November Recycling Spotlight: Office Paper

November Recycling Spotlight: Office Paper

This month’s recyclable material spotlight is sorted office paper! Office paper is a higher value commodity sorted out of our standard mixed paper that we collect. This is because it can be turned into any other color of paper but other colored paper...
National Recycling Day Tours

National Recycling Day Tours

National Recycling Day is coming up and we are continuing our tradition of celebrating with Fairbanks North Star Borough by putting on tours of the FNSB Central Recycling Facility! This is our first Saturday tour of the year, making it a great day for folks the...
October Recyclable Material Spotlight: Steel Cans

October Recyclable Material Spotlight: Steel Cans

We just started accepted steel cans at the FNSB Central Recycling Facility this summer! Cans must be rinsed so they are free of food waste and have the labels off of them so that they don’t impact the smelting process. Tin and steel cans are the same, the name...
North Pole Recycling Pop-Up This Sunday

North Pole Recycling Pop-Up This Sunday

North Pole area residents can bring their recyclables this Saturday during “Kid Biz” Saturday Special Market to close out the summer market season in North Pole! We will be accepting all recyclables accepted at the FNSB Central Recycling Facility (CRF)...
2nd Annual Delta Junction E-Waste Collection Event!

2nd Annual Delta Junction E-Waste Collection Event!

This past weekend Green Star staff joined Zender Environmental and City of Delta Junction staff for the 2nd Annual Delta Junction E-Waste Collection Event at the Delta Junction Landfill. Residents in the area brought in their e-waste to total a whopping 1021 pounds of...