More Than $2 Million Awarded For Tire Collection, Recycling Projects
Department of Environment and Energy
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
More Than $2 Million Awarded For Tire Collection, Recycling Projects
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Director Jim Macy announced today that the state is awarding $2.01 million to support 126 tire recycling and cleanup projects across the state.
Nebraskans generate more than one and a half million scrap tires each year, about one tire for every person in the state. The grants are part of NDEQ’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Grants program, and are funded by a $1 fee on new tires purchased in Nebraska.
"These grants will focus on effective methods of dealing with scrap tires and promoting their use in new products,” Macy said. “We’re supporting local efforts to clean up tire piles and conduct community scrap tire collections. These efforts help prevent health and environmental problems by preventing tires from accumulating in piles across the state.”
In addition, grants will partially reimburse individuals and organizations for rubber mulch and other new products that were made from scrap tires, Macy said.
This year, $645,964 in grants was awarded to cities, counties and natural resources districts to conduct 30 scrap tire collections. It is estimated that these events will clean up an estimated 7,075 tons of scrap tires from Nebraska homes, farms and businesses.
Funds will also be used by schools and organizations across the state to provide partial reimbursement for playground mulch, synthetic turf fields, running tracks, and other recycled rubber projects.
Below is a listing of the 2015 Waste Reduction and Recycling Tire Grants.
| Applicant Name and City | Project Description | Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| All Saints Catholic School and Preschool (Holdrege) | 50% reimbursement of 44,000 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $3,750 |
| Amherst Public School (Amherst) | 50% reimbursement of 19,500 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $2,909 |
| Aurora Public Schools (Aurora) | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground mats. | $7,840 |
| Aurora Public Schools (Aurora) | 50% reimbursement of 13,650 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $1,939 |
| Beth El Synagogue (Omaha) | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles. | $3,582 |
| Blue Hill Community Schools (Blue Hills) | 50% reimbursement of 76,050 pounds of rubber playground mulch and 25% reimbursement of three swing mats. | $11,015 |
| Bruckman Rubber Co. (Hastings) | 50% reimbursement of 15,547 pounds of crumb rubber used for manufacturing. | $1,489 |
| Butler County (David City) | 200-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $18,040 |
| Cass County Department of Roads (Plattsmouth) | 150-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $11,940 |
| Cathedral the Risen Christ (Lincoln) | 50% reimbursement of 56,550 pounds of rubber playground mulch and 25% of 5 rubber swing mats. | $8,400 |
| Cedar County (Hartington) | 275-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $25,506 |
| Central Valley Public Schools (Scotia) | 50% reimbursement of 50,700 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $7,358 |
| Christ is King Community Church (Norfolk) | 50% reimbursement of 29,250 pounds of rubber playground mulch and 25% of 31 border timbers. | $5,112 |
| City of Alliance | 50% reimbursement of 11,700 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $1,680 |
| City of Atkinson | 25% reimbursement of 25,350 pounds of rubber playground mulch for Mill Race Park playground. | $5,035 |
| City of Atkinson | 300-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $28,898 |
| City of Bassett | 500-ton scrap tire cleanup of legacy tire pile. | $49,000 |
| City of Bloomfield | 25% reimbursement of 18 rubber timbers and six swing mats and 50% of 7,800 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $1,830 |
| City of Columbus | 250-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $21,750 |
| City of Edgar | 50% reimbursement of 44,400 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $4,744 |
| City of Hickman | 25% reimbursement rubber playground tiles. | $10,358 |
| City of Holdrege | 300-ton scrap tire cleanup in Holdrege for three counties. | $26,026 |
| City of Neligh | 350-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $31,190 |
| City of Nelson | 50% reimbursement of 40,420 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $4,859 |
| City of Omaha | 100-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $14,556 |
| City of Red Cloud | 50% reimbursement of 82,000 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $11,097 |
| City of Seward | 50% reimbursement of 80,000 pounds of rubber playground mulch for three parks. | $9,835 |
| City of South Sioux City | 50% reimbursement of 24,000 pounds of rubber playground mulch for Freedom Park. | $2,505 |
| City of St. Edward | 50% reimbursement of 13,650 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $1,455 |
| City of Valley | 125-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $11,205 |
| Custer County Recycling (Broken Bow) | 100-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $10,270 |
