Earth Day Parade and Fair at Pioneer Park!
This Saturday, April 23 from 11am to 4pm, join Green Star, the Northern Center, the Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition, Interior Alaska Land Trust, the Folk School and others for a day of festivities for Earth Day at Pioneer Park! From 11am to noon, there will be an...
Recycling Electronics with Data Security in Mind
Green Star of Interior Alaska proudly processes electronics recycling items from the FNSB Central Recycling Facility, from Rural Backhaul shipments, and from responsible parties who drop off electronics directly to Green Star when they live or work outside of FNSB....
Proposal for a New Home for the FNSB Central Recycling Facility
Last week the Fairbanks North Star Borough approved the Capital Improvement Program (CIP): a list of municipal projects to be completed in the next 10 years (Resolution No. 2022-03). Included in the CIP is a proposal for a new facility for the FNSB Central Recycling...
COVID-19 Laptop Project Update
Green Star is continuing our efforts to help close the technology gap in Fairbanks by providing refurbished laptops to folks in need to use for distance learning, remote work, and connecting with loved ones in quarantine. Over the past month, we’ve contacted everyone who had submitted a request for a laptop. We also began reaching out to local community organizations and groups to help connect us with more people who are in need of assistance. If you’d like to support this project, we are currently seeking donations of specific supplies needed for this ongoing laptop donation program.
Rural Backhaul Highlight: Ruby Marine
One of Green Star’s four programs is Village Backhaul. Through it, we subsidize remote Interior communities’ recycling efforts and haul out their electronic waste for recycling. We have worked with 16 different Interior villages off the road system since the program started, pulling out 56,000 pounds of potentially toxic material since 2011. A vast majority of that material’s first transport leg is on a Ruby Marine barge.