[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces $10, 000 Grant to Fund Community Recycling for the Hualapai Tribe

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces $10,000 Grant to Fund Community Recycling
for the Hualapai Tribe

PHOENIX (July 9, 2008) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Director Steve Owens announced today that ADEQ is awarding $10,000 to
fund an expanded recycling program for members of the Hualapai Tribe in
northwestern Arizona. 

"Recycling is one of our most effective tools to protect our
environment," Director Owens added. "It is especially important to
increase recycling opportunities for members of the Hualapai Tribe and
other tribal nations to protect natural resources and the quality of
life there.  We are very pleased to support this important effort." 

The grant will be used to recycle more bottles, cans, office paper,
cardboard and other household materials on the Hualapai Indian
Reservation. The funds will be used to buy recycling bins for office
workspaces, homes and central dropoff locations.  

This grant also will be used to inform the public about the importance
of recycling through flyers and articles in the local Peach Springs
newspaper.   

The grant is funded by ADEQ's Waste Reduction Assistance program for
projects devoted to waste reduction, recycling and composting. 

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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.gov.

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