We are collaborating with GlassRoots AK for a waste collection event in Goldstream on Monday March 25th from 3-5pm (GlassRoots will be there until 6). Stop by to drop off your glass bottles and kitchen scraps or just to chat about glass recycling and composting in Fairbanks.

What can I bring?

• Glass: Please bring clean glass free of all metal and plastic and plan to help transfer glass into another container when you arrive. 

  • SIZE: must be regular wine bottle or mason jar circumference, or smaller

  • CLEAN: no food particles, nothing inside.

  • NO METAL (this is the most frequently missed as wine bottles have metal labels on the NECK) and Modelo beer has tin label on the neck (will no longer accept Modelo bottles)

  • NO PLASTIC LABELS: Lookout for kombucha and olive jars that have plastic labels, sometimes they don’t look plastic but they are stickers.

  • NO PLASTIC OR METAL RINGS around the tops

  • Please attempt to remove labels. A small monetary donation is suggested with your glass donation.

• Food Scraps: Bring your compostable kitchen scraps for our compost pile! This includes coffee grounds, tea bags, fruit/veggies peels and scraps, and food that may be a little past its prime. For the purpose of this collection please avoid meat, dairy, and food that’s been cooked in oil. Please remove produce stickers and any plastic packaging, paper (ex. coffee filters) is fine.

What is GlassRoots AK?

GlassRoots AK is a grassroots glass recycling initiative in Fairbanks. When the borough stopped accepting glass at the Central Recycling Facility, Erin took matters into her own hands. She now owns and operates a glass pulverizing machine which crushes glass waste into non-sharp sand for other uses. Stop by to meet Erin and learn more about her work!

Visit the website for more information.

Will this happen again?

Yes! Check the GlassRoots website and/or join their mailing list for more info on upcoming collections. We will reopen our waste collection sites in May when the composting weather returns. Check back on our site for more info on other upcoming events.

Do not leave glass or food scraps at the site prior to the arranged time, this is not a transfer site and will be considered littering. Please respect the Ken Kunkel Center’s space so they will welcome us back for more collections in the future!