APPENDIX C
Additional Materials Recycled (Reused) in Anchorage
Antifreeze
Foam Peanuts
Batteries (lead-acid)
Organic Waste (Yard Waste)
Batteries (rechargeable)
Scrap Metal
Clothing/Shoes
Scrap Tires
Computers/Electronics
Toner Cartridges
Cooking Grease
Used Oil and Filters
Eyeglasses
Wood and Pallets
Fluorescent Lamps and Ballasts
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Antifreeze
Emerald Alaska
800 E. Ship Creek
258-1558
Do not mix with other spent liquids, including water, oils, or solvents. Provides pick-up
service.
Alaska Motor Doctor
1428 Viking Drive
278-5428
Drop-off costs $6/gallon. For drop-off and pick-up of the refined antifreeze, cost is
$3.95/gallon. Will accept batches of less than five gallons for free.
Alaska Pollution Control
10620 Old Seward Highway
344-5036
Provides pick-up service only. Accepts antifreeze for a fee: $3/gallon or $190/drum.
Minimum charge per pick-up is $75. Must be clean and labeled. Call to confirm prices.
PSC
1813 E. 1st Street, Suite 101
272-9007
Call to arrange pick-up. Do not drop off.
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Batteries (lead-acid)
Alaska Battery Manufacturing
166 E. Potter Drive
562-4949
Will pick up or you can drop off. Leaking batteries cost six cents/lb.
AutoElectric Rebuilding and Battery
600 W. 58th Ave., Unit J
562-9679
24-hour drop off. Will pick up large quantities. EPA ID# available.
Batteries Plus
910 W. International Airport Road
770-6110
batteriesplus@alaska.com
Drop off lead-acid batteries for recycling. Please package leaking batteries in plastic
bags.
Battery Specialists of Alaska, Inc.
1939 E. 5th Ave.
276-5251
Free 24-hour auto battery drop-off service. Will pick up large quantities during day.
Exide Batteries
8100 Petersburg Street
344-1390
Drop off only. Please package leaking batteries in plastic bags.
Interstate Batteries
7740 Schoon Street
349-1577
Drop off. Will pick up large quantities.
Municipality of Anchorage Solid Waste Services Household Hazardous Waste Facilities
Anchorage Regional Landfill, Hiland Road, Eagle River
Central Transfer Station, 54th Ave., and Juneau Street, Anchorage
428-1742 (Hazardous Waste Facility) or 343-6262 (Solid Waste Services)
Provides recycling drop-off for lead-acid batteries.
PSC
1813 E. 1st Street, Suite 101
272-9007
Call to arrange pick up. Do not drop off.
Total Reclaim, Inc.
12101 Industry Way, Unit #C4 (Huffman Business Park)
561-0544
Accepts all types batteries from businesses and households. Sort by type. Call for
information about fees.
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Batteries (rechargeable)
Batteries Plus
910 W. International Airport Road
770-6110
batteriesplus@alaska.com
Will accept rechargeable batteries for recycling.
PSC
1813 E. 1st Street, Suite 101
272-9007
Call to arrange pick up. Do not drop off. Will accept nickel cadmium, mercury, lithium,
and carbon air for recycling.
Total Reclaim, Inc.
12101 Industry Way, Unit #C4 (Huffman Business Park)
561-0544
Accepts all types batteries from businesses and households. Sort by type. Call for
information about fees.
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Clothing/Shoes (Reuse)
Arc of Anchorage
337-6390
Call to schedule a pick-up of items. Accepts clothing, shoes, toys, and household goods.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
563-1997
Call to schedule a pick-up of items. Accepts clothing, shoes, toys, and household goods.
Salvation Army
561-4670
Call to schedule a pick-up of items. Accepts clothing, shoes, toys, and household goods.
United Way of Anchorage
263-2000
Accepts clothing, shoes, toys, and household goods. Call for details.
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Computers/Electronics
Best Buy
800 E. Dimond Blvd
344-4409
Accepts almost everything electronic from TVs and computers to DVD players and more
No fee for recycling most consumer electronics. Accepts up to two items per household
per day. There is a charge of $10 for TVs 32" and under, CRTs, monitors and laptops,
which is offset with a $10 Gift Card. Best Buy is not currently accepting TVs greater
than 32" or external/internal hard drives that need to be removed before recycling
laptops and desktops. Best Buy also accepts ink cartridges, rechargeable batteries, cell
phones, CDs, DVDs, PDAs/smart phones and gift cards.
Computer Renaissance (???)
211 E. Dimond Blvd.
344-6565
Accepts small quantities of computers for refurbishing and resale.
Cunning Stunt Computers (???)
6130 Old Seward Highway
770-0768
Contact: Mark Jackson or William Fulton
Accepts all computers at no charge. No monitors. Repairs computers for resale,
recycles computers into art, makes and sells recycled computer products.
Municipality of Anchorage Solid Waste Services – Anchorage Regional Landfill
Hiland Road, Eagle River
343-6262
Accepts electronics from commercial users, Tuesday through Saturday, 8am – 5pm.
Recycling computer monitors less than 19” cost $30, more than 19” cost $35, and all
other items cost 50¢/pound. Recycling of cables is free.
PSC
1813 E. 1st Street, Suite 101
272-9007
Will accept various types of electronics scrap, including CPUs and circuit boards. Call
for details.
Total Reclaim, Inc.
12101 Industry Way, Unit #C4 (Huffman Business Park)
561-0544
Accepts all types of electronics from businesses and households. Charges a fee. Call to
schedule a pick-up or for hours and fees.
National Vendors
Hewlett Packard Recycling Service
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/community/environment/recycle.htm
Information about returns for recycling of hardware of any kind.
