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Green Star Resources & Helpful Links
Alaska Materials Exchange
The Alaska Materials Exchange (AME) is an interactive, on-line resource for businesses, allowing them to list unwanted, but still usable commercial and industrial items. Businesses also can search the site for items they are seeking.
Becoming a Green Star: A Waste Reduction Guide for Anchorage Businesses
This comprehensive guide provides information about recycling, waste prevention, purchasing, toxics reduction, air quality, and water quality. Also included is a chapter about education, training, and outreach. The guide provides numerous local resources, tips, and case studies. Learn about all the materials that are recyclable in Anchorage and where to take them. View each chapter individually in PDF or HTML format.
Green Star Tip Sheets
This series of tip sheets was developed in conjunction with the Green Star Standards. Various Standards reference individual tip sheets, which provide detailed information on a wide variety of topics.
Green Star E-News
E-News is a monthly electronic newsletter disseminated to Green Star members and other interested people via email. Each month, E-News includes information about waste reduction, recycling, air quality, energy efficiency and other related topics. E-News recognizes shining stars, which may include new members, awardees, and sponsors.
Green Star Tool Kit
The Tool Kit offers free and "for sale" items including recycling signs and stickers, small desk-side recycling bins, award stickers, and other useful materials. Many are downloadable.
News Releases
What's new with Green Star? Regular newsworthy events are announced in news releases to the media.
Recycling Resources
The most common questions answered by Green Star staff pertain to recycling. This recycling page is designed to answer the common questions about recycling, including what items are recyclable in Anchorage, where are they accepted etc.
Air Quality Resources
Air quality is an issue that affects all of us. This page offers tips for improving Anchorage's air quality, decribes Green Star's current air quality programs and campaigns and links to other air quality resources.
Energy Efficiency Resources
Energy Efficiency can help businesses save substantial amounts of money in the workplace. This page offers ideas, tips, and resources on how to reduce your electricity bill.
Green Star Education Series
Green Star's Education Series is composed of lunchtime events on a variety of topics. The free events include facility tours, panel discussions, and informational talks on a variety of topics. Past topics include wind power, environmentally preferable purchasing, and energy-efficient lighting, as well as tours of the landfill and wastewater treatment facility. Look for these events on the calendar every other month.
Sustainable Building and Design Resources
Green Star hosted a "Sustainable Building and Design" Fair in 2005. This resource list is a compilation of links and resources that came out of that event.
Mercury Switch-Out Program
Green Star offers assistance to businesses and organizations interested in removing and replacing the mercury switches in fleet vehicles. Mercury is a toxic substance that can have serious adverse effects on human health and the environment.
Glass Recycling for Anchorage Businesses
Learn about a past project designed to increase glass recycling in Anchorage. Glass is one of a few recyclable materials that is processed in Anchorge. Its weight and bulk make it a constant challenge.
How to Reduce Unwanted Mail
Are you buried in mail-order catalogs and credit card applications at home? This flyer offers numerous tips for getting off and staying off mailing lists, as well as ways to avoid ever getting on the lists.
Helpful Links
Many of these links are Hotlinks from the past several years of E-News -- see Green Star's E-News archives for earlier hotlinks
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Links
- Green Gift Ideas
- Pollution Prevention/Toxics Reduction Links
- Recycling Factoids
- Renewable Energy Links
- Sector-Specific Pollution Prevention Links
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