SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear rolled out more than $6 million in grants to tackle landfill waste, boost recycling, and upgrade how the state handles hazardous household waste.

This money comes from the Kentucky Pride Fund and will go out to cities, universities, and fiscal courts, funding 68 projects all across the state. The idea behind grants is to cut down the trash piling up, build up better recycling systems, and make Kentucky communities safer and cleaner.

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Beshear noted that this initiative has helped reduce the amount of waste piling up in landfills foe several years now. Furthermore, he stated that this program is about leaving Kentucky’s next generation with a cleaner, safer place to call home.

The grant money breaks down into three categories. About $4.4 million will go to 36 recycling projects, paying for new equipment to strengthen local recycling operations. Nearly $1 million will support 29 programs focused on collecting hazardous household waste. Then, three composting projects will get over $570,000 to buy new machines that turn food scraps, grass clippings, and other organic trash into useful compost.

Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary John Lyons emphasized the importance of safely disposing of electronic waste, noting that harmful metals in discarded devices can pose serious environmental and health risks if sent to landfills.