I Village Spotlight: Native Village of Koyuk Koyuk is an Inupiaq village of approx 350 residents, sand, layering batteries located at the mouth of the Koyuk River, 90 air upon fiberboard (packing miles northeast of Nome. cardboard) upon each Koyuk has been implementing their IGAP Program other and affixing proper since 2000-01, and currently conducts many solid labels and hazardous waste reduction activities. The IGAP is managed by waste stickers. Northland Freida Moon-Kimoktoak and Maryann Charles, Barge offers a small discount for the program who graciously shared their story. and is very easy to work Community Recycling Activities: with. They provide the Koyuk operates an aluminum can recycling necessary paperwork program through ALPAR (www.AlparAlaska.com). needed to ship the Cans are shipped free-of-charge via Bering Air, then batteries. The shipment On Litter Patrol: on Ryan Air out of goes out to Dino Batteries Cecelia Nassuk and Nome**. Cans are based in Seattle. Dino Michelle Douglas collected weekly from Batteries recycles the households or can be batteries free of charge and also picks up the dropped off at the shipment in Seattle. recycling building-- which was constructed Household batteries (alkaline type: AA, AAA, C, D, by local construction etc.) are also collected and shipped out to Total training students that Reclaim (http://www.totalreclaim.com/alaska.html) in worked under Kawerak, Anchorage. Inc. this summer. Also, Summer Youth Program IGAP accepts e-waste and they’ve collected Employees helped get computer monitors, television sets, cash registers, Sitting Tall: Elliot their ALPAR program electronic scales and printers. They are in the Nassuk and “under control”! The staging process and have about a pallet--worth. Franklin check received from “Pallets are a little hard to come by in the village Hoogendorn rest on ALPAR is donated to a local and we scoop a job well done. church. Koyuk is hoping to them up when we participate in ALPAR’s trial see them.” They plastic bottle program in 2011. also received supplies from They recycle their inkjet cartridges and cell phones Kawerak, who with the PlantGreen Recycle Company, which they say, “are provides pre-paid shipping and sends a check back instrumental in as well (www.PlanetGreenRecycle.com )! Toner assisting our cartridges are also collected from all businesses and program efforts.” several households in Koyuk. They are now looking Maryann leads a drawing at the for a recycling center that accepts toners for free. Community Cleanup Awards Koyuk was able to They also started an iPod/mp3 recycling service, reduce their though no items have been dropped off yet. community’s potential mercury exposure by recently shipping out 256 fluorescent light bulbs. Koyuk IGAP also accepts lead acid batteries which They purchased a packaging set from Total Reclaim, are deposited at the City of Koyuk garage in totes. IGAP lines the bottom of the tote with Koyuk beach constructing a burn box using an old 8,600 gal fuel who accepted the bulbs. tank. They are using Golovin’s burn box plan, So oil isn’t drained onto the ground, the Native which can be viewed at Village of Koyuk has a used oil burner located at http://zendergroup.org/burning.html ). Their operator the City garage that runs off the used oil that is will collect trash twice a week, load the trash, and delivered by residents. be the only one who lights it. They plan to burn only on days when wind blows away from village. The recycle building has a table residents bring This action clothing they no longer need as well as some will keep the household items - - Dog washing shampoo, and harmful foot scrub to name a few! smoke mostly out of Finally, the community purchased a Canon 150 resident’s Glass Crusher, but has not started using it lungs. To because they are waiting for AVEC to install an keep vehicle additional power box. part salvaging separate and Community Beach Monitors: Michelle to keep the Involvement Douglas (YEG) and Freida landfill Participants in the Moon-Kimoktoak organized, recycling program sampling at the Beach there is a are placed into a sorted non- monthly prize burnable waste staging area for vehicles and large drawing. One appliances, items like bed & sofa frames, scrap ticket for metal and 55 gallon drums, and any other items recycling, one not suitable for burning. ticket if Pretty Salvage: Wastes recyclables were Supporting Activities: are separated out at the delivered versus Landfill Freida and Maryann started a 4-year water quality picked up, one if monitoring project in June 2010 and carried out a aluminum cans mapping project for their old dump sites. In this are crushed before turned in. Prizes can be a $25 way, they will be in a position to document dollar gift certificate or donated