Recycling In Alaska

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in a Recycling Task Force with the Municipality of Anchorage and provides a guide to Recycling in Anchorage to educate people about existing recycling opportunities. They also promote local employment opportunities through remanufactoring; all by working through grassroots action to keep the need for recycling solutions in the forefront of Anchorage politics. (Mears) CRS is an all-volunteer organization that brought together half a dozen recycling vendors to begin one-stop recycling drop-offs. These were ended to focus on a developing a long-term municipally driven solution.
Another prominent group is Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling who is a privately funded, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating litter and increasing economically viable . (Crawley) ALPAR has initiated many successful recycling programs such as ALPAR Flying Cans, Can Do Kids, ALPAR Youth Litter Patrols, Adopt-a-Bike Path, and more. ALPAR is a fine example of the committed ...

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they will also submit three proposals. One to budget a dollar per ton of the landfill dumping charge to a recycling ideas grant which small businesses could use to purchase or reuse recyclable products. Or even for individuals who are willing to pick up their neighborhood recyclables and need collecting materials. They are estimating to earn 230,000 a year. The second will contract an expansion of Anchorage Refuse to collect and haul green waste to the John Dean Composting center. Third the task force strongly agrees that striving to keep contracts inside Alaska will strengthen the program. They will also recommend the employment of a recycling coordinator, and the creation of a ...

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