Tennessee prepares to award recycling rebates

Middle Tennessee Several Middle Tennessee communities are eligible to receive money from the state for their recycling efforts. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is preparing to give $600,000 in recycling rebates to 11 counties, and four are in the Nashville region. Local and county governments in Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson and Sumner counties stand to get a piece of the pie. Nashville, for example, is eligible to get $80,000.