[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces $2, 430 Grant to Fund Community Recycling in Sahuarita in Pima County

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces $2,430 Grant to Fund Community Recycling
in Sahuarita in Pima County

PHOENIX (June 27, 2008) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Director Steve Owens announced today that ADEQ is awarding $2,430 to
fund recycling in Sahuarita.

The grant for the Pima County town of 14,000 will be used to buy bins
for town employee workspaces for employee and public use outside the
administration building, as part of the town's expanded recycling
program.

"Recycling is one of our most effective tools to protect our
environment, and it is especially important to increase recycling
efforts in smaller communities throughout Arizona," Director Owens said.
"Recycling conserves our limited natural resources, saves energy, and
reduces the need for landfills.  We are glad to support this important
effort to increase recycling in Sahuarita." 

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

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