[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces Grants Now Available to Little Leagues to Promote Recycling at Baseball Fields

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces Grants Now Available to Little Leagues to
Promote Recycling at Baseball Fields 

PHOENIX (Nov. 25, 2008) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
(ADEQ) Director Steve Owens today announced that ADEQ is again providing
recycling grants to Arizona Little Leagues to promote recycling and
prevent littering at baseball fields across the state. 

Under the Little League Recycling and Litter Control Project, ADEQ
provides funding to Little League organizations throughout Arizona for
banners promoting recycling to be displayed at their ball fields and for
recycling containers to be placed at the fields. 

ADEQ first established the Little League Recycling and Litter Control
Project for the 2004 Little League season. This year, ADEQ is making a
total of $15,000 available to Little Leagues interested in participating
in the recycling project. 

"The program is now in its sixth year and has been a grand slam," said
ADEQ Director Owens. "The more kids know about recycling, the more they
want to recycle. This program helps our kids, helps the Little Leagues,
and most importantly, helps the environment." 

Since 2004 ADEQ has provided recycling grants to more than 100 Little
Leagues across Arizona.

"This is just a great program," Director Owens said.

Little Leagues interested in applying for grant funding from ADEQ should
contact Juli Boles at (602) 771-4170 or toll free at (800) 234-5677,
ext. 771-4170, or by email to boles.juli@azdeq.gov. The deadline for
applications is Feb. 13, 2009. 

Program forms and the required application, as well as further
information, are available on ADEQ's Web site at
http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/waste/littleleague.html

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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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