[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces Over $208, 000 in Recycling Grants for Phoenix Public Works Department

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces Over $208,000 in Recycling Grants for
Phoenix Public Works Department

PHOENIX (June 6, 2007) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
(ADEQ) Director Steve Owens announced today that ADEQ has awarded
$208,752.50 to the City of Phoenix Public Works Department to fund
community recycling programs.

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

The city's Public Works Department will receive $141,000 to implement a
Special Events Recycling program, which will divert from the landfill
much of the solid waste materials collected at 13 special events in the
City of Phoenix. Phoenix will purchase an alternative fuel truck with a
rear-load compacter, a John Deere Gator tractor with a tilt bed, and
special-venue collection containers to implement this project.

The events are the PF Chang Marathon, Takin' It to the Streets, the
annual Martin Luther King event, Matsuri, Sister Cities, Aloha Festival,
Conquer Cancer Walk, Fabulous Phoenix Fourth, Dia de Los Ninos, Race For
the Cure, Fiesta of Light, APS Electric Light Parade and the Fiesta Bowl
Parade. 

In addition, the city will receive $67,752.50 to expand its recycling
program by purchasing new recycling containers to be used in the Phoenix
Mountain Preserve to decrease the amount of recyclables currently going
into the solid waste stream. 

The city also will target outdoor enthusiasts with an educational
campaign. The program includes posters about recycling, ads in The
Arizona Republic and water-bill inserts, and 35-gallon recycling
containers. Phoenix will partner with Keep Phoenix Beautiful on this
project.

"The City of Phoenix is doing a great job with recycling," Owens said.

These grants are part of ADEQ's Waste Reduction Assistance (WRA) grants
program, which funds 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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