[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces $78, 000 in Community Recycling Grants for Tucson

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces $78,000 in Community Recycling Grants for
Tucson

PHOENIX (June 8, 2007) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
(ADEQ) Director Steve Owens announced today that ADEQ has awarded
$78,000 to the City of Tucson to fund recycling in Pima County.

Tucson will use the grant to hold 12 one-day community household
hazardous waste and computer equipment collection events throughout the
2008 fiscal year at six different locations in the Tucson area. Six more
one-day collection events will be held at the Tucson Water Plant. 

"These are important collection events that will give people in Tucson a
safe way to get rid of all the paints, chemicals and other hazardous
items they have around their homes," Director Owens said.

The events will be publicized with mailers, door hangers, newspaper
announcements and fliers hung at storefronts. Funds also will be used to
purchase an alternative fuel flat-bed truck. Tucson will partner with
community associations for one-day collection events and with the Tucson
Fire Department to ensure proper safety measures have been upheld.

This grant is part of ADEQ's Waste Reduction Assistance (WRA) grants
program, which funds projects devoted to waste reduction, recycling and
composting. 

"Recycling is one of our most effective tools to protect our
environment," Owens said. "We are glad to support Tucson's efforts to
increase recycling in Arizona."

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News media interested in additional information on this or any other
topic concerning the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality should
contact the Office of Communications at (602) 771-2215 or via email at
communications@azdeq

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