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Jul192012

Tennessee Cities Awarded Hazardous Waste Grants

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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) –- On Wednesday, the state Department of Environment and Conservation awarded Tennessee’s four largest cities grants of up to $680,000 over the next two years to keep its household hazardous waste disposal program running, according to The Tennessean.

Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville will each get $170,000 for disposing of household hazardous waste items, which include paint thinner, pool chemicals, brake fluid, mercury thermometers, fluorescent bulbs, pesticides, cleaning fluids, adhesives, aerosols and batteries.

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

DateThursday, July 19, 2012 at 3:50PM AuthorChristine Hsu

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