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Becoming a Green Star:
A Waste Reduction Guide for Anchorage Businesses

This waste reduction guide is an essential reference for any business, organization, government agency, or school working toward a Green Star or Air Quality Award. The guide provides tips, ideas, examples, and resources for implementing the standards. It also provides examples of opportunities implemented by other Green Star Awardees.

Each chapter can be viewed or downloaded individually below in .pdf format or viewed in HTML. The documents below require Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher for viewing. If you don't have this, you may download a newer version by clicking on the statement at the bottom of this page.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction	PDF	HTML
Chapter 2. Conducting an Assessment	PDF	HTML
Chapter 3. Recycling	PDF	HTML
Chapter 4. Waste Prevention	PDF	HTML
Chapter 5. Purchasing	PDF	HTML
Chapter 6. Energy Conservation	PDF	HTML
Chapter 7. Water Quality and Conservation	PDF	HTML
Chapter 8. Air Quality Improvement	PDF	HTML
Chapter 9. Toxic Substance Reduction	PDF	HTML
Chapter 10. Outreach, Education, and Training	PDF	HTML
Chapter 11. Resources	PDF	HTML

Appendix A. Green Star Waste Reduction Assessment Worksheet	DOC
Appendix B. Green Star Air Emissions Assessment Worksheet	XLS
Appendix C. Additional Materials Recycled in Anchorage	DOC	PHP
Appendix D. Green Star Enrollment Form	PDF

A free copy of Acrobat Reader may be downloaded if are unable to view the above pdf files.

Additional Links:
  Green Star Award
  Green Events
  Green Star Schools
  Site Assessments
  Electronics Recycling
  AK Materials Exchange
  AME Listings

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Anchorage, AK 99501
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