Recycling Programs

Help Conserve Resources & Reduce Landfill Waste!

Are you eligible for curbside recycling?

To sign up email us your name, phone number, and address to: recycling@akwaste.com

  • Cost: $10.04 per month
  • Every other week service
  • 96 gallon recycle cart included with service

The following materials are included in our curbside program:

Mixed Paper: newspapers, magazines, junk mail, flattened cardboard, paper bags, paper egg cartons, file folders, phonebooks, cereal boxes and copy paper.

Aluminum/tin/steel cans:  please empty and rinse.  Labels are okay.

Plastic bottles and jugs:  PET #1 soda and water bottles and HDPE #2 jugs with a screw-top neck.  Remove tops and empty contents. 

No glass or plastic bags! These items should be taken to local drop-off centers.

No sorting.  It’s recycling made easy!

Curbside Recycling Pick Up Schedules (please see curbside recycling map to determine your route color.)   • Blue route
  • Gold Route
  • Bronze Route
  • Green Route
  • Red Route
  • Purple Route
  • Silver Route
  • Pink Route
  • Teal Route
  • Orange Route

Recycle It Right!
Anchorage has several recycling drop-off centers.  The Anchorage Recycling Center is located at 6161 Rosewood St. off Dowling Rd.  To view other locations, click here: [ MAP ]

What can I recycle in Anchorage?

Mixed Paper: newspapers, magazines, junk mail, flattened cardboard, paper bags, paper egg cartons, file folders, phonebooks, cereal boxes and copy paper. Drop at Smurfit Stone Recycling Center and Anchorage Regional Landfill.

Aluminum Cans: empty and rinse. Drop-off sites are located throughout Anchorage

 

Tin/Steel Cans: empty and rinse.  Not sure?  Test it.  Magnets will stick to tin, but not aluminum. Drop-off at Smurfit-Stone Recycling Center.

Plastic bottles: PET #1 bottles with a neck.  No lids, empty contents.  No clam shells. Drop-off at Smurfit-Stone Recycling Center.

Plastic jugs:  HDPE #2 jugs with a neck.  No yogurt tubs. Drop-off at Smurfit-Stone Recycling Center.
 
Plastic bags and film:  newspaper sleeves, grocery bags, shrink wrap.  Not sure?  Test it.  If the plastic stretches when you pull on it, then it’s recyclable. Drop-off at Smurfit-Stone Recycling Center.  Bins are also located inside Carrs, Fred Meyers and Wal-Mart stores.

Electronics: computers, televisions, florescent bulbs.  Call Total Reclaim (http://www.totalreclaim.com)  561-0544.

Scrap Metal:  appliances, cars, scrap pieces.  Take them to the Smurfit-Stone Recycling Center or Alaska Metal Recycling.

Support an Anchorage company that uses recycled products!  Thermo-kool (http://www.thermo-koolofalaska.com/)  needs our help.  Clean newspapers are a recyclable material that get re-used here in Anchorage.  Thermo-kool uses newspaper to make insulation for buildings.  Sort your newspapers and take them to Carrs drop-off locations or to Smurfit-Stone Recycling Center.