Vicksburg has received a $25,000 Solid Waste Assistance Grant from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, according to information from MDEQ.

City grants coordinator Marcia Weaver said the money will be used to implement a pilot residential recycling program involving 300 homes. She said a residential area has not been selected for the program.

“The program involves recycling paper and No. 1 and 2 plastics,” Weaver said. “The grant money will be used to buy a compartmentalized trailer to collect the paper and plastic and buy divided recycled bins for the residents to put the items.”

She said employees with Vicksburg’s community services department will collect the recyclables and take the items to MIDD-West Industries on Smoky Lane.

“I’m glad to hear we received the grant,” Mayor Paul Winfield said. “We’ve had an in-house recycling program for some time and we want to expand the program. This is another green program, and we need more of them.”