The event brought in 675 cars in a day and resulted in drop-offs of the following household recyclables:
• 12,000 pounds of newspaper, mixed paper and cardboard, which will be baled and shipped to Anchorage for recycling;
• 800 pounds of aluminum, which is sold to C&R Pipe and Steel for recycling;
• An estimated 1,600 pounds of plastic, which Wal-Mart ships to its recycling centers in the Lower 48;
• C&R estimates 750 pounds of metal food cans and other scrap metals were collected;
• Nearly 11,000 pounds of glass were collected, which will be crushed and used as fill for a landscaping project, and delivered to K&K Recycling;
• Interior Alaska Green Star collected 38,000 pounds of electronics, which will be shipped to Seattle-based Total Reclaim for recycling;
• The Fairbanks North Star Borough Solid Waste Division collected a variety of household hazardous wastes, including antifreeze, paint and oil, for a total of nearly 4,000 pounds of waste.
Kudos to the people who participated, saving their recyclables in their garages, sheds, or wherever.
EXTRA kudos to those who paid the small amount of money to recycle their electronics!
Maybe next year I can give kudos to the Borough for starting a recycling program that will enable ALL citizens to have the opportunity to recycle what we can, and have the landfill cost all of us, a lot less, i.e. money AND the sad legacy of waste - wrapped in plastic - preserved for many generations to come in our landfill.
I’d like to see everyone who sells, or gives away, beverages in aluminum cans (sodas), have a recycling bin next to each trash can, so the CANS can be recycled.
That is money and recourses thrown into our landfill, every time! Fairbanks Day, Solstice Party downtown, 3 v 3 Basketball Tournament, and so many more.
Every day, we can ALL recycle paper and plastic at Wal-Mart.
6-days-a-week, we can ALL recycle aluminum (cans, foil and other) at C & R Pipe, AND earn money for doing it!
C & R Pipe also accepts rinsed food cans – for free.
Kudos to the people who participated, saving their recyclables in their garages, sheds, or wherever.
EXTRA kudos to those who paid the small amount of money to recycle their electronics!
Maybe next year I can give kudos to the Borough for starting a recycling program that will enable ALL citizens to have the opportunity to recycle what we can, and have the landfill cost all of us, a lot less, i.e. money AND the sad legacy of waste - wrapped in plastic - preserved for many generations to come in our landfill.
I’d like to see everyone who sells, or gives away, beverages in aluminum cans (sodas), have a recycling bin next to each trash can, so the CANS can be recycled.
That is money and recourses thrown into our landfill, every time! Fairbanks Day, Solstice Party downtown, 3 v 3 Basketball Tournament, and so many more.
Every day, we can ALL recycle paper and plastic at Wal-Mart.
6-days-a-week, we can ALL recycle aluminum (cans, foil and other) at C & R Pipe, AND earn money for doing it!
C & R Pipe also accepts rinsed food cans – for free.