Recycling: Online Resources for Alaska

 

• S.W.A.N. This site is about Solid Waste Management (SWM) for Alaska Native Villages
• Information about Green Star business recycling programs
• MSB Public Works Department for information regarding the Matanuska Susitna Borough’s waste management, re-use and recycling programs
• Smurfit-Stone Recycling Company in Anchorage
• Alaska Waste - waste haulers for Anchorage, Mat Su, Kenai and Kodiak
• Alaska Metal Recycling is the largest recycling facility in the state and supports the only shredder.
• Alaska Litter Prevention and Recycling (ALPAR)
• The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)

National Recycling Resources

Earth Easy - recycling basics for the home

The Paper Industry Association Council (PIAC)

 - America Recycles Day

 – Grassroots Recycling Network (GRRN)  - National Recycling Coalition (NRC)

http://www.zerowasteamerica.org – A national organization devoted to waste reduction and recycling

http://www.environmentaldefense.org – Includes published information regarding the benefits of recycling

http://www.epa.gov - link to “Waste Wise” an Environmental Protection Agency recycling program

http://www.ecocycle.org - Eco-cycle is a successful non-profit recycling group based in Boulder Colorado

http://www.eurekarecycling.org - Eureka Recycling is a nonprofit organization that specializes in recycling and waste reduction and manages Saint Paul’s recycling program.

http://www.arcatarecycling.org - Arcata Recycling is now in their 33rd year of operation and is America's oldest continuously operating community-recycling center