Patrick Simpson’s company recycles items currently not accepted by Solid Waste Services, including disposable cups and clamshell containers like apple cartons. He turns it into ‘Grizzly Wood’ that can be used for decks, boardwalks and other outdoor projects.
Patrick Simpson of Alaska Plastic Recovery in Palmer holds a buoy with bear teeth marks on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The buoy and plastic behind Simpson was removed from beaches in Prince William Sound.
Post consumer plastic from Valley Recycling ready to be transformed at Alaska Plastic Recovery in Palmer. haven’t been collected In short, the Anchorage drop-off point is accepting all Nos. 1, 2, and 5 plastics, a reference to the identification code“We’re thrilled,” said Kelli Toth, acting director of Solid Waste Services, which is providing the facility for the drop-off point.She said the new program can help extend the life of the Anchorage Regional Landfill in Eagle River. It currently has an estimated four decades of life remaining, though it could last longer as the landfill settles, she said.
He wants to see more Alaskans recycling. And he’d like to reduce the plastic that’s piling up on Alaska’s beaches and that studies“If you’ve got plastics and you’re willing to clean them, rinse them out and bring them to us, we’ll figure out how to sort through them and get it done,” said Simpson, who lives in Big Lake.
“That plastic is getting beaten into smaller and smaller pieces,” he said. “It goes from what’s called macroplastics to microplastics and then it’s getting deposited up into the brush and it’s going to become part of our food system.” They’re big plastic caps made from extremely durable plastic that protect the ends of drilling pipes.at a lot that serves as the recycling company’s headquarters in Palmer, alongside marine debris and other plastics.
Grizzly Wood, recycled plastic lumber , is manufactured on site at Alaska Plastic Recovery in Palmer. Photographed on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The Homer Trails Alliance has purchased hundreds of pieces of Grizzly Wood to build such things as a trail boardwalk near the Kenai Peninsula town, he said.
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