| Dakota County Road Department (Hubbard) | 100-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $12,204 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Fire Ridge Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surfaces at Fire Ridge Elementary. | $33,840 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Hillrise Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surfaces at Hillrise Elementary. | $20,952 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Sagewood Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surfaces at Sagewood Elementary. | $22,432 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Skyline Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surfaces at Skyline Elementary. | $22,709 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (West Bay Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surfaces at West Bay Elementary. | $31,589 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (West Dodge Station Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surface at West Dodge Station Elementary. | $28,366 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Westridge Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surfaces at Westridge Elementary. | $20,173 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Elkhorn Ridge Middle School.) | 25% reimbursement of athletic track surface and event runways at Elkhorn Ridge Middle School. | $23,725 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Manchester Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surfaces at Manchester Elementary. | $28,266 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Spring Ridge Elementary) | 25% reimbursement of two rubber poured-in-place playground surfaces at Spring Ridge Elementary. | $24,394 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Elkhorn High School) | 25% reimbursement of athletic track maintenance coating system at Elkhorn High School. | $10,830 |
| Elkhorn Public Schools (Elkhorn) | 50% reimbursement of 29,250 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $2,138 |
| Fullerton Public Schools (Fullerton) | 50% reimbursement of 35,100 pounds of rubber playground mulch and 25% of 11 rubber swing mats. | $5,361 |
| Furnas County (Beaver City) | 150-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $13,336 |
| Gerdes, Riley (Auburn) | 50% reimbursement of 4,298 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $275 |
| Gibbon Public Schools (Gibbon) | 50% reimbursement of 17,550 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $2,925 |
| Hall County Highway Department (Grand Island) | 200-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $16,376 |
| Hamilton County Highway Dept. (Aurora) | 200-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $16,942 |
| Havco Kids One Inc. (Lincoln) | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles for Williamsburg Village Child Development Center. | $7,993 |
| Hernandez, Paul (Sidney) | 50% reimbursement of 1,795 pounds of crumb rubber infill for synthetic turf. | $191 |
| Hitchcock County Public Schools Foundation (Trenton) | 25% reimbursement of athletic track and event runways. | $20,460 |
| Holdrege Public Schools (Holdrege) | 50% reimbursement of 67,500 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $7,500 |
| Holy Cross Catholic Church (Omaha) | 50% reimbursement of 28,000 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $4,450 |
| Holy Name School (Omaha) | 50% reimbursement of 21,450 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $3,425 |
| House Enterprises, Inc. (Papillion) | 50% reimbursement of 2,000 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $407 |
| Jefferson County (Fairbury) | 150-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $12,512 |
| Johnson County (Tecumseh) | 75-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $6,140 |
| Keep Alliance Beautiful (Alliance) | 50% reimbursement of 31,000 pounds of rubber landscaping mulch for homeowners in Alliance. | $4,184 |
| Keith County (Ogallala) | 150-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $15,950 |
| Knox County (Center) | 100-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $9,860 |
| L.P. Gill Inc. (Jackson) | 50% of steel hydraulic shear to cut large tires into pieces for ADC shredder; also used to de-rim tires. | $60,000 |
| Lincoln Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of synthetic turf at Lincoln High School, using recovered crumb rubber infill from previous turf. | $67,774 |
| Lower Loup Natural Resources District (Ord) | 300-ton scrap tire cleanup in Burwell for 11 counties. | $26,954 |
| Lyons-Decatur Northeast School (Lyons) | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground mats. | $7,323 |
| Madison Public Schools (Madison) | 50% reimbursement of 23,450 pounds of rubber playground mulch and 25% of rubber border timbers. | $3,775 |
| McCook Public Schools McCook) | 50% reimbursement of 111,150 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $16,248 |
| Midland University (Fremont) | 25% reimbursement of synthetic turf and an athletic track surface with a black structural spray. | $155,074 |
| Morrison, Gary (Lincoln) | 50% reimbursement of 1,200 pounds of rubber mulch. | $128 |
| Nebraska Sports Performance Center (Lincoln) | 25% reimbursement of indoor synthetic turf soccer field. | $45,706 |
| Nebraska Sports Performance Center (Lincoln) | 25% reimbursement of outdoor synthetic turf soccer field. | $83,000 |
| Nemaha County (Auburn) | 125-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $11,752 |
| Norris Public Schools (Firth) | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at intermediate school and crumb rubber/binder mix to reinforce high jump approach at high school. | $8,100 |
| North Platte Community Day Care Center (North Platte) | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground mats. | $878 |
