2016 Litter Reduction and Recycling Grants, by City |
City | Organization | Award Amount | Category | Project Description |
Alliance | Keep Alliance Beautiful | $71,423 | Recycling | Funding for recycling center expenses for Alliance and Box Butte County. |
Alliance | Keep Alliance Beautiful | $49,326 | Public Education | Public education activities. |
Beatrice | Keep Beatrice Beautiful, Inc. | $8,270 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 100 miles of public roads and 60 acres of public land. |
Beatrice | Keep Beatrice Beautiful, Inc. | $36,126 | Public Education | Public education activities in the Beatrice/Gage County area. |
Burwell | Loup Basin RC&D/Keep Loup Basin Beautiful | $1,445 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 20 miles of roads and five acres of public land. |
Burwell | Loup Basin RC&D/Keep Loup Basin Beautiful | $55,402 | Public Education | Public education activities in a 13-county area. |
Chadron | Keep Chadron Beautiful | $6,076 | Cleanup | Cleanup 100 miles plus some personnel and operating expense. |
Chadron | Keep Chadron Beautiful | $39,856 | Public Education | Public education activities in Chadron and within a radius of 50 miles. |
Chadron | Keep Chadron Beautiful | $7,950 | Recycling | One-day electronics collection event. |
Columbus | Keep Columbus Beautiful, Inc. | $24,844 | Public Education | Public education activities. |
Firth | Prairieland Dairy | $47,000 | Recycling | Purchase a commercial truck scale to accommodate large semi trucks which bring the majority of material to the facility. |
Fremont | Keep Fremont Beautiful, Inc. | $40,180 | Public Education | Public education activities. |
Grand Island | Grand Island Area Clean Community System | $27,275 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 75 miles and 100 acres. |
Grand Island | Grand Island Area Clean Community System | $41,593 | Public Education | Public education activities. |
Grand Island | Nebraska State Fair | $10,000 | Recycling | Hire environmental coordinator, supplies and rental of containers, and a ramp and compactor for trash and recyclables for the State Fair. |
Imperial | City of Imperial | $15,000 | Recycling | Purchase brush chipper to replace 20-year-old chipper. Chips are used as mulch in parks and available at no charge to citizens. |
Kimball | Keep Kimball Beautiful | $16,595 | Public Education | Public education activities. |
Kimball | Keep Kimball Beautiful | $50,000 | Recycling | Operating costs for the Kimball County recycling center. |
La Vista | City of La Vista | $25,000 | Recycling | Purchase brush chipper for the City of LaVista. Wood chips will be used beneficially. |
Lexington | Keep Lexington Beautiful | $33,293 | Recycling | Purchase a new recycling trailer, repair four existing recycling trailers including new signage. Promote recycling in Lexington. |
Lincoln | Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department | $15,000 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 320 miles and 300 acres. |
Lincoln | Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department | $66,500 | Public Education | Public education activities, including household hazardous waste education. |
Lincoln | Lincoln Children's Museum | $6,100 | Public Education | Halloween event emphasizing recycling and reuse. |
Lincoln | Nebraska Farmers Union | $32,650 | Recycling | Expand vermicomposting operation partnering with LPS and other institutional entities. Purchase a trailer and conveyor system. |
Lincoln | WasteCap Nebraska | $121,725 | Recycling | Various education and recycling projects. |
Lincoln | Central States Reprocessing | $56,000 | Recycling | A truck and three gooseneck trailers to facilitate PVC plastic recycling in the Lincoln and Omaha area. |
Louisville | Keep Cass County Beautiful | $1,578 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 12 miles and 30 acres plus some supplies. |
Louisville | Keep Cass County Beautiful | $37,887 | Public Education | Public education activities. |
Norfolk | Keep Norfolk Beautiful | $15,160 | Public Education | Public education activities in the Norfolk area. |
North Platte | Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful | $14,169 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 320 miles plus supplies and operating expenses. |
North Platte | Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful | $62,317 | Recycling | Public education expenses for programs in North Platte and Lincoln County. |
North Platte | Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful | $10,000 | Recycling | Public education on recycling as well as supplies and expenses for several special events in the city. |
North Platte | All Business & Commercial Recycling, LLC | $23,035 | Recycling | Carts and a trailer to expand recycling of plastics and paper fiber at schools and businesses. |
Ogallala | Keep Keith County Beautiful | $3,000 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 60 miles of roads. |
Ogallala | Keep Keith County Beautiful | $32,261 | Public Education | Public education activities. |
Ogallala | PAKS/Horizon Electronic Recycling | $30,500 | Recycling | Recycle 250,000 pounds of electronic material. |
Ogallala | Keep Keith County Beautiful | $9,500 | Recycling | Conduct Spring and Fall household hazardous waste and electronics collection events. |
Ogallala | Keep Keith County Beautiful | $55,076 | Recycling | Hire a driver and purchase three large recycling containers for use at Lake McConaughy. |
Omaha | Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc. | $18,000 | Cleanup | Over 150 cleanups all across the City of Omaha including parks, trails, roadways and stream banks. |
Omaha | Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc. | $62,050 | Public Education | Extensive public education activities. |
Omaha | Angels on Wheels | $86,400 | Recycling | Conduct 33 electronics and white good collection events and either repair or dismantle and recycle what is collected. |
Roca | Village of Roca | $10,554 | Recycling | Supplies and materials to construct a recycling drop-off area in Roca. |
Schuyler | Keep Schuyler Beautiful | $14,832 | Public Education | Public education expenses. |
Schuyler | Keep Schuyler Beautiful | $36,439 | Recycling | Operating expenses for the Colfax County recycling facility. |
Scottsbluff | Keep Scottsbluff-Gering Beautiful | $10,000 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 160 miles. |
Scottsbluff | Keep Scottsbluff-Gering Beautiful | $21,433 | Public Education | Public education activities. |
Scottsbluff | Keep Scottsbluff-Gering Beautiful | $36,451 | Recycling | Promote and facilitate recycling of oil, tires, batteries, traditional recyclables. Conduct a pharmaceuticals collection event, partner with the NRD, cities of Scottsbluff, Gering, and others. |
Sidney | Keep Sidney Beautiful | $58,662 | Recycling | Promote recycling in the area. Purchase three large recycling containers. |
South Sioux City | City of South Sioux City | $3,170 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 317 acres park land. |
South Sioux City | Keep Northeast Nebraska Beautiful | $27,636 | Public Education | Public education activities for this large 11-county Keep Nebraska Beautiful affiliate. |
Statewide | Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. | $21,764 | Public Education | The Product Stewardship Institute will focus on electronic waste, paint and mercury containing products in commercial buildings during 2016. |
Steinauer | Steinauer Community Club | $500 | Cleanup | Cleanup of 10 miles of public roads. |
Tekamah | Papio Missouri River NRD | $8,000 | Recycling | Four electronics collection events. |
York | Four Corners Health Department | $20,000 | Recycling | Household hazardous waste and electronics collection event for a two-county area. |