[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces $60, 000 Community Recycling Grants for Cochise County

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces $60,000 Community Recycling Grants for
Cochise County

PHOENIX (June 8, 2007) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
(ADEQ) Director Steve Owens announced today that ADEQ has awarded
$60,000 to fund recycling in Cochise County.

The grant will fund a study on recycling in general with a special
concentration on establishing a permanent county facility to recycle
electronic equipment and construction and demolition debris. 

"Since the early 1990s, several efforts at recycling have been made in
Cochise County, primarily by private companies," Owens said. "These were
not successful and were discontinued. This study will lead the way
towards making recycling a part of everyday life in Cochise County."

The grant is being awarded under ADEQ's Recycling Research and
Development Proposals program, which funds projects that involve
research, including feasibility studies, solid waste audits and
marketing and/or technology development, such as new equipment or
processes. The objective of these projects is to increase the proper
disposal of solid waste, source reduction, recycling, buying recycled
content products or composting.
 
"Recycling is one of our most effective tools to protect our
environment," Owens said. "We are glad to support Cochise County's
efforts to increase recycling in Arizona."

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topic concerning the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality should
contact the Office of Communications at (602) 771-2215 or via email at
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