We are updating our recycling guide for 2025!
We want your help! Does your business or organization offer a recycling service whether it is free or costs money? We would like to list you on the new version of our recycling guide for 2025! Email the details of what your business or organization offers to...
Reboot IT 2024 Year in Review
At Green Star of Interior of Alaska we love being able to give electronics another life, keeping them out of our landfills. Our Reuse IT staff refurbish previously owned systems and this year, via the Reboot IT Technology Grants program, distributed 140 low or no cost...
Vape Battery Recycling Initiative Launches
Tuesday December 23rd our outreach manager got to play early Santa and drop off new vape battery recycling bins at the first Fairbanks businesses to participate in this pilot program. Fairbanks North Star Borough residents have been recycling their home batteries for...
Holiday Hours
We are taking some time off to be with family and friends during the holidays so our hours are going to look a little different. The FNSB Central Recycling Facility (CRF) and Reuse IT Store will be open December 24th and December 31st but closed December 25th and...
Got Newspaper?
When you come to the FNSB CRF you might notice a new bin out! We are separating out clean folded newspaper to go to the FNSB Animal Control to be reused by them. The FNSB Animal Control goes through a lot of newspaper caring for animals and currently is at capacity....
Holiday Closure
Green Star’s Reuse IT Store (2134 Texaco Ave, Fairbanks) AND FNSB Central Recycling Facility (1855 Marika Rd, Fairbanks) will be closed Thursday November 28th for our staff to take time off. Both will be open for regular hours Friday and Saturday. Reuse IT store will...
Cyber Holiday Sale at Green Star’s Reuse IT Store
Looking for affordable electronic gifts for the family this holiday season? Skip the big box store and come on down to Green Star ReUse IT Store at 2134 Texaco Ave in Fairbanks off of Van Horn! We have refurbished laptops, computers and gaming computers for sale from November 25th through December 28. All of our electronics were donated to the FNSB Central Recycling Facility and have been expertly wiped and refurbished.
We are open Tuesdays-Fridays 10am-5pm and Saturdays 1pm-5pm. We will be closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Years.
Community Members Celebrate National Recycling Day at FNSB Central Recycling Facility (CRF)
Over 30 Fairbanks residents toured the FNSB Central Recycling Facility on National Recycling Day. Here are the answers to some of the most common questions and a couple of ideas for recycling here at the end of the road.
FNSB Central Recycling Facility Weekly Update
CRF Report: 509 FFNSB residents and 40 businesses brought recycling to the FNSB Central Recycling Facility totaling over 15 tons of recycling!