Search the internet for C&D debris recycling, including concrete, asphalt, gypsum, metal, some wood waste, and land clearing debris.
Cooking oils and grease should not be disposed of down the drain. It can be brought to the Hazardous Waste facilities for recycling. Small quantities can be secured in a container and disposed of in the regular trash. Commercial cooking oil and grease can be recycled into biodiesel through
Alaska Waste. Call 907-563-3717 to get more information about scheduling pick-up of uncontaminated commercial cooking oil and grease.
Cardboard*
Corrugated cardboard can be dropped off at the recycling area at the Anchorage Regional Landfill during normal business hours. You can also drop off cardboard at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center 24/7. Please be sure to flatten all cardboard so that bins do not fill up as quickly. Cardboard is also an integral carbon source for composting and vermicomposting. Cardboard makes an excellent weed barrier in gardens, please remove any tape or plastic before putting into the ground.
All residential customers may dispose of one television per day free of charge when it is brought to our facilities and included with a residential trash load. Residential customers wanting to dispose of more than one television in a day will be directed to the hazardous waste area of our facilities. Additional fees apply.
Both computers and their monitors (CRTs) and older tube-style televisions may contain items that are hazardous. Of note, CRTs contain lead and as such are considered hazardous waste.
Televisions, computers, and/or computer monitors will not be accepted for disposal via curbside collection.
Under current regulations, if the materials are recycled properly, they are not considered hazardous waste. Please reference your local phone book or internet for local recycling options.
For additional information please contact SWS at 907-343-6250 or the hazardous waste collection facility at 907-428-1742.
Fluorescent lights are accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste facilities at ARL and CTS. Some retailers offer take-back programs. Please reference your local phone book or the internet for local CFL recycling.
Drop-off available at the Central Transfer Station, Materials Recovery Facility, and Anchorage Regional Landfill seasonally. Details on dates and acceptable materials located
here. For information on workplace composting options, email recycle@muni.org
The optimal thing to do with any organics is compost in place, for assistance with on-site composting contact Anchor Gardens, Yarducopia, or the Anchorage Cooperative Extension Service.
Fish Carcasses are a precious resource of vitamins and minerals that could benefit animals or the soils. First, check with the Elder food program at the Alaska Native Medical Center, next, call the Alaska Zoo or the Alaska Wildlife Center to see if they are accepting fish carcasses, next bring them to the Materials Recovery Facility where they will be utilized as a soil amendment in the Mat-Su Valley. Fees apply.
Glass bottles and jars are accepted 24/7 at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center and during business hours at the Anchorage Regional Landfill.
Horse Manure can be dropped off by residents a flat fee $20 per load or $40 per truck and trailer at the Materials Recovery Facility May-October 31. Commercial haulers of horse manure are encouraged to divert their load to the Materials Recovery Facility. The optimal thing to do with any organics is compost in place, for assistance with on-site composting contact Anchor Gardens, Yarducopia, or the Anchorage Cooperative Extension Service.
Magazines and catalogs can be included with Mixed Paper and can be dropped off at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center 24/7 and the Anchorage Regional Landfill recycling area during business hours.
Mixed paper (includes paper grocery bags) can be dropped off at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center 24/7 and the Anchorage Regional Landfill recycling area during business hours.
Newspaper can be dropped off at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center 24/7 and the Anchorage Regional Landfill recycling area during business hours. It also can be dropped off at numerous Carrs and school locations around Anchorage.
MAP of drop-off sites
Office paper can be included in Mixed Paper and can be dropped off at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center 24/7 and the Anchorage Regional Landfill recycling area during business hours.
Plastic bottles include only #1 PET bottles, such as soda and water bottles, and their caps, and plastic #2 HDPE jugs, such as milk and detergent jugs, and their caps can be recycled in comingled curbside recycling or at the Anchorage Recycling Center 24/7 as well as the Anchorage Regional Landfill recycling area during regular business hours. Check for the neck! – recyclable bottles and jugs are containers with a screwtop and neck. Put the cap back on the bottle or jug before recycling if possible, rather than tossing the cap in separately.
#1, #2, and #5 plastics of all types can be recycled seasonally at the Material Recovery Facility, where it is turned into a locally manufactured lumber product, Grizzly Wood. Collections run from May to October and a $5.00 fee per load for disposal applies.
Several grocery chains offer recycling for plastic grocery bags.
Tanks that can’t be refilled can be taken to
Suburban Propane, Alaska Scrap & Recycling, or Central Recycling Services for recycling. Fees apply.
Appliances such as washers, dryers, fridges, freezers, and stoves may be brought to CTS and ARL for recycling. No other scrap metals will be accepted and/or segregated as recycling by SWS, but may be accepted as refuse and disposed accordingly. *Refrigerators and freezers are accepted at CTS and ARL for an additional $20.00 charge, per each unit, which covers the removal of the CFCs (Freon).
For other scrap metal disposal or recycling options, please search the internet, or try these options: Alaska Scrap & Recycling, or Central Recycling Services
Steel cans may be dropped off at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center 24/7, ARL or curbside recycling carts.
Telephone directories can be included with Mixed Paper at the WestRock Anchorage Recycling Center, ARL or curbside recycling. During certain times of year, telephone directory collection bins also are found at grocery stores.
Scrap tires currently are being accepted at the landfill (ARL), where they are shredded and used for landfill projects. They are considered waste items so a drop-off fee will be charged.
Toner cartridges from printers and copiers can be recycled through several businesses in Anchorage. Search the internet for “Cartridge Recycling”.
Residential users may dispose of up to ten gallons of used motor oil at the Central Transfer Station, Anchorage Regional Landfill or Girdwood Transfer Station. The first five gallons are free. There is a $1.00 charge per gallon for amounts over five gallons with a maximum of ten gallons in total. For amounts exceeding ten gallons, see commercial rates below (amounts over ten gallons will not be accepted at the Central Transfer Station). Commercial customers must use the Anchorage Regional Landfill site and pay $1.00 per gallon for all oil disposed. Used oil is accepted during normal business hours at each location. The used oil is picked up by a local recycler for reuse when the tanks become full.
Appliances such as washers, dryers, fridges, freezers, and stoves may be brought to CTS and ARL for recycling. No other scrap metals will be accepted and/or segregated as recycling by SWS, but may be accepted as refuse and disposed accordingly. *Refrigerators and freezers are accepted at CTS and ARL for an additional $20.00 charge, per each unit, which covers the removal of the CFCs (Freon). THEY MUST BE EMPTIED AND DOORS REMOVED.
For other scrap metal disposal or recycling options, please search the internet, or try these options: Alaska Scrap & Recycling, or Central Recycling Services
Wood waste can be delivered to one of Anchorage’s wood lots, open during summer months. Visit the
Wood Lots for more details. No construction or demolition waste is accepted. For construction and demolition wood waste, see "Construction & Demolition Debris" above. When the wood lots are closed, the ARL will accept materials and charges will be the same as garbage disposal.
Please search the internet for Yard Waste recycling and/or composting, or contact Anchor Gardens, Yarducopia, the Anchorage Cooperative Extension Service, or the Anchorage Soil and Water Conservation District.
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