solid waste

Borough Sustainability Commission Sets Sights on Food and Energy Security, Waste Reduction

Tim Ellis

Members of the Fairbanks North Star Borough’s Sustainability Commission are putting the finishing touches on an ambitious plan to improve the area’s food…

Local News

Borough to Extend, Expand Transfer-site Cleanup Program to Farmers Loop-West

Tim Ellis

The Fairbanks North Star Borough is extending and expanding its effort to clean up solid-waste transfer sites.Borough Solid Waste Division Director Bob…

Local News

Borough to close North Pole Transfer Site for Cleanup, Then Reopen With On-site monitor

Tim Ellis

Fairbanks North Star Borough officials plan to clean up a North Pole Transfer Site the same way they cleaned up the Farmers Loop East Transfer Site last…

Energy & Environment

Organizations Plan New Junk Cleanups in Villages as Programs Face EPA Funding Cuts

Tim Ellis

A network of partnerships between nonprofit organizations, government agencies and private-sector recycling companies is planning to step up efforts to…

Local News

Delta ‘Subsidizes’ Landfill – and Wonders Where's the Missing 400 Tons of Trash?

Tim Ellis

City of Delta Junction officials are worried about the rising cost of operating the city’s landfill. And they’re wondering what happened to the 400 tons…