| Northwest Community Action Partnership Headstart (Chadron) | 50% reimbursement of 31,200 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $6,390 |
| Ogallala Public Schools (Ogallala) | 50% reimbursement of 148,200 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $21,117 |
| Omaha Parks Foundation (Omaha) | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Benson Park. | $28,984 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Bancroft Elementary. | $12,338 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Bancroft Elementary's Pre-K playground. | $2,811 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Dodge Elementary's large playground. | $11,570 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Dodge Elementary's small playground. | $5,850 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement rubber playground tiles at Benson West Elementary. | $8,071 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Catlin Elementary. | $2,644 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Picotte Elementary's large playground. | $8,315 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement rubber playground tiles at Picotte Elementary Preschool's playground. | $7,557 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Hartman Elementary's large playground. | $11,343 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement rubber playground tiles at Hartman Elementary's Early Childhood Center small playground. | $4,995 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Fullerton Elementary. | $8,061 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Oak Valley School's Pre-K playground. | $1,161 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Skinner Magnet Center. | $11,281 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Gilder Elementary's Pre-K playground. | $4,306 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles for the Pre-K/Early Childhood Center playground at Gateway Elementary. | $6,141 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Indian Hill Elementary's Pre-K playground. | $1,098 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles at Masters Elementary. | $11,570 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles for two playgrounds at Gateway Elementary. | $27,593 |
| Omaha Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles for three playgrounds at Mount View Elementary. | $14,463 |
| Ord Public Schools (Ord) | 25% reimbursement of athletic track maintenance coating system. | $9,819 |
| Otoe County (Nebraska City) | 600-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $52,176 |
| Papillion LaVista School District (Papillion) | 25% reimbursement of synthetic turf at Papillion-LaVista South High School using recovered crumb rubber infill from previous turf. | $84,197 |
| Papio Missouri River NRD (Tekamah) | 500-ton scrap tire cleanup in Arlington for 10 counties. | $45,000 |
| Pender Public Schools | 25% reimbursement of rubber playground tiles for two areas. | $8,344 |
| Pierce County (Pierce) | 100-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $9,020 |
| Play Ball! Foundation (Omaha) | 25% reimbursement of synthetic turf on three Little League infields. | $50,500 |
| Premier Day Care Services 2, Inc. (Elkhorn) | 50% reimbursement of 13,650 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $2,300 |
| Sacred Heart School (Lawrence) | 50% reimbursement of 1,500 pounds of rubber buffings for playground surface. | $172 |
| Saline County (Wilber) | 250-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $20,410 |
| Sandhill Plastics (Kearney) | 50% reimbursement of 89,180 pounds of crumb rubber for manufacturing rubber/plastic flooring. | $4,459 |
| Sanitary Improvement District #6 (Emerald) | 500-ton cleanup for eastern Nebraska. | $39,320 |
| Seward County (Seward) | 200-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $16,676 |
| Solid Waste Agency of Northwest Nebraska (Chadron) | 125-ton scrap tire cleanup in Chadron for three counties. | $17,639 |
| Southern Valley Schools (Oxford) | 50% reimbursement of 12,230 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $2,710 |
| St Joseph Elementary School (Atkinson) | 50% reimbursement of 123,786 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $16,600 |
| State of NE - Dept. of Roads (Lexington) | 500-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $44,060 |
| The Gingerbread House (Wilber) | 25% reimbursement of seven rubber swing mats and 50% of 7,800 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $2,553 |
| Village of Filley | 50% reimbursement of 38,475 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $2,765 |
| Village of Cairo | 50% reimbursement of 146,250 pounds of rubber playground mulch for three playgrounds. | $19,681 |
| Village of Hyannis | 100-ton scrap tire cleanup. | $11,257 |
| Village of Murray | 50% reimbursement of 64,000 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $9,732 |
| Village of Petersburg | 50% reimbursement of 13,650 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $1,997 |
| Walthill Public School (Walthill) | 50% reimbursement of 13,300 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $4,155 |
| Wayne Community Schools Foundation (Wayne) | 25% reimbursement of athletic track at Wayne High School. | $23,328 |
| Westminster Preschool (Lincoln) | 50% reimbursement of 11,700 pounds of rubber playground mulch. | $1,975 |
| Wisner-Pilger Schools (Wisner) | 25% reimbursement of athletic track surface at Wisner-Pilger High School. | $19,720 |