by Rindi White | Oct 31, 2023 | Environmental, Featured, Manufacturing, News, Small Business
Alaska Plastic Recovery, the company behind Grizzly Wood, has made it through its first big year of work, traveling to and collecting more than 600,000 pounds of recycled plastic in eight Southcentral communities and turning it into formed-plastic lengths of recycled plastic lumber, or RPL, and bricks, useful for making signposts, decking, picnic tables, benches, and retaining walls.
by alaskabusiness | Oct 11, 2023 | Environmental, Mining, News
Donlin Gold worked with tribal entities and community groups in the Middle Kuskokwim to haul away nearly 235,000 pounds of electronic and other waste this year.
by alaskabusiness | Mar 1, 2023 | Environmental, News
PKS Consulting received the first prize in Mid Valley Recycling’s Recycling Contest. The cash award for $5,000 will be used to make picnic tables out of plastic lumber.
by alaskabusiness | Sep 15, 2022 | Environmental, Manufacturing, News
A first-of-its-kind mobile plastics processing system is being deployed in Alaska, designed to take plastic from beaches and recycle it into lumber.
by alaskabusiness | Jun 29, 2022 | Education, News, Science, Transportation
The UAF Geophysical Institute and Green Star of Interior Alaska are sending refurbished electronics to Valdez, Nenana, and Nulato for students to use for drone aircraft.
by alaskabusiness | Apr 23, 2021 | Environmental, News, Nonprofits
“The little-known fact for most people is that recycling is possible in Alaska through the generosity of private companies,” explains Anita Nelson, executive director of the nonprofit Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling.
by Vanessa Orr | May 11, 2020 | Architecture, Construction, Magazine
There are a lot of reasons to build with reclaimed materials, from lower costs to decreased environmental impact to the fact that they can be used to truly customize a project.
by Sam Friedman | Aug 12, 2019 | Environmental, Magazine
Ferrous metals usually have less value by weight, which can make profit margins thin for scrap yards when prices drop, especially in places like Alaska with high transportation costs.
by alaskabusiness | Jun 6, 2019 | Environmental, Government, News
Due to changes in global recycling markets, #1 PETE plastic clamshells will no longer be accepted in any commingled curbside recycling.
by alaskabusiness | May 23, 2019 | Environmental, News, Telecom & Tech
ecoATM Gazelle, a world-leader in the reCommerce of consumer electronics is bringing its payment-for-handset kiosks to Alaska.