Anchorage doesn’t have much manufacturing, so most of the recycling in the state’s most populous city is sent to the Lower 48 by barge.
Christine and Sarina Lee drop off glass at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center at 6161 Rosewood Street on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. is a weekly feature powered by your questions. What do you want to know or want us to investigate about life in Alaska , stories behind the news or why things are the way they are? Let us know in Recycling across Alaska involves a patchwork of solutions, according to Anita Nelson, executive director of Alaska ns for Litter Prevention and Recycling .
Materials from community drop-off sites, curbside locations and the landfill end up at the Anchorage Recycling Center off of Dowling Road. The recycled items, like paper, cardboard, some plastics, aluminum and steel, are packed into bales. The co-mingled recycling goes to what’s called a materials recovery facility, or MRF for short. It’s a sorting center where the recycling is put on a conveyor belt and separated by magnets, lasers and robotic arms, as well as people.
A household recycling cart contains a mix of newspapers, cardboard, plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Photographed on May 30, 2019. Contamination occurs when something that can’t be recycled ends up with other recycling. Let’s say someone puts a jug of cooking oil in with their other recyclables, and it’s crushed down with all the other items on the way to the center.
In Anchorage, only plastics labeled with a No. 1 or No. 2 can be recycled. That can include many types of jugs and bottles but not yogurt containers, wrappers and plastic cups.
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