Almost twice as many bottles in 2023

Year-end totals show the total amount of used beverage cans (UBCs) to be lower than the year prior, while the number of bags of plastic bottles sent in to be recycled was up. More than 40 communities (off the road, rail or river system) participated with support from members of the Alaska Air Carriers Association (AACA).

And thanks to donations from Coca-Cola Bottling of Alaska & The Odom Corporation, grant applications will be available again this spring to help fund the purchase of can crushers (either hand-held, electric or larger mechanized versions). *must be a current Flying Cans/Flying Bottles participant to be eligible; applications will be mailed and emailed by the end of January