Grant Program Invites Research Proposals on

Beneficial Commercial Reuse of Municipal Waste Combustion Ash

The Authority announces a grant program offering funding of up to $250,000 for research/development proposals aimed at identifying viable non-traditional commercial uses for municipal waste combustion ash from the York County Resource Recovery Center (YCRRC).

The Authority invites private organizations, corporations, business firms, individual entrepreneurs, academic researchers, other research institutions and organizations, federal or state agencies, national laboratories, or partnerships or joint ventures composed of the foregoing to submit research proposals under this program.

Proposals must show a connection between the proposed research and development or marketing of one or more commercial products that are composed, in some part, of one or more of the ash streams generated by the YCRRC.  The Authority will support high-quality research, development, marketability and/or market development proposals aimed at advancing opportunities for beneficial use of significant quantities of an ash product. 

Grant applications will be accepted now through May 2, 2005.  The Authority anticipates that the funding agreement(s) will be completed and the research process initiated by the third quarter of 2005.

Interested grant applicants can obtain a complete Research Proposal Solicitation Package by visiting www.ycswa.com and clicking on the button on the home page titled “Information for Ash Research Proposal”, or by contacting David Vollero, Engineering Division Manager, by phone at 717-845-1066, or by e-mail at: d.vollero@ycswa.com.

Currently, ash from the YCRRC is recycled into an aggregate material marketed commercially as “AggRite”.  AggRite is permitted by the state for use in a variety of construction applications.  This is the first time the Authority has offered a grant for ash reuse research proposals.