IBM PC Recycling Service
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/environment/products/pcrservice.phtml
Information about sending electronic equipment to IBM for reuse or recycling.
Search the International Association of Electronics Recyclers database at
http://www.iaer.org/search/iaersearch.cfm for recyclers and other services. These are just
a few:
Allied Electronic Recovery
Hayward, CA
510-300-0500
www.AerXchange.com
NxtCycle, Inc.
Mesa, AZ
602-442-7900
www.nxtcycle.com
PC Salvage LLC
Tacoma, WA
253-460-8322
Total Reclaim, Inc.
Seattle, WA
206-343-7443
www.totalreclaim.com
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Cooking Grease
Alaska Garden and Pet Supply
(Alaska Mill and Feed)
114 N. Orca off of 1st Ave.
279-4519
Will pick up or you can drop off. Will not accept grease with high water content.
Alaska Waste
6301 Rosewood Street
563-3717
Starting a commercial route for collecting cooking grease for biodiesel conversion in
spring 2009. Call for details.
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Eyeglasses (reuse)
Lenscrafters
Dimond Center – 344-5366
Sears Mall – 258-6920
Drop off old eyeglasses for use in Gift of Sight program, which provides glasses to
underprivileged people in the U.S. in developing countries around the world.
Lions Club
Call 566-1597 for details and drop-off locations.
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Fluorescent Lamps and Ballasts
Most companies ask the generators to ship lamps in original box or standard lamp boxes.
Some companies will provide boxes. Send via UPS. Average cost is 7-10 cents/ft. Call
individual company for details.
Local Vendors
Crescent Electric Supply
5333 Fairbanks St., Anchorage
562-2800
Contact: Mitch Robison
Will arrange shipment of fluorescent lamps and ballasts.
Grainger Industrial Supply
6240 B Street, Anchorage
562-5400, 800-478-4781
Sells shipping boxes, postage prepaid for UPS shipping to recyclers.
PSC
1813 E. 1st Street, Suite 101
272-9007
Will accept fluorescent lamps (whole and crushed), ballasts, and HID lamps.
Total Reclaim, Inc.
12101 Industry Way, Unit #C4 (Huffman Business Park)
561-0544
Will accept fluorescent lamps (whole) and ballasts.
National Vendors
Visit the National Electrical Manufacturers Association’s lamp recycling site at
www.lamprecycler.org or http://www.nema.org/lamprecycle/recyclers.html for
information about lamp and ballast recyclers. Here are just a few:
AERC Recycling Solutions
Allentown, PA (& Hayward, CA)
800-554-2372
www.aercrecycling.com
www.earthpro.com
Ecolights Northwest
Seattle, WA
206-343-1247
www.ecolights.com
Earth Protection Services, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
800-414-0443
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Foam Peanuts
The UPS Store (was Mail Boxes Etc.)
Check phone book for locations. Accepts clean foam peanuts for repackaging shipments.
The Mail Cache
3705 Arctic Blvd.
563-3131
Accepts clean foam peanuts. Reuses peanuts, and sends excess to Dow Chemical for
recycling.
Packaging Store
549 W. International Airport Rd.
563-9876
Accepts clean foam peanuts.
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Organic Waste (Yard Waste)
No facilities are currently open to accept yard waste from residential or commercial
sources. Several options may be available by summer 2009.
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Scrap Metal
Call each for details. Most accept steel, aluminum, brass, lead, and copper.
ABC Towing
1341 E. 70th Ave.
522-1456
Alaska Industrial Metals
333-6747
Alaska Metal Recycling
9705 King Street
349-4833
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Scrap Tires
Check with local tire retailers about recycling opportunities.
Anchorage Regional Landfill
Tires that are delivered separate from other trash will be shredded and used for landfill
projects.
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Toner Cartridges
Local Vendors
Bhree Cycle It
510 W. 41st Ave., Suite B
562-7401
Call for details about mailing used
cartridges.
Corporate Express
4831 Old Seward Highway
786-5100
Will pick up cartridges when delivering
to customers.
Cartridge Connection
600 W. 58th Ave., Unit F
563-9326
Will pick up and deliver cartridges in
Anchorage.
Northern Office Supply
7120 Old Seward Highway
344-6200
Drop off cartridges at retail store.
Cartridge World
2815 Dawson Street
569-4465
Will pick up and deliver cartridges in
Anchorage.
Office Depot
201 E. 6th Avenue
277-7470
201 E. Tudor Road
562-3993
Drop off cartridges at retail stores.
National Vendors -- Call for details about mailing back cartridges.
Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions
800- 232-2141
Canon
800-962-2708
Hewlett-Packard
800-340-2445
Lexmark (for IBM)
800-LEXMARK (539-6275)
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Used Oil and Filters
Alaska Pollution Control
10620 Old Seward Highway
344-5036
Provides pick-up service only for used oil. Large quantities plus initial lab testing. Call
for testing fees and recycling prices.
Emerald Alaska
800 E. Ship Creek
258-1558
Accepts used oil. Do not mix with other spent liquids, including water, antifreeze, or
solvents. Provides pick-up service.
PCS
1813 E. 1st Street, Suite 101
272-9007
Accepts oil filters (whole and crushed) for recycling.
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Vehicles
Big Brothers Big Sisters Cars for Kids program
770-3726
Accepts functioning vehicles or those that can be repaired. Vehicles are repaired and
given or sold at reasonable costs to needy families and individuals.
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Wood and Pallets
Alaska Pallet Co.
8100 Petersburg
243-2432
Recycles and refurbishes pallets.
Dismantles odd-sized pallets and uses
wood to build custom pallets.
Pallet Services of Alaska
Chugiak
688-9707
Contact: Tom Turner
Recycles and refurbishes pallets.