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.
Continuing to Reduce Single-Use Plastic: A Reflection from ‘The Story of Plastic’
The Story of Plastic offers a harsh reality about the single-use plastic waste crisis that many of us in Alaska are able to ignore easily because we are far removed from the end of the plastic supply chain.
Fluorescent tube lamp recycling
Green Star is now able to accept residential fluorescent tube lamps for recycling at our 1101 Well St. warehouse! Call (907) 452-4152 to schedule an appointment to drop off your lamps for recycling at Green Star during business hours.
Clean Up Day 2020 Results
Clean Up Day 2020 was a huge success, with over 1000 volunteers picking up 10+ tons of trash over the weeklong event. Green Star led the organizing effort, working with organizations from across town to pull off the event safely in the midst of COVID-19.
The Central Recycling Facility is OPEN!
The Central Recycling Facility is open for residential recycling drop-off with COVID-19 preventative measures in place.
Join us for The Story of Plastic Virtual Screening
Join us for a virtual screening and community presentation of The Story of Plastic!