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Material
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Reduce
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Reuse
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What / How to Recycle
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Where to Recycle
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Why
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PET (#1) plastic bottles and jugs
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Buy products in recyclable containers, such as aluminum or glass.
Use refillable products (pens, razors, etc.) instead of disposable plastic products.
Avoid excess packaging. |
Re-use dispenser bottles plastic containers, etc.
Check the Alaska Materials Exchange,
269-7586.
For home use, make scoops, funnels, bird feeders, piggy banks, crafts, etc. |
NEW in 2001! Any #1 PET plastic bottle that has a neck narrower than its base.
Includes soda and water bottles, some shampoo bottles.
Do not recycle plastic toys, blister pack packaging, tubs, lids, caps
Do not recycle any bottles that contained hazardous chemicals or automotive fluids. |
Drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center during regular business hours only - M-F 9am - 4pm
DO NOT drop off plastics during any other time. All plastic that is left at the recycling center when the bins are closed will be thrown away. This litter only jeopardizes the entire plastics recycling program in Anchorage. |
Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
Plastic takes up a lot of space in landfills.
The plastics industry uses five of the top six chemicals on USEPA's hazardous manufacturing waste list.
If we recycled just one out of every 10 plastic bottles in the U.S., more than 200 million pounds of plastic could be kept out of landfills annually. |
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HDPE (#2) plastic bottles and jugs
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Buy products in recyclable containers, such as aluminum or glass.
Use refillable products (pens, razors, etc.) instead of disposable plastic products.
Avoid excess packaging. |
Re-use dispenser bottles plastic containers, etc.
Check the Alaska Materials Exchange,
269-7586.
For home use, make scoops, funnels, bird feeders, piggy banks, crafts, etc. |
NEW in 2001! Any #2 HDPE plastic bottle or jug that has a neck narrower than its base.
Includes milk jugs, detergent jugs, some shampoo bottles
Do not recycle tubs, lids, caps
Do not recycle any bottles that contained hazardous chemicals or automotive fluids. |
Drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center during regular business hours only - M-F 9am - 4pm
DO NOT drop off plastics during any other time. All plastic that is left at the recycling center when the bins are closed will be thrown away. This litter only jeopardizes the entire plastics recycling program in Anchorage. |
Plastics can be recycled into carpet, clothing, sleeping bags, plastic lumber (long lasting & does not need painting), park benches, parking barriers, fences, fishing lures etc. |
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Plastic bags and film
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Bring your own bag.
Instead of buying garbage bags, re-use shopping bags for household trash.
Ask paper carrier not to use plastic sleeves for paper.
Ask dry cleaners to reduce the number of bags they use for your clothes. |
Donate usable bags to the Salvation Army.
Carrs, Fred Meyer & Safeway pay for each bag reused when shopping.
Use them to pick up litter or dog poop on trails.
Public libraries use at check out counters. |
Stretchable plastic bags, i.e. produce, newspaper, grocery, and dry cleaning bags.
Stretchable plastic film, e.g., stretch wrap, shrink wrap. |
Drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center during regular business hours only - M-F 9am - 4pm
Recycling bins located at Carrs, Fred Meyer & Safeway stores.
Carrs recycling program for schools. Call
(800) 866-3954 M-F for participating schools.
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Each year, the U.S. makes enough plastic film to shrink-wrap Texas.
Plastic bags can take 10 -20 years to decompose in cold climates.
Schools receive $1/lb for equipment, supplies and other educational needs. |
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Foam packing peanuts
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Use old newspaper paper or dissolvable starch-based packing peanuts instead of Styrofoam. |
Reuse packing peanuts." Include a note asking recipient to reuse them too.
Your employer's mailroom or warehouse may be able to reuse them.
Take them to mailing stores for reuse. |
Foam packing peanuts.
Currently there is no recycling option for foam blocks, like the kind that computers are packaged with. |
Take packing peanuts to:
The Mail Cache
563-3131.
Mail Boxes Etc. (multiple locations-see phone book).
Packaging Store
563-9876 |
Foam peanuts . . . |
