[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces $59, 800 Community Recycling Grant to Tempe

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces $59,800 Community Recycling Grant to Tempe

PHOENIX (July 11, 2008) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Director Steve Owens announced today that ADEQ is awarding $59,800 to
fund recycling in Tempe.

The grant will fund the creation of a 24-foot recycling exhibition
trailer with interactive videos, displays and educational materials to
promote recycling.  The trailer will be present at the 128 major outdoor
events the City sponsors, with a total estimated audience of 650,000
people. 

This grant is funded by ADEQ's Waste Reduction Initiative Through
Education program, for projects that educate the citizens of Arizona
about waste reduction, recycling and composting. 

"Recycling is one of our most effective tools to protect our
environment, and the number of outdoor events that take place in Tempe
offer a great opportunity to promote recycling," Owens said. "We are
glad to support efforts to increase recycling in Maricopa County." 

The grant to Tempe is part of $370,386 awarded by ADEQ to fund recycling
programs in Maricopa County, including Mesa and Fountain Hills. Nearly
half the money will be spent to provide recycling in rural and
unincorporated areas of the county.

The grants are funded by ADEQ's Waste Reduction Assistance program,
which is for projects devoted to waste reduction, recycling and
composting. WRA projects may include new recycling collections,
household hazardous waste collections, electronics recycling programs,
mulching or composting operations, material processing operations and
manufacturing facilities that use recycled material as feedstock. 

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