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Paper

Material	Reduce	Reuse	What/How to Recycle	Where to Recycle	Why
Newspaper	Share with a friend. Catch the news on the radio, TV or the Internet. View newspaper online. Visit www.microzoo.com for newspapers across the country.	Use for packing filler. Shred for pet bedding. Paper mache art projects Roll into paper logs for fireplaces and woodstoves.	Newspaper and any inserts. Blank newsprint. NO magazines, catalogs, mail or other types of paper.	24-hour drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center or bins at Carrs stores in Anchorage and Eagle River or at the following schools: Inlet View, Wonder Park, Northwood, Lake Otis, and Mears Middle School.	If all of the newspapers generated in Alaska were recycled, we could save 476,000 trees per year. Thermo-Kool of Alaska, Inc. recycles newspaper into insulation, asphalt additive, hydro-seeding mulch, animal bedding, and erosion control material. For more information, call 563-3644.
Corrugated Cardboard and Brown Paper Bags	Use the smallest size box possible for what you are shipping. Use plastic reusable totes to transport items.	Reuse boxes for storage, mailing, moving etc. Keep some around to store your recyclable items.	Corrugated cardboard (with the inner waffled layer) - Remove contents, pull off tape, and flatten. Brown (kraft) paper bags can be included but paperboard (i.e. cereal boxes etc.) cannot. NO greasy food boxes, waxed boxes, or wet boxes.	24-hour drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center.	Paper fibers in corrugated boxes are long and strong. They can be used many times. Making the pulp used in cardboard creates sulfur dioxide, a gas that causes acid rain. Recycling cardboard cuts that pollution in half.
Office Paper (high grade white & colored paper)	Use e-mail, phone. Print on both sides. Reduce frequency and number of reports.	Use both sides. Route articles, magazines memos & reports instead of distributing multiple copies. Buy recycled paper products to close the loop.	High grade office / white & colored office paper, including copy paper, envelopes (windows okay), stickie notes, index cards, NCR (carbonless) forms, shredded aper, adding machine tape. Staples and paper clips are okay. NO hanging file folders, manila folders, paper ream wrappers, carbon paper, groundwood paper (like paperback books), catalogs or magazines, paper plates and cups, paper napkins, metal or plastic bindings. Call for commercial pick-ups, (check Pick-up Service list)	24-hour drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center.	At least 40-50% of the municipal solid waste stream is paper. Recycling one ton of paper saves 7,000 gallons of water, 380 gallons of oil, and 17 trees.
Mixed Paper	Stop junk mail, send name, address and zipcode to: Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735	Reuse office products, such as file folders and hanging folders.	Glossy paper, paperboard (e.g., cereal, cookie, and cracker boxes; paper towel tubes etc.), paper egg cartons, manila folders, paper ream wrappers, brown clasp envelopes, softcover books and manuals with glued bindings, phone books. Staples and paper clips are okay. NO waxed or coated paper, carbon paper, paper plates and cups, paper napkins, hardcover books, metal or plastic bindings.	24-hour drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center.
Magazines & Catalogs	Stop junk mail, send name, address and zipcode to: Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Assoc, PO Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735 Call catalog co. 800 #s to cancel unwanted copies.	Share magazines and catalogs with friends/ family. Take to library freebies tables, senior centers, nursing homes, doctor’s office, hospital lobbies, or schools (call first).	Glossy catalogs and magazines accaptable. NO plain paper magazines or catalogs, newsprint catalogs, phone books.	24-hour drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center.	The U.S. prints the majority of the world’s magazines. Annually, approximately eight million tons of magazines are dumped into landfills. If half of these were recycled, more than 12 million cubic yards of landfill space could be saved.
Phone Books	Call ACS customer service at 561-1221 and request that you not receive a directory.		Call ACS at 564-1010 and speak with Cindy Bowman about annual phone book recycling information. Usually held mid-May through mid-June.	Phone Books: seasonal collection, contact Anchorage Recycling Center or ACS 564-1010 for locations.