GRANTS
Market Development Grants
Market Development Grants were introduced in 1994 to encourage the development
of new markets for products made from discarded materials, such as scrap
tires, plastics, glass, electronics, paper and other fiber-based products.
The grants provide financial assistance to recycled material processors
and product manufacturers through local government bodies. The funds
are used to establish or expand the use of recycled-content materials,
or to foster recycling market development research.
To date, the Market Development Grants program has approved the funding
of 87 projects, providing over $10 million. This has resulted in the
creation of almost 100 new jobs and the recycling of 540,000 additional
tons of materials.
CASE STUDY: Glass

Piles of crushed glass for recycling
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Glass manufacturer, Dlubak Glass Co, teamed up with the Wyandot County
Solid Waste Management District to purchase a glass processing system
using grant funds.
The company has added 10 new employees and now processes 8,000 tons
of glass each year. The processed glass consists mainly of tube or CRT
glass found in televisions and computer monitors, sourced from electronic
collection programs.
CASE STUDY: Scrap Tires

A tire chipper breaks up old tires for recycling into fuel
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Akron Thermal creates steam heat for a major portion of the city of
Akron.
With the Summit/Akron Solid Waste Management Authority, they received
grant funds to purchase and install a Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) Feed System
and make modifications to existing equipment.
The project will allow the company to use an additional 20,000 tons
of TDF material, effectively recycling 2 million used passenger tires
each year.
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