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Aluminum
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- Cut down on beverages packaged in aluminum.
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- Clean and re-use aluminum foil, pie plates, etc.
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- Aluminum cans. Separate from other types of Aluminum.
- Other: foil, pie plates, TV dinner trays, window frames screen doors, lawn furniture.
- Cans should be clean.
- Remove non-aluminum material from lawn chairs, and other items.
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- Newell/Alaska Metal Recycling 349-4833.
- Anchorage Recycling Center 562-2267.
- Hilltop Recycling,
696-2246
- Mobile Metals Inc.
277-7777.
- Schools-call them for information.
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- Twenty cans can be made out of recycled aluminum with the same energy & pollution to make one can from new material.
- Re-use/recycling creates jobs in the U.S. & reduces need to import raw materials.
- Donating cans to schools will help raise money for equipment and projects. (Call Anchorage Recycling Center for details)
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Other Metals
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- Rent or borrow items not used on a regular basis instead of buying them.
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- Buy from metal recyclers, thrift shops, etc.
- Check the Alaska Materials Exchange,
269-7586.
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- Call for information. Newell/Alaska Metal Recycling takes tin cans as well as appliances and scrap metal:
9705 King St. 349-4833
- Anchorage Recycling Center 6161 Rosewood St. 562-2267 Mon-Fri 9am - 4pm
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- Check aluminum list. (above)
- Alaska Energy Recovery, 258-1558, takes steel drums.
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- In 1995, metal recycling firms employed 124 Alaskans in full time jobs & exported $9.1 million of scrap for recycling.
- Metal recyclers will pay cash for your scrap ferrous & non-ferrous metals.
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