What materials are used here in Alaska?
Glass is delivered to a glass recycling facility at Point Woronzof. It is ground into a course or fine sand material and used for a variety of jobs, including as an abrasive blast medium for cleaning and depainting ships and septic system backfill. Other products are being developed as well, including glass/concrete pavers and roofing tiles. See the article in E-News, November 2008 for details. Newspaper is picked up by Thermo-Kool of Alaska, a company that makes a variety of recycled products with it, including insulation, animal bedding, hydroseeding medium, and asphalt filler. See the article in E-News, March 2004 for the Thermo-Kool story.
