Recycling - What Goes Where?
Below is a list of common and special recyclables. Ensuring that we recycle these items is of the utmost importance for our community.
Major Recycling Drop-off Centers
Anchorage Regional Landfill: 15500 Eagle River Loop Rd
Monday-Saturday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Anchorage Recycling Center: 6161 Rosewood St
Drop-offs open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Common Items
Aluminum cans - rinsed
Automated curbside & ALL Major Drop-off Centers
Additional drop-offs: Inlet View Elementary, CARRS Aurora Village, Northwood Elementary, CARRS Jewel Lake, Mears Middle School, Lake Otis Elementary, CARRS Abbott, CARRS Muldoon, Wonder Park Elementary, CARRS Eagle River
Aluminum foil - clean
Drop-off only @ Anchorage Recycling Center
Cardboard - flattened
Automated curbside & ALL Major Drop-off Centers
Food Scraps
Central Transfer Station, Anchorage Regional Landfill
Glass bottles and jars
ALL Major Drop-off Centers
Grass Clippings
Composted by American Landscaping - Fees apply. Call for current prices
760 E 120th Ave, (907) 563-3804
Typically open April - October call for more details
Mixed paper - cereal boxes, junk mail, office paper, magazines, toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, paper grocery bags
Automated curbside & ALL Major Drop-off Centers
Newspaper
Automated Curbside & ALL Major Drop-off Centers
Additional drop-offs: Inlet View Elementary, CARRS Aurora Village, Northwood Elementary, CARRS Jewel Lake, Mears Middle School, Lake Otis Elementary, CARRS Abbott, CARRS Muldoon, Wonder Park Elementary, CARRS Eagle River
Plastic bags
Accepted at all Carrs grocery stores
Plastic bottles - #1 PETE
Automated curbside & ALL Major Drop-off Centers
Plastic jugs/bottles - #2 HDPE
Automated curbside & ALL Major Drop-off Centers
Steel/tin cans - rinsed
Automated curbside
Drop-off at Anchorage Recycling Center and
Anchorage Regional Landfill (new in April 2021!)
Special Items
Appliances - fees apply
Appliances such as washers, dryers, fridges, freezers, hot water heaters and stoves may be brought to CTS and ARL for recycling.
*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).
Commercial entities must take refrigerators and freezers to the Anchorage Regional Landfill.
Auto batteries - fees apply
Central Transfer Station, Anchorage Regional Landfill
(1st battery free, 2nd + $5 per battery)
Cooking Oil - less than 5 gallons
Central Transfer Station Household Hazardous Waste (Tu, Th, Sat), Anchorage Regional Landfill Household Hazardous Waste
Cooking Oil - more than 5 gallons
Alaska Waste Commercial Collection 563-3717
Construction and demolition debris - fees apply
Central Recycling Services (2500 Railroad Ave, 272-8785)
CFL bulbs
Central Transfer Station Household Hazardous Waste (Tu, Th, Sat), Anchorage Regional Landfill Household Hazardous Waste
Electronics - fees apply
Total Reclaim (12050 Industry Way, 561-0544)
Batteries & Bulbs (910 W International Blvd, 770-6110)
Scrap Metal
Central Recycling Services (229 East Whitney Road, 748-7400)
Alaska Scrap (720 E Whitney Rd, 277-2727)
WOTC (8820 King St, 344-1133)
Anchorage Recycling Center (6161 Rosewood St, 562-2267)
Used Oil
Central Transfer Station (5 gallon limit)
Anchorage Regional Landfill (5 gallon limit)
Wood Waste
Disclaimer: This listing is for informational purposes only, and Anchorage Solid Waste Services does not purport to endorse any private business or agencies listed above. Prices, operating hours, and acceptable materials are subject to change. Please contact individual locations if you have further questions about their policies, prices, locations, or hours.
If you are a recycling enterprise and wish to be included on this list please contact the SWS Recycling Coordinator at 343-6275.