The Municipality of Anchorage Solid Waste Services (SWS) Department is proud to announce completed construction of the CTS Recycling Drop off Center. The Grand Opening and ribbon cutting will be held on Thursday, August 6, at 11:30 AM at the Central Transfer Station (CTS), located at 1111 E. 56TH Avenue in Anchorage. Mayor Ethan Berkowitz is scheduled to perform the ribbon cutting ceremony and throw in the first recyclables.
Since 2009, SWS has maintained a recycling program for Anchorage residents through curbside collection programs and a recycling drop off facility at the Regional Landfill in Eagle River.
The new drop off center at Central Transfer Station will allow citizens who may not currently have access to curbside recycling to recycle. It also eliminates the need for additional trips, by allowing recyclables to be dropped off when disposing of general waste or household hazardous waste.
The facility opens to the public on Saturday, August 8th, and materials will be accepted during facility hours, Monday through Saturday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, year round, at no additional charge.
There are seven separate containers to deposit recyclable items. Signs are in place to help guide users to the correct containers, and flyers are available with information pertaining to the Recycling Drop off Center, as well as other collection and recycle programs offered by SWS.
Accepted items include:
Plastic containers #1-#2
Glass bottles and jars (Clear, green or brown only)
Steel Cans (Steel/tin/bimetal)
Aluminum Cans
Newspaper
Mixed Paper
Corrugated cardboard - please break down all boxes.
Please take advantage of this recycling center to help conserve our natural resources. For additional information on acceptable waste or facility hours please call our recycling hotline at (907) 343-6275 or visit our website at www.muni.org/SWS
About SWS
The Solid Waste Services Department (SWS) is led by Director Paul Alcantar and has two utilities – Refuse Collections and Solid Waste Disposal. The Refuse Collections utility provides residential and commercial trash collection for our City of Anchorage service area. The Solid Waste Disposal utility operates the Anchorage Regional Landfill, located in Eagle River, and two transfer stations (Central Transfer Station in Anchorage, and the Girdwood Transfer Station).
