Hart County receives Kentucky Pride Fund grant

HART COUNTY, Ky. – Judge Executive Joe Choate announced Tuesday that Hart county has been awarded a grant in the amount of $394,071.66 from the Kentucky Pride Fund. The funds are earmarked for composting. Judge Choate stated, “This will really help as we are expanding the pre-treatment plant. When the composting area is complete at the Horse Cave plant, we will be saving approximately 4,000 tons of waste entering the landfill each year.”

More than $4.7 million in grants has been given to Kentucky municipalities, fiscal courts and foundations as assistance for 78 projects across the Commonwealth to expand recycling, reduce the amount of solid waste going into landfills, and improve the environmental management of household hazardous waste.

” Kentucky is fortunate that so many municipalities are stepping up to reuse and recycle to reduce the amount of solid waste piling up in our landfills,” said Governor Andy Beshear, “This shows care for the environment and for each other.”