Recycling Scholarship Recipients

ADEQ Director Steve Owens announced the 8 Arizona high school seniors that won scholarships from the department's Recycling Scholarship Program to:

* Kathryn Anderson, Desert Mountain High School, Scottsdale
* Erin Eppard, Thunderbird High School, Phoenix
* Rebecca Heathman, Peoria Transition Center, Peoria
* Reem Kamai, Cortez High School, Phoenix
* Noel Palmer, Desert Mountain High School, Scottsdale
* Raymundo Reyes, Glendale High School, Glendale
* Rachel Rezer, Desert Christian High School, Tucson
* Eric Wannlund, Red Mountain High School, Mesa

Each of these students will receive a $1,000 scholarship to be used for expenses at a college or university in Arizona. The scholarship recipients were selected by ADEQ based on the proposals they submitted to ADEQ outlining a waste reduction or recycling project in their school or community that they will implement during this month.

"The purpose of this innovative scholarship program is to encourage Arizona students to think about ways to protect the environment while helping them meet the escalating costs of college," Director Owens said. "These eight high school seniors came up with some terrific ideas for recycling projects."

Owens said ADEQ developed the scholarship program to encourage school recycling activities throughout the state. The scholarship program is funded by the ADEQ Recycling Grant Program.