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A Division of MRGDC Planning and Operations, funded by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (formerly the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission)
The focus of the MRGDC waste management efforts over the last seven years has been to help our local governments and communities respond to the changing regulatory environment surrounding federal and state waste management policy.
Uncertainty about certain issues have placed local communities virtually in the dark when making decisions about their own local waste disposal and management options. The MRGDC waste management program staff has sought to help pierce that darkness for them.
We have revised our adopted Regional Municipal Waste Management Plan to reflect changed circumstances; for instance, the region has only six landfills. We have provided funds for the establishment of three recycling centers in Uvalde, Carrizo Springs, and Eagle Pass, two balers, five wood chippers, a shredder for another community, a set of scales, two recycling trucks and trailers, three citizens collection station enhancements, educational materials, one pick up truck and a camera for local enforcement, one glass crusher, one can crushers and a used oil collection centers in each of the nine counties in the region.
All of these efforts were aimed at helping local communities comply with the changing requirements of state and federal policies. Without the regional program, and the regional allocation of state fee resources that supports it, few of these things would have been possible. In this regional allocations scheme, which the MRGDC helped establish through its intergovernmental relations effort, this region receives more resources in its allocation that it remits in fees to the state, making us net winners on a statewide basis.
As events and regulatory regimes continue to mature, driving up disposal and waste management costs even further, the region as a whole will at some point have to revisit the idea of a regional scale facility and waste management effort. In the meantime, we plan to continue our efforts to help communities keep as much of our current system as possible in place.
Purchased a Model 90 Wood chipper. This chipper is shared between the cities of Big Wells, Camp Wood, Sabinal and Real County through an interlocal agreement.
Purchased two Vertical Downstroke Balers for the cities of Carrizo Springs and Uvalde.
Funded two Centralized Recycling Centers and one COG-managed project; the monies awarded were used for educational purposes, building materials, and purchase of equipment such as: forklifts, scales, glass crushers, trailers, etc. as well as Financial and Fiscal Management of Solid Waste Services.
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City of Carrizo Springs |
$39,431 |
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City of Uvalde |
$39,431 |
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MRGDC |
$21,000 |
Funded three recycling projects:
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City of Carrizo Springs |
Recycling Equipment Purchase |
$39,372 |
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City of Eagle Pass |
Paper Shredder Purchase |
$36,490 |
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City of Uvalde |
Landfill Scales Purchase |
$24,000 |
Funded three projects under Source Reduction and Recycling:
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City of Eagle Pass |
Chipper and Enhancement of Recycling Center |
$20,939 |
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City of Uvalde |
Purchase of Recycling Truck, Enhancement of Recycling Center |
$30,000 |
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City of Carrizo Springs |
Enhancement of Recycling Center |
$39,000 |
Funded five projects, (four source reduction and recycling and one local enforcement):
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City of Sabinal |
Chipper Purchase |
$14,425 |
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City of Uvalde |
Recycling Center Equipment Purchase |
$32,405 |
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City of Carrizo Springs |
Recycling Center Equipment Purchase and Enhancement |
$43,425 |
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City of Rocksprings |
Baler Purchase |
$10,102 |
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City of Eagle Pass |
Local Enforcement |
$30,197 |
Funded six projects (four under source reduction and recycling, one under citizens collections station enhancement and one under community clean-up event):
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County of Dimmit |
Community Clean-Up Event |
$2,685 |
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City of Uvalde |
Self-Contained Can Crusher and Recycling Center Enhancement |
$11,000 |
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City of Encinal |
Chipper and Educational Materials Purchase |
$19,008 |
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City of Carrizo Springs |
Recycling Truck and Trailer Purchase |
$19,008 |
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County of Val Verde |
Enhancement of Collection Site in Comstock |
$19,008 |
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City of Eagle Pass |
Self-Contained Glass Crusher and Educational Materials Purchase |
$19,008 |
Funded seven projects (two local enforcement, two collection site enhancements and three source reduction and recycling):
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City of Encinal |
All-weather Surface for Collection Site Purchase |
$14,000 |
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City of Eagle Pass |
Local Enforcement and Educational Materials |
$12,000 |
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County of Maverick |
Local Enforcement and Truck Purchase |
$12,008 |
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City of Carrizo Springs |
Forklift Purchase |
$10,500 |
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County of Val Verde |
Enhancement of Collection Site in Langtry |
$15,000 |
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City of Uvalde |
Recycling Truck Purchase |
$14,000 |
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County of LaSalle |
Chipper and Educational Materials Purchase |
$12,217 |
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