Council authorizes application for ETCOG solid-waste grant to fund paint-recycle day
Council authorized submittal of an application to the East Texas Council of Governments for a $20,000 grant to host a paint-recycle day; ETCOG received $161,705 from TCEQ for the program and the city would use funds to collect and recycle latex and oil-based paints.
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Leanne Robinette, director of Parks and Recreation (Speaker 4), asked the council to adopt a resolution authorizing the city to apply to the East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) municipal solid waste grant program. According to Robinette, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality provided $161,705 to ETCOG for the fiscal program and the city proposes to apply for $20,000 to host a paint-recycle day for collecting latex and oil-based paints from residents and recycling or disposing of them through a contracted environmental service.
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