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Recycling Resource Library
Recycling information and resources for Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) and the FNSB Central Recycling Facility (CRF) are now available in one simple place: https://iagreenstar.org/fnsbrecycles..
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...
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...
Winter Goldstream Recycling Popups
We are so excited to continue partnering with the Goldstream Farmers Market to bring you Recycling Popups this winter! Green Star staff will be at every first...
September Goldstream Recycling Pop-Up Sunday
Green Star staff will be at the Ken Kunkel Center this Sunday September 7th from 2-4:30 during the Goldstream Farmers Market to collect your recycling!...
Steel Can Recycling at the FNSB CRF Starting July 1st!
We have a super exciting announcement! Start saving your steel food cans because starting July 1st FNSB residents will be able to take them to the FNSB...
NEW FNSB Recycling Guide for 2025!
Green Star is super excited to announce the release of our FNSB Recycling Guide for 2025! You may notice that this version looks different from previous ones....
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...
Recyclable Spotlight: Electronics and Batteries
Did you know that you can recycle your old electronics, especially household batteries (no car batteries), computers, gaming systems and laptops at the Central Recycling Facility? Whenever possible our ReUse IT team will refurbish items to sell at our ReUse IT store or give to community members via our ReBoot IT Technology Grants program. Even items too old to be reused will be taken apart for recycling. This keeps your old electronics in circulation, out of your junk drawer, and out of our landfill.
#FNSBRecycles QR Code Sheet
Can you hang this #FNSBRecycles QR code sheet somewhere for us?
Don’t bury me!
Don’t bury me! #FNSBRecycles – please help keep things which can be recycled from being buried in our Landfill.
Borrow recycling bins
Eligible companies and events can borrow recycling bins from Green Star of Interior Alaska – for FREE! Some terms and conditions apply.
The ugly truth about plastic:
Did you know that half of all of the plastic ever made has been made since the year 2000?
Where to Recycle
Click here to view an interactive map of where to recycle in Fairbanks.
Mixed Paper
Identification: Commonly found in a variety of paper products, mixed paper can be identified by its ability to rip or tear.
Cardboard
Identification: Commonly used to make boxes, corrugated cardboard can be identified by its brown hue and multi-layer corrugation.
Plastics #1 & #2
Identification: Rinsed #1 (PET) bottles including beverage bottles, salad dressing bottles, etc. Rinsed #2 (HDPE) jugs with necks and screw tops including milk and detergent jugs.
Plastic Bags
Identification: Plastic grocery bags are inexpensive bags you may receive at grocery stores, convenience stores, and other retail outlets.
Aluminum Cans
Identification: Commonly used as beverage containers, aluminum cans are identified by their metallic sheen and are not magnetic.
Steel Cans
Identification: Commonly used for food storage, steel cans are identified by their metallic sheen and are magnetic.
Scrap Metal
Identification: Aluminum scrap, brass, copper, stainless steel, radiators, lead, tin, cables, appliances, etc.
Electronics
Identification: Electronics are everywhere – smartphones, televisions, DVD players, computers… anything with a circuit board is an electronic device.
Household Batteries
Identification: Household Batteries include common household batteries of all types, including alkaline, carbon-zinc, lithium, mercury, silver oxide, rechargeable and more.
Vehicle Batteries
Identification: Vehicle Batteries include batteries from cars, trucks, recreational vehicles, ATV’s, motorcycles, and snow machines. The most common are lead-acid batteries, but they include newer technologies such as lithium ion, lithium polymer.






















