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Elk County’s Community Recycling Center receives WPPSEF grant for biomass system upgrades

November 19, 2021

Elk County’s recycling program received a $37,800 grant from WPPSEF to improve the performance of its biomass furnace by upgrading the furnace controls.

The county purchased the former Advanced Recycling Equipment building in St. Marys, PA five years ago for its community recycling center, and since that time has worked with the WPPSEF on numerous occasions to upgrade the existing biomass system. The system is now the facility’s main source of heat.

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