{"id":197873,"date":"2026-05-20T14:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197873\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:33:09","slug":"city-of-pittsburgh-receives-1-66m-grant-to-modernize-recycling-yard-waste-services-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197873\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Pittsburgh receives $1.66M grant to modernize recycling, yard waste services \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The City of Pittsburgh has received a $1.66 million grant to modernize recycling and yard waste services. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling program awarded the funds, which will allow for advancements in Environmental Services\u2019 operations, including investments in vehicles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">It will also facilitate the improvement and expansion of curbside yard waste collection throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Included in the overall upgrades for the Department of Public Works\u2019 recycling drop-off sites will be new pavement and fencing. The sites will also receive two new cardboard compactors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Security measures are also planned, with security cameras set for installation at the Environmental Services headquarters located in the Strip District. Additional locations will also be equipped with security cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">These investments are intended to help Environmental Services strengthen the city\u2019s long-term sustainability goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The City of Pittsburgh has received a $1.66 million grant to modernize recycling and yard waste&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2697,146,73,75,74,8431,87793],"class_list":["post-197873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-city-of-pittsburgh","tag-grant","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-recycling","tag-yard-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}