Recycling Resources

*Primary source of information:  Recycling Resources in Juneau

• Curbside recycling:
  • Arrow Refuse
• Drop off recycling:
  • Juneau Recycle Center (paper, plastic, tin, aluminum, glass, cardboard)
• Freecycle Network:
  • Juneau Freecycle
• Hazardous waste:  
  • Juneau Hazardous Waste Events (batteries, antifreeze, solvents, cleaners, paints, poisons and more – see website for disposal instructions)
• Car batteries:
  • Return to store where purchased
  • take to Juneau Hazardous Waste Events
• Brown paper bags: 
  • Reuse at grocery stores (often for a discount)
  • Donate to:
    • St. Vincent de Paul,
    • Salvation Army
    • Rainbow Foods
  • recycle at Juneau Recycle Center
• Cell phones with chargers:
  • Aware Shelter (586-6623)
  • cellphonesforsoldiers.com
• Clothing and household items:
  • Alaska Dames
  • The Closet
  • Craigslist
  • Salvation Army
  • St. Vincent de Paul
  • Juneau Freecycle
• Compact fluorescent light bulbs:
  • Home Depot box by store entrance/return area
• Compost: 
  • Juneau Composts: residential and business memberships offered
• Computers:
  • Contact [email protected] or call 321-5404 (Accepting only Apple Macintosh – Powerbook, IBook, IMac, G4, G5)
  • Kapplers Computer Services Inc., 780-3600 (accepting all computers and flat screens – no older monitors)
• Eye glasses:
  • Lions Club [email protected]
  • local optometrists
• Fishing line (mono-filament):
  • Western Auto sporting goods
• Hangers:
  • Return hangars and plastic garment bags to the dry cleaner
• Household appliances:
  • Capitol Disposal Waste Management (for a charge)
• Metals (ferrous steel):
  • Capitol Disposal Waste Management (for a charge)
• Metals (non-ferrous):
  • Capitol Disposal Waste Management also accepts scrap metal
• Phone books:
  • Juneau Recycle Center (mixed paper container)
• Plastic bags:
  • Reuse at grocery store (often for a deposit)
  • deposit clean bags in bins located at Foodland and Fred Meyer
  • donate to Salvation Army Thrift Store
  • recycle at  Juneau Recycle Center
• Plastic six-pack rings:
  • Juneau Wholesale in good condition for reuse (2601 Channel Drive, 789-5919)
• Printer/toner:
  • BEP Company recycles toner, copy ribbon and cartridges and remanufactures toner cartridges, refills inkjet cartridges, and re-inks printer ribbons; WOTM (789-1777)
• Shipping Materials:
  • Taku Graphics (780-6310) accepts peanuts or bubble wrap and large boxes for shipping art work
  • Annie Kaill’s (586-2880) takes bubble wrap
  • any store or art gallery that ships items
• Tires (For a charge):
  • Les Schwab (789-0380)
  • Capitol Disposal Waste Management
• Used cooking oil:
  • Baranof Hotel accepts oil from businesses (463-6237)
  • Alaska Biofuels Alliance (call Jonathan Kamler, 790-1049)
• Vehicles:
  • Skookum Sales and Recycling (723-7575)
  • Capitol Disposal Waste Management (780-7801) accepts vehicles.
• Waste oil (household):
  • Juneau Hazardous Waste Events – five gallons per month are accepted free at scheduled hazardous waste events