State awards Chattanooga $127,000 hazardous waste grant

June 28, 2016 at 1:59 p.m. | Updated June 28, 2016 at 1:59 p.m.

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FILE -- In this Thursday, March 3, 2016 file photo, garbage bags line a street in Jdeideh, east Beirut, Lebanon. The Lebanese government announced Saturday, March 12, 2016, a temporary solution for the country’s eight-month trash crisis by opening three landfills as thousands protested demanding a recycling plan. Information Minister Ramzi Jriej says after an eight-hour Cabinet meeting that the temporary solution will last four years and by then a permanent solution will be in place. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
FILE -- In this Thursday, March 3, 2016 file photo, garbage bags line a street in Jdeideh, east Beirut, Lebanon. The Lebanese government announced Saturday, March 12, 2016, a temporary solution for the country’s eight-month trash crisis by opening three landfills as thousands protested demanding a recycling plan. Information Minister Ramzi Jriej says after an eight-hour Cabinet meeting that the temporary solution will last four years and by then a permanent solution will be in place. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

NASHVILLE - The city of Chattanooga is getting a $127,000 state grant to help divert household hazardous waste from its landfill.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation today announced that Chattanooga as well as Knoxville, Metro Nashville and Memphis are each getting $127,000 for the operation and/or maintenance of permanent hazardous waste facilities.

"These grants will provide an environmentally friendly option for citizens to dispose of household cleaners, pesticides, and other hazardous materials commonly found in homes," TDEC Commissioner Bob Martineau said in a news release.

Martineau said the efforts by the permanent facilities, coupled with his department's mobile household waste collection service, "are essential to protecting human health and the environment."

TDEC's household waste collection service allows Tennessee residents in areas without permanent disposal sites the opportunity to dispose of hazardous materials. Events take place during the spring and fall.

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