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Moore announces district grant funding

February 19, 2008 ... The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has awarded $945,706 million in FY2008 towards climate change, sustainability, and pollution prevention grants to 161 towns, cities, and regional organizations, including many in the Worcester & Norfolk District, according to Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge. 

“These grants will go a long way in raising awareness of climate change and the adverse affects pollution has on our environment,” said Moore. “I applaud the efforts of our community leaders, as they are certainly leading the fight against pollution and I am pleased to give them the necessary resources to be successful.”

The funding will support innovative local and regional efforts to save energy, throw away less, recycle and compost more, eliminate hazardous materials from school facilities and grounds, and reduce people’s exposure to air pollution from excessive idling of bus, car, and truck engines.

The grants included in Sen. Moore’s district included:

  • Blackstone - $1,728 for 100 junk mail kits, 50 multi-family education door hangers, 8 public space containers, 250 waste reduction bookmarks and 1 waste reduction toolkit.
  • Hopedale - $260 for 250 waste reduction bookmarks and 1 waste reduction toolkit. 
  • Mendon - $660 for 2200 consumer education mailers.
  • Millville - $1,196 for 10 public space containers.
  • Northbridge - $30 for 25 Don't Trash Grass brochures, 25 home composting brochures, 50 junk mail kits and 100 waste reduction bookmarks.
  • Southbridge - $1,451 for 500 Don't Trash Grass brochures, 500 home composting brochures, 50 indoor water conservation kits, 300 junk mail kits, 26 kitchen scrap buckets, 15 rain barrel discount vouchers, 500 waste reduction bookmarks and 1 waste reduction toolkit.
  • Sutton - $200 for 20 rain barrel discount vouchers.
  • Uxbridge - $18,424 for Pay-As-You-Throw assistance, 450 waste reduction bookmarks and 1 waste reduction toolkit.
  • Webster - $200 for 20 rain barrel discount vouchers.

MassDEP makes grant awards to cities, towns, and regional groups based on need and ability to use grant items productively. 

 FY2008 Municipal Sustainability Grants

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