• Anchorage residents diverted 21,584 tons of waste from the landfill through recycling valuable resources.
• The energy saved from recycling one aluminum can will run your television for three (3) hours.
• There are about 1,000 milk jugs and other bottles in a recycled plastic park bench!
• The average person in North America uses 250 kg of paper each year. If they recycled it, each person would save about 4.6 average-sized trees.
Source: Smurfit-Stone
One-Stop Event a Success!
If you were one of the many Girdwood Residents who participated in our first One-Stop Recycle Event on Saturday, February 10, we want to say Thank you! Many recyclers expressed appreciation for the One-Stop event and enthusiasm for future recycling events. Recycle Girdwood will continue to partner with ALPAR and Green Star to plan future events for the Girdwood valley. Stay tuned!
Our Mission
Recycle Girdwood is a community organization dedicated to forming a recycling program for Girdwood Valley, and to educate the public on the importance of recycling. more »
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