schools (Wymore) | 25% reimbursement for playground mats | $1,548 |
| Stapleton, Village of | scrap tire cleanup | $9,800 |
| Sterling, Village of | scrap tire cleanup | $1,008 |
| Superior Public Schools (Superior) | 25% reimbursement for playground tiles | $8,777 |
| Sutherland Public School | 25% reimbursement for athletic running track surface | $21,374 |
| Tecumseh, City of | 25% reimbursement for 4 6-ft. benches made from crumb rubber | $239 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation (Kearney) | 25% reimbursement for artificial turf for UNK baseball infield | $37,657 |
| Upper Big Blue NRD (Fillmore County) | scrap tire cleanup | $7,651 |
| Valentine, City of | 25% reimbursement for four 8' picnic tables made from crumb rubber | $721 |
| Valley, City of | scrap tire cleanup | $9,861 |
| Wayne County (Wayne) | scrap tire cleanup | $10,867 |
| West Holt Public School (Atkinson) | 25% reimbursement for structural spray for track | $14,777 |
| Wolfe, Dan G. (Raymond) | 50% reimbursement for 4,220 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $449 |
| York, City of | 50% reimbursement for 17,550 pounds of crumb rubber for playground | $1,998 |