[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Director Owens Announces 2009 Recycling Scholarships for High School Seniors

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ADEQ Director Owens Announces 2009 Recycling Scholarships for High
School Seniors

PHOENIX (Sept. 17, 2008)  -- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Director Steve Owens today announced that ADEQ is encouraging Arizona
high school seniors interested in environmental issues to apply for the
2009 Arizona Recycling Scholarship Program.

Under the Recycling Scholarship Program, ADEQ will award 10 scholarships
of $1,000 each to high school seniors to be used for expenses at a
college or university in Arizona. 
To apply, students must submit a proposal outlining a waste reduction or
recycling project in their school or community to be implemented during
March 2009. All Arizona high school students in their senior year are
eligible to apply for the scholarship. The 10 scholarship recipients
will be selected by ADEQ based on the proposals submitted.

"This is a very exciting program that encourages Arizona students to
think about ways to protect the environment while helping them meet the
escalating costs of college," Owens said. "We initiated this program in
2006 to promote awareness of the three R's - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
- and the response has been tremendous every year since because of the
keen interest among students in the environment and the high quality of
the proposals we have seen." 

Owens said ADEQ developed the scholarship program to encourage school
recycling activities throughout the state and to get high school
students involved in protecting the environment. Funding for the
scholarship program will come through the ADEQ Recycling Grant Program.

 "This is a great way for high school seniors to help protect the
environment and pay for college," Owens said.  

Proposals must be received by ADEQ no later than Feb. 6, 2009 and the
scholarship winners will be announced Feb. 20. The winning projects will
be implemented during March 2009. ADEQ will provide scholarship funds to
the students after receiving proof of enrollment at a community college
or university within the state of Arizona.

The scholarship package and informational materials will be sent to
every high school in Arizona and also are available on ADEQ's Web site
at http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/waste/solid/program.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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