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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 1, 2018
Tire Sculpture Exhibition Kick-off
NORTH LITTLE ROCK—The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will be showcasing the Tire Accountability Program (TAP) as well as unveiling a Tire Sculpture Exhibit on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. The event will take place on the second floor rotunda at the Arkansas State Capitol.
The sculptures on display are made entirely of bicycle and automotive tires. They were developed by two professional Arkansas artists, Danny Campbell and Alice Guffey Miller, as well as students from the eStem High School and Maumelle High School. ADEQ Associate Director of Land Resources, Kevin White, will speak briefly on TAP and honor the artists and students in a short ceremony.
The Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 317 in 2017, creating the Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Program. The program, implemented by Arkansas’s eleven Solid Waste Districts with support from ADEQ, replaces and improves upon Arkansas's former waste tire program by initiating an electronic, uniform, used-tire manifest system to increase accountability. It also provides incentives for used tire recycling, equalizes fee collection, and creates the Used Tire Recycling Fund.
The Tire Sculpture Exhibit will be on display until March 16, 2018.
CONTACT: Kelly Robinson (Robinson@adeq.state.ar.us or 501.682.0916)
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