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- 09/03/24, Plastic Beach Trash Recycled Into Plastic Lumber Fishermens News
- 08/07/24, Plastic waste once destined for landfill repurposed into lumber The Cordova Times
- 07/24/24, Alaskans innovate to address marine plastic pollution Resource Recycling
- 07/20/24, Turning Trash into Treasure: Palmer’s Grizzly Wood Revolutionizes Recycling KTUU TV
- 07/18/24, How a Former Fisherman is Revolutionizing Recycling in Anchorage Environment Energy Leader
- 07/14/24, A former fisherman is turning trash into plastic lumber and expanding Anchorage recycling options AOL
- 07/15/24, Recycling in a Genetics Lab Alaska Dept of Fish & Game
- 07/15/24, A former fisherman is turning trash into plastic lumber Waste Advantage
- 07/13/24, A former fisherman is turning trash into plastic lumber and expanding Anchorage recycling options Alaska Daily News
- 07/05/24, Company provides new Anchorage option to recycle more types of plastic Alaska Public Media
- 06/28/24, Anchorage’s Solid Waste Services new pilot program aims to keep plastics and organics out of the landfill Alaska’s News Source
- 07/26/23, City teams up with entrepreneur to show off plastic lumber program Alaska’s News Source
- 07/14/23, Solid Waste Services seeks ‘circular economy’ utilizing recycled materials Alaska’s News Source
- 04/01/23, Mobile Plastic Recycling: A portable processor to repurpose ocean waste Alaska Business Magazine
- 03/03/23, Innovative engineer wins top prize in recycling contest The Cordova Times
- 03/01/23, Turning Plastic Waste into Picnic Tables Alaska Business Magazine
- 02/27/23, Alaska Engineer Repurposes Ocean Waste into Plastic Lumber Fishermens News
- 02/22/23, Big Lake recycling center awards $10k to local individuals finding sustainable solutions Alaska’s News Source
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- 01/23/23, Alaska SeaLife Center Announces 2023 Alaska Ocean Leadership Award Recipients – Alaska Sealife Center Alaska Sea Life Center
- 12/06/22, An Anchorage engineer is turning plastic waste into big change – The Alaska 100 The Alaska 100
- 11/02/22, Recovery effort turns plastic into lumber | Homer News Homer News
- 10/26/22, Anchorage man demonstrates technology to recycle plastic ocean waste Alaska’s News Source
- 09/21/22, Seward, AK, Tackles Plastic Waste With Synthetic Lumber – The Business Download
- 09/15/22, Mobile Plastics Processor Arrives in Alaska – Alaska Business Magazine Alaska Business Magazine
- 07/07/22, Seward recycling program to turn plastic into lumber Alaska’s News Source
- 02/01/22, Project Would Convert Plastic Ocean Waste to Bricks – Pacific Maritime Magazine Pacific Marine Magazine
- 07/20/21, Anchorage engineer is developing a way to turn ocean plastic into building material Alaska’s News Source
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