Spring is here and you know what that means? SPRING CLEANUP! Interior Alaska Green Star will be hosting its second Recycling-Roundup on May 22nd 2010

Start saving food cans, non-perishable food, egg cartons/plastic bags/boxes, household hazardous waste, mixed paper, newspaper, cardboard, aluminum cans, plastic containers (#1 & #2 only), glass, clean used clothing/fabric items, usable building materials/tools, and electronics* and bring them the the Tanana Valley State Fairgrounds between 10AM and 4PM Saturday May 22nd.

Click here to learn more or here to download our event flyer

* in order to assure safe, responsible electronic recycling – performed in the USA – a fee will be charged to cover recycling costs

What a haul!

Fairbanksans turned out in full force on Saturday during our Recycling Roundup event. People were skeptical but we did it!

Here are the numbers:

Newspaper ~3000 pounds (Thermo-Kool)
Mixed Paper, Cardboard, & Plastic Bottles – 40’ Trailer full (Wal-Mart)
Metal Food Cans – 400 pounds (C & R Pipe and Steel Inc.)
Aluminum Cans – 400 pounds (FCA Street Outreach)
Glass Bottles – 6600 pounds (The Monolith Project)
Compost Material – 30 bags of leaves (Rosie Creek Farm)
Clothing - 3291 pounds (Fairbanks Resource Agency)
Food – 145 pounds (Food Bank)
Building Materials – 1 pickup load (Habitat for Humanity)
Hazardous Waste – 5 totes (FNSB Solid Waste Division)
Ink Cartridges - 100 cartridges, 2 printers (Cartridge World)
Electronics – 29,000 lbs (Total Reclaim, Inc.)

We’ve got some great pictures that will be posted soon once we receive permission from those pictured.

Thanks again Fairbanks!

To our volunteers, sponsors, and participants of our first ever Recycling Roundup!

This past Friday, May 15th, we had ourselves a littleelectronics recycling shin-dig out at the Tanana Valley Fairgrounds.

I say little, but truthfully, words cannot express how massive it was. I’ve been with Interior Alaska Green Star for about a year and a half now and I can honestly say this is the biggest turnout I have ever seen, with the possible exception of the haul we took in the following day (stay tuned).

We arrived bright and early, to a great sunny morning might I add, to set everything up. History has shown that our e-recycling days that take place on a weekday are usually slow with a few recyclers here and there so Darcie had planned to (wo)man the event with a few awesome volunteers. Shortly after 9:30, however, it became apparent that the day was going to be crazy, but in a good way. So, between our rush of early morning recyclers, we managed to set everything up with a lot of help from our volunteers and I decided to take the day off from work to hang out with Darcie all day. (BTW – I have an awesome job, just don’t tell them I wasn’t working that day!)

our awesome vests

For the first time ever, and I apologize to my fellow board members for admitting this to the world, we looked like a well oiled, eco-friendly, machine. We had fancy IAGS volunteer vests and three awesome signs courtesy of Spirit of Alaska Credit Union, we couldn’t have looked better if we tried. So with our trailer set up, our pop up tents popped, and the snacks on the table, our day began!

It was hard work, we took in a lot of household and business electronics on Friday. So many, in fact, that we managed to fill a truck in a single day! And, our haul was heavy; we got the forklift stuck several times but we persevered and so did the poor landfill guys who drove it.

Darcie and I were proud to be a part of our happy little non-profit on Friday, serving the community, and are thankful to all the businesses and individuals who made it possible.

IAGS Staff: Darcie Warden, Kristen Thomas, Ty Keltner, Pam Seiser, & Eva Rothman 

Next up…. Saturday’s Event