[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces $224, 563 in Grants to Eight Arizona Communities for Household Hazardous Waste Projects

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces $224,563 in Grants to Eight Arizona
Communities for Household Hazardous Waste Projects

PHOENIX  (March 26, 2007) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
(ADEQ) Director Steve Owens announced today that ADEQ has awarded
$224,563 in grants to help clean up household hazardous waste (HHW) and
electronics in eight communities throughout the state.

HHW includes certain paints, cleaners, stains and varnishes, car
batteries, motor oil and pesticides. Electronic equipment includes
computers, cell phones, pagers and other audio or video equipment.
Collection projects may be continuous or one-day events. 

"Household hazardous waste is a major environmental problem," Owens
said. "Electronic equipment in particular poses a challenge as the life
cycle of products decreases. These grant programs work hand in hand to
help achieve important environmental and safety goals. We are glad to
support these Arizona communities' efforts to recycle these materials,
or otherwise properly dispose of them."

The grant winners:

*  The Town of Carefree: $30,500 for a one-day HHW collection event. 

*  The City of El Mirage: $25,000 for a one-day HHW and electronics
collection event.

*  The Gila County Public Works Division: $20,000 for a one-day HHW
collection event for residents of Southern Gila County, including
Globe-Miami, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Roosevelt, Tonto Basin and
the Hayden-Winkleman area. 

*  The Gila County Public Works Division: $22,863 for a one-day HHW
collection event for residents of Northern Gila County, including
Payson, Pine, Strawberry, Christopher Creek and Young.

*  The Town of Gilbert: $30,360 for a one-day HHW and electronics waste
collection event. Computer equipment collected at the event will be
donated to the Arizona Students Recycling Used Technology (StRUT) at
Gilbert High School. 

*  The Hopi Tribe: $36,140 for two one-day HHW and electronics
collection events, including the collection of automotive waste. 

*  LaPaz County: $35,700 for seven one-day HHW and electronics
collection events. 

*  The Lake Havasu City Fire Department: $24,000 for a one-day
collection event for HHW as well as tires, batteries, motor oil and
other automotive waste.

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