ADEQ Grants Now Available to Little Leagues to Promote Recycling

ADEQ is once again providing recycling grants to Arizona Little Leagues to promote recycling & prevent littering at baseball fields across the state. Under the Little League Recycling & Litter Control Project, ADEQ provides funding to Little League organizations throughout Arizona for banners promoting recycling to be displayed at their ball fields & for recycling containers to be placed at the fields.

ADEQ 1st established the Little League Recycling & 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.

Little Leagues interested in applying for grant funding from ADEQ should contact Laura Newman at (602) 771-4459 or by email to newman.laura@azdeq.gov. The deadline for applications is Feb. 16th, 2007. Program forms & the required application, as well as further information, are available on ADEQ's Web site at littleleague.html.