[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Joins Forces with NFL and Arizona Host Committee for "Greenest Ever" Super Bowl

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ADEQ Joins Forces with NFL and Arizona Host Committee for "Greenest
Ever" Super Bowl 

Super Bowl will promote recycling and be carbon-neutral
 
PHOENIX (Oct. 1) - ADEQ Director Steve Owens announced today that the
department is joining forces with the National Football League and the
Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee to make Super Bowl XLII the "greenest"
Super Bowl ever.   Super Bowl XLII will be played on Feb. 3, 2008 in
Glendale, Ariz.

Director Owens said the partnership is the first of its kind between the
NFL, a host committee and a state environmental protection agency. 

"We're very excited about the unique partnership we have created. ADEQ
is working hand in hand with the Arizona Host Committee and the NFL to
make this an environmentally friendly and carbon-neutral Super Bowl,"
Director Owens said. "We want to make Super Bowl XLII the greenest Super
Bowl ever.  It will good for Arizona's economy and good for our
environment."

As part of the joint effort, the NFL will use recyclable materials at
the game, as well as in the construction of event structures and venues.
The NFL also will recycle leftover material from Super Bowl events like
lumber, bricks and decorative fabric and will donate the materials to
Valley charities after Super Bowl XLII.

ADEQ will place recycling waste receptacles at various Host Committee
activities, including the 100 Day Countdown to Kickoff event in
Glendale's Westgate City Center on Oct. 27.   ADEQ also will have booths
with information about recycling and other environmental issues at the
events and will provide environmentally focused materials for the
estimated 10,000 volunteer workers and at the Super Bowl XLII Media
Center in downtown Phoenix.

 Information about ADEQ's programs will be featured in the Host
Committee's media guide, event guide and visitors' guide. Environmental
messages will be promoted in various radio, TV and newspaper ads, and
the Host Committee will provide weekly environmental tips on its
website.

ADEQ and the NFL also will work to make Super Bowl XLII carbon-neutral.
The NFL will use low-emissions vehicles, as well as compact fluorescent
lighting, to the greatest extent possible to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions associated with Super Bowl activities.  ADEQ and the NFL also
will be planting thousands of trees in Arizona to help offset the GHG
emissions produced by the events. 

"The NFL and the Arizona Host Committee share Governor Napolitano's
commitment to addressing the problem of climate change and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions," Director Owens said.  "This is a terrific
project."

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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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