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ANCHORAGE BOROUGH

Anchorage Recycling Center
6161 Rosewood Street
Anchorage, AK 99518
Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Closed Weekends and Holidays
24 Hour Drop Off Bins:

Carr’s Quality Centers
Northway Mall
Home Depot
Anchorage Schools: Inlet View, Wonder Park, Northwood, Oceanview, Lake Otis, Mears

Materials Accepted

Office and Mixed Waste Paper
Newspaper
Corrugated Cardboard/Brown Grocery Bags
Glass
Tin Cans
Aluminum Cans
Non-Magnetic Metals

BRISTOL BAY BOROUGH RECYCLING LOCATIONS

The Borough also operates two landfills. The one at South Naknekis open at all times.

The landfill between Naknek and King Salmon is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10 am until 6 pm.

This landfill is located about five miles east of Naknek, just off of the Alaska Peninsula Highway. It uses a bailer to reduce waste volume. Used oil and lead acid batteries are recycled. Telephone calls to the Naknek-King Salmon landfill should be to 246-4233.

Waste paper
Vehicle batteries
Scrap metal
Aluminum
Junk automobiles
Used oil
Antifreeze

CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU

Recycling Center
Located: 5600 Tonsgard (the landfill-gate to the left of scales-follow the signs) Hours of Operation: Tuesday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Glass
Aluminum Cans
Steel/tin Cans
White Paper
Corrugated Cardboard (corrugated cardboard has the wavy material in between 2 pieces of cardboard)
#1 Plastic Bottles - all size pop bottles clear or tinted; labels are okay, rings are okay - NO Lids, remove all lids.
#1 Plastic NOW includes clear plastic fruit and vegetable containers. They must say #1 on the bottom.
#2 Plastic Jugs - White/cloudy jugs; ½ gallon and gallon milk jugs, gallon water jugs - NO lids, remove all lids
#2 PLASTIC BOTTLES (no bottle with hazardous materials like oil or drain cleaner). Remove all lids.
New item-bring in those plastic grocery sacks. There will be a new bin for them.
MAGAZINES & CATALOGS
Mixed paper - colored paper, junk mail, cereal boxes, envelopes

Juneau Friends of Recycling
Phone: (907) 780 4212

KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH RECYCLING LOCATIONS

Central Peninsula Area Recycling Locations

Central Peninsula Landfill
Located: 2 miles south of Soldotna – 32160 Sterling Highway
Hours of Operation: Daily 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Day
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass
Office paper
Computer paper
Tin cans
Plastic milk jugs
Used oil and batteries

Hazardous Waste Disposal Schedule:

June 10, 2006
July 15, 2006
August 12, 2006
September 16, 2006
November 11, 2006

Kenai Transfer Facility
Located: 2410 Redoubt Street, Near SBS
Hours of Operation: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/
Informational%20Pages/KenNikStrTF.htm
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Office paper
Aluminum cans
Glass
Batteries and oil

Nikiski Transfer Facility
Located: Mile 25 Spur Highway – 55410 Poolside Avenue
Hours of Operation: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/
Informational%20Pages/KenNikStrTF.htm
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Office paper
Aluminum cans
Glass
Batteries and oil

Sterling Transfer Facility
Located: Mile 86 – 36650 Sterling Highway
Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/
Informational%20Pages/KenNikStrTF.htm
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Office paper
Aluminum cans
Batteries and oil

Borough Administration Building
Located: 144 N. Binkley, Soldotna (behind bldg)
Hours of Operation: 24 hours per day
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass
Office pack also accepted

Funny River Road
Located: Mile 10 Funny River Road
Hours of Operation: 24 hours per day
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

Kasilof
Located: Mile 110.4 Sterling Hwy, across from Tustumena Elementary
Hours of Operation: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Materials Accepted

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass
Office pack also accepted

South Peninsula Area Recycling Locations

Homer Baling/Landfill Facility (HBF)
Located: Mile 169.3 – 42336 Sterling Highway
Hours of Operation: Monday – Saturday 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Sunday Noon – 4 p.m.
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/
Informational%20pages/HBF.htm
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Office paper
Tin cans
Plastic milk jugs
Computer paper
Used oil and batteries

Hazardous Waste Disposal Schedule

July 8, 2006
September 9, 2006

Ninilchik
Located: Mile 138.5 Sterling Highway
Hours of Operation: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (May – September), 24 hours per day (October – April)
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

Anchor Point
Located: Old Sterling Highway (behind Anchor Pt. Grocery Store)
Hours of Operation: a.m. to 7 p.m. (May – September), 24 hours per day (October – April)
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

Safeway
Located: Parking Lot – Homer
Hours of Operation – 24 hours per day
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

McNeil Canyon
Located: Mile 12.5 East End Road
Hours of Operation: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM (May -September) 24 hours per day (October -April)
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

East Peninsula Area Recycling Locations

Seward Transfer Facility (STF)
Located: End of Dimond, North of Town
Hours of Operation: Monday – Saturday 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Sunday Noon to 4 p.m.
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/
Informational%20Pages/SEWARD.htm
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Glass
Aluminum cans
Office paper
Computer paper
Used oil and batteries

Hazardous Waste Disposal Schedule:

July 22, 2006
September 23, 2006

Moose Pass
Located: Mile 29 Seward Highway
Hours of Operation: 24 hours per day
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

Cooper Landing
Located: Mile 44 Sterling Highway
Hours of Operation: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM (May -September) 24 hours per day (October -April)
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

Hope
Located: Mile 16 Hope Road
Hours of Operation: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM (May -September) 24 hours per day (October -April)
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

Seward
Located: Seward Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center – Mile 2 Seward Highway
Hours of Operation: 24 hours per day
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Corrugated cardboard/brown grocery bags
Aluminum cans
Glass

KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH

Threshold Recycling – Kodiak
Located: on the City Dock, just west of Cannery Row in downtown Kodiak.
Hours of Operation: Recyclable materials can be dropped off 24 hours a day in the shed out front.
Materials Accepted:
Paper:

Corrugated cardboard – dry, non-coated, unwaxed
Paperboard – cereal boxes, snack boxes etc.
White Paper – all white paper, regardless of print color
Mixed Paper – colored paper, faxes, envelopes, etc.
Magazines and Books – magazines, catalogs, books
Newspapers – newspapers and advertising inserts
Un-inked newsprint

Plastics:

#1 Clear Plastic – soda bottles
#2 Colored Plastic – milk jugs, juice jugs, detergent bottles

Glass

Narrow neck wine bottles – (for local winery re-use)
Champagne bottles
20 oz. Sobe juice bottles

Aluminum cans

MAT SU BOROUGH

Palmer Recycling Center
at the corner of the Palmer-Wasilla Highway and 49th State Street
Phone: (907)745-5544
Email: solutions@valleyrecycling.org
Hours of Operation: Thursday and Friday from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm;
and Saturday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Solid Waste Department
47140 East Poppy Lane
Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone: (907)262-9667
Fax: (907)262-6090

Valley for Community Recycling Solutions
VCRS is a non profit organization devoted to establishing recycling as a part of daily life in the Mat Su Valley region of Alaska.

P.O. Box 876464
Wasilla, AK 99687
Phone: (907)745-5544

NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH

Colville Solid Waste Management Services

Provides solid waste management and disposal services to the Kuparuk , Alpine and NPR-A areas of the North Slope of Alaska. Services include pick-up and disposal of kitchen and camp wastes and construction debris. Recycling is provided across the entire North Slope industrial area for oily materials, wood, tires, metal, cardboard, paper, and any other discarded items.

Pouch 340012, 1 Spine Road
Prudhoe Bay, AK 99734
Phone: (907)659-3198
Fax: (907)659-3190
Email: solidwaste@colvilleinc.com
Website: www.colvilleinc.com/solidwaste.htm

SOUTHEAST ALASKA

City and Borough of Sitka

Norm Campbell, Recycling Coordinator
Phone: (907)747-8670
Email: recycle@cityofsitka.com

Haines

Acme Transfer Co., Inc
987 Haines Hwy
PO Box 858
Haines, AK 99827
Phone: (907) 766-3802

Haines Friends of Recycling Center
Located: Small Tracts Road
Phone: (907)766-3414
Material Accepted:

Aluminum beverage cans
Three types of paper
Tinned cans
Glass (now at Bigfoot Auto Service)
Plastic (#1 and #2)
Corrugated Cardboard (Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. only)
Junk Mail: Office Paper
Automotive Batteries and Tires (Bigfoot Auto Service)
Accepts all lead-acid vehicle batteries
Cost: $4.00/car, $12.00/larger type, tires are also taken for a charge
Antifreeze (Bigfoot Auto Service): nominal charge
Waste oil and used tires: Bigfoot Auto Service and Haines Sanitation take waste oil and used tires. Turner Construction and the boat harbor take waste oil only.
Copy toner cartridges, copy ribbon: (907)789-2230
Clothing: Salvation Army on Dalton Street and The Clothing Exchange off Portage Street
Packing “Peanuts”: many local galleries will take your clean packing materials for their reuse
Non-ferrous metals, cars, scrap iron: Bigfoot Auto Service

Haines Sanitation
227 W Fair Dr.
Haines, AK 99827
Phone: (907)766-2736

Southeast Conference
Southeast Conference has a Household Waste Collection Program where harmful wastes are collected from communities and transported for proper disposal, rather than being left to contaminate community landfills. Examples of wastes include: paint, solvents, cleaning fluids, batteries, used oil.

P.O.Box 21989
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1989.
Phone: (907) 463-3445
Fax: (907) 463-5670
info@seconference.org

INTERIOR ALASKA

Copper Basin Sanitation Service Co.
Mile 110 ½ Tazilina Terr. Dr.
Glennallen, AK 99588
Phone: (907)822-3600

Glennallen Recycling
Mile 188 ½ on Glenn Highway
Wolverine Yard
Hours of Operation: 3rd Friday of every month and the Saturday following, runs on a volunteer basis.
Materials Accepted:

Newspaper
Aluminum Cans

Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council
YRITWC has a backhaul program along with many other programs, contact them for further details.

YRITWC's Anchorage Office
725 Christensen Drive, Suite 3
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 258-3337

Remote Landfills

Beluga Landfill
Located: southwest of the Beluga airstrip.
Hours of Operation: Tuesday and Saturday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/Informational%20Pages/
REMOTE.htm#BELUGA%20LANDFILL%20-%20(BLF)

Tyonek Landfill
Located: near the village of Tyonek
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/Informational%20Pages/
REMOTE.htm#BELUGA%20LANDFILL%20-%20(BLF)

Port Graham Landfill
Located: near the village of Port Graham
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/Informational%20Pages/
REMOTE.htm#BELUGA%20LANDFILL%20-%20(BLF)

Nanwalek Landfill
Located: near village of Nanwalek
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/Informational%20Pages/
REMOTE.htm#BELUGA%20LANDFILL%20-%20(BLF)

Rocy Ridge Landfill
Located: 1 ½ miles south of the city of Seldovia
Hours of Operation: Monday and Wednesday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: www.borough.kenai.ak.us/solidwaste/Informational%20Pages/
REMOTE.htm#BELUGA%20LANDFILL%20-%20(BLF)
Hazardous Waste Disposal Schedule: household hazardous waste event is held every September

OTHER CONTACTS

Northern Air Cargo
Website: www.nacargo.com

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