prize from the potential solid waste impacts to their lands. several businesses that support Koyuk IGAP. Community Vision: Koyuk has a Youth Environmental Group (YEG) "We are a community who rely on the wisdom of our of five high schoolers and young adults and an elders to teach our people our traditional and subsistence Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) lifestyle while living and respecting the land, animals, with 3 Elders, and one representative each from and sea; we believe in quality education and employment City, IRA and their Corp. The EAC and YEG opportunities through economic development for all conduct joint meetings, so information and generations while keeping healthy families and homes." recommendations are shared together! -The IRA Council of Koyuk Vision Statement This summer IGAP also operated an “ALPAR The Koyuk IGAP Program is helping to realize Litter Patrol” to keep the community clean their Community’s Vision. (contact http://www.AlparAlaska.com to find out To view a slideshow of the Koyuk Program, visit. more!). http://www.zendergroup.org/village.html . To learn Landfill Management: even more, contact Freida Moon-Kimoktoak, To stop uncontrolled burning that still occurs and Koyuk IGAP Coordinator, at (907) 963-2368, reduce waste burning air pollution, they are [email protected] . Village Spotlight: Fort Yukon Fort Yukon is a Gwich’in village of approximately E-Wastes Fort Yukon has an e-waste recycling 580 residents, located at the confluence of the Yukon program, as well. The regional clinic, the tribal and Porcupine rivers, about 145 air miles northeast offices building, the of Fairbanks. local school, and the Fort Yukon has been implementing their IGAP military base have program since 1996 and have been operating a all agreed to drop off successful recycling and backhaul program since e-waste at the that time, which has resulted in the reduction of backhaul staging solid waste in the village. The IGAP is managed by area, where it is put Clayton Tackett, who graciously shared his story. on pallets and Fort Yukon backhauled a total of 66,000 lbs this year shrink-wrapped in Used oil is poured through a and 45,000 lbs last year! preparation for the splash guard into the burner – barge. It is Community Recycling Activities which heats the tribal office. Gwichyaa Zhee IGAP operates an aluminum can backhauled to recycling program, in Nenana, along with cars and white goods, at 10 which cans are shipped cents/lb, where the Yukon River Inter-Tribal free of charge via Watershed Council picks it up and sends it to Frontier Airlines, Seattle. Warbelow’s Air, or Used Oil Clayton also collects about 250 gallons per Wright Air to Fairbanks. month of used oil, which is used to heat the tribal Once there, K&K offices. Residents who have used oil call Clayton Recycling picks up the and he picks it up for use in the used oil burner. cans and sends the Efficient Lights Fort Yukon has mostly switched to Wastes are segregated money back to the tribe. compact fluorescent light bulbs and the IGAP at the landfill in The can money is used for department collects used bulbs from the school and preparation for the IGAP backhaul households. Clayton uses pre-labeled compact backhaul. It makes it program. When the can fluorescent light easier for folks to recycling program was salvage parts as well. bulb boxes to send first started, Clayton to Total Reclaim in worked with local Anchorage. businesses and residents to donate bikes, which were awarded to households that collected the Glass The IGAP greatest number of cans for recycling! department has been collecting Batteries, Vehicles, White Goods Gwichyaa Zhee and stock piling IGAP also accepts and picks up car and household glass, with the batteries, which are stored in a covered staging area hope that they until they are barged by Crowley in the summer Two connexes support a roof that will be able to time. In addition to batteries, Fort Yukon also shelters hazardous waste as well obtain a glass backhauls cars (with the oil removed) and all white as program workers. crusher soon and goods. Clayton is EPA certified in Freon removal so be able to reuse the glass in the community. he makes sure all the refrigerant is removed before white goods are put on the barge. Waste Reuse and Reduction Fort Yukon also operates a thrift store for clothes Hazardous Fluids Hazardous waste, such as anti- and other items. The Center is managed by GA freeze, gear oil, hydraulic oils, and break fluid, is also collected and backhauled. landfill and buried. Household collection is free (General Assistance) workers and, counting its because Fort Yukon charges their businesses by the previous location, has been in operation for many bag and also can use city tax money. But like every years.