Alaska trash pickup is run by cities, counties and private haulers, not by the state, and your pickup day comes from your city’s or hauler’s own lookup. Among the largest cities, Anchorage and Fairbanks collect curbside themselves; in Juneau residents hire their own hauler. Alaska has no statewide bottle deposit, PaintCare paint, mattress or electronics recycling program.
Find your city
The largest Alaska cities and their official collection pages:
- Anchorage: Municipality of Anchorage Solid Waste Services (SWS). Trash is serviced weekly and recycling every other week, and recycling carts are free and included with trash service inside the SWS service area. Official page ↗
- Fairbanks: City of Fairbanks Public Works Department. Trash is collected Monday through Wednesday between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM, and must be at the curb by 7:00 AM on your scheduled day. Official page ↗ Look up your collection day ↗
- Juneau: no city collection: residents contract private haulers. The City and Borough of Juneau says garbage collection, curbside commingled recycling and composting are offered by private businesses and that CBJ does not regulate or control garbage services; its RecycleWorks division runs the drop-off recycling centre, household hazardous waste and junk vehicle programs. Official page ↗
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Who collects in Alaska
- DEC says most Alaska communities have some form of recycling program, and residents whose community is not on its list should check with local organizations for options. Source ↗
National haulers (Republic Services, WM, Waste Connections) hold contracts in many places; the city or county names the hauler for each street.
State-level rules
- Container deposit: No statewide container deposit law. NCSL says ten states and Guam have beverage container deposit systems, and Alaska is not one of them. Source ↗
- Paint: Not a PaintCare state. PaintCare says it operates programs in twelve states and the District of Columbia; Alaska is not among them. Leftover paint goes through the local household hazardous waste program; see paint. Source ↗
- Mattresses: No statewide mattress take-back program. The Mattress Recycling Council says its Bye Bye Mattress program operates statewide only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island. See mattresses. Source ↗
- Electronics: No statewide electronics law. DEC says e-waste is handled many ways across Alaska, from disposal in landfills to collection programs shipped out of state for recycling, and describes no statewide landfill ban or manufacturer take-back law. Source ↗
State agency
- State agency: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Division of Environmental Health — Solid Waste Program. It regulates health and environmental compliance at Alaska’s solid waste facilities through design review, permits and authorizations, inspections and monitoring, and publishes recycling and rural landfill guidance. Official website ↗
- Find your local program: DEC Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in Alaska: community and commercial recycling programs by area ↗
Flag of Alaska. Public-domain artwork. Artwork: Benny Benson. Source. Resized to 480 pixels wide.
Materials with their own rules
Paint · Lithium-ion batteries · Household hazardous waste · Mattresses · Pizza boxes · Christmas trees
Sources
Official pages used: dec.alaska.gov · dec.alaska.gov · muni.org · fairbanks.gov · fairbanks.gov · juneau.org · ncsl.org · paintcare.org · mattressrecyclingcouncil.org · dec.alaska.gov.
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