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Flying Cans communities beat last year’s totals for aluminum!

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Final quarter of 2025 shows the amount of used beverage cans (UBCs) sent in for recycling by remote communities beating last year’s totals. The number of plastic bags filled with used plastic beverage bottles for recycling was slightly down.

Of 18 participants in Q4, top contributors were:

  • Igiugig Village Council: 668 pounds of UBCs
  • Curyung Tribal Council (Dillingham): 99 bags of plastic beverage bottles

Of 49 participants in 2025, top contributors were:

  • Igiugig Village Council: 1,311 pounds of UBCs
  • Curyung Tribal Council (Dillingham): 478 bags of plastic beverage bottles

We look forward to working with the Alaska Air Carriers Association (AACA) and Coca-Cola Bottling of Alaska/The Odom Corporation and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America in 2026!

We are still waiting on funders to see if the can crusher grant will be available in 2026: stay tuned!