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Pocatello council approves $4.95 million EPA recycling grant application to expand commercial cardboard program
Summary
Council authorized submission of a US EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant application to expand local recycling infrastructure and a commercial cardboard program after staff described cost reductions since the city took over the recycling facility.
The Pocatello City Council voted Dec. 12 to approve a $4,950,000 grant application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) program to upgrade the city’s recycling infrastructure and implement a commercial cardboard recycling program.
Tom Kirkman, the city’s director of public services, told the council the city took over a recycling facility in August after Republic Services signaled it would close operations. He said the city acquired a baler and other infrastructure and…
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