Opened in 1984, the 100-acre facility accepts a wide range of items, including vehicles, washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, and barbecue grills.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - From metals to tires to broken down cars, a facility in North Pole is setting out to recycle and repurpose as many kinds of material as possible.The facility is run by Chena Power, which, along with Chena Hot Springs Resort and Kodiak Narrow Cape Lodge, represents an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. “They get stock option, and when they retire, they get their retirement,” said Bernie Karl , President of Chena Power.
K&K doesn’t charge people for dropping things off, and will pay for non-ferrous metals. As Karl explained, non-ferrous metals include “all the coppers, the zincs, the aluminum, the tin, we’ll buy it from you.”
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