Recycling Bins

Purchase them
Make your own
Related links

Purchase them
For a comprehensive list of places to purchase recycling bins, click here (courtesy of ALPAR).

Kasaan, Craig, Klawock, and Hydaburg purchased inside and outside recycling bins through an AITC grant in 1998-99.

Their outside recycle bins were purchased for around $600 and their indoor stackable bins were purchased for around $13 each (not including shipping). All the bins were purchased from:

Midpoint International
Phone: 1 (888) 646-4246 or (905) 726 9658
http://www.midpoint-int.com/main.mv
Check out their website for various types of bins!

Call John Morris in Craig at 826 5125 to ask how they like their recycling bins!

Bins can also be purchased from:

You can also call up your local hardware store to see if they sell plastic containers that can be used for recycling receptacles. The following stores in Anchorage sell Rubbermaid recycling containers

The vendors are listed on this web site as a directory to assist people in identifying and locating the resources they need to apply to their individual, company, or community situations. CCTHITA neither endorses nor underwrites any of the vendors listed here and is not in any financial relationship with any vendor listed here. CCTHITA does not portray this vendor list as a final or complete list. CCTHITA invites vendors whose products and/or services fit the category of Solid Waste Management to contact Ray Paddock, Environmental Technician, 1-800-344-1432 x7184, about inclusion on the vendor resource web list.

Make your own

Simple recycling containers can be made out of garbage cans or any other containers you have around. Having a lid with a small hole on top of the container can help to remind people that the container is for recyclables only. Also, marking the containers well with “Recyclables” will help keep trash out.

Glacier Bay Facility
The Glacier Bay National Park Waste Management Facility near Gustavus in the Southeast built a fantastic recycling sorting and storage system. See pictures of their facility below:

These are “shoots” for different kinds of materials. (Each shoot is labeled). They rest over a sorting table. This is an innovative and efficient design!

Bag holders are positioned on the other side of “shoots”.

Bags of recyclables from the “shoots” are then taken to the recycling storage area. The compact and flexible design of the storage area takes up little space and is easy to keep organized.

If you would like to talk to the Park Service about how they built their recycling bin system, contact Dan Thorington at 697-2367 or 697-2714.