Citywide Cleanup – Regulations and Bag Pickup Locations

Anchorage Chamber Citywide Cleanup Week is officially held in late April to early May throughout the Municipality of Anchorage, which includes Girdwood, Bird Creek, Indian, Chugiak, Eagle River, Birchwood, and Eklutna.

The 2019 Citywide Cleanup Week is April 27th through May 4th.

The official orange bags of Citywide Cleanup can be picked up at the customer service desk of any Fred Meyer location in Anchorage or Eagle River with a limit of two (2) bags per person. If your organization, group, or business is cleaning up together, please register your team to reserve more bags which can be pick up at the Anchorage Chamber office (1016 W 6^th Ave, Suite 303).

No. There is no pick-up service during Citywide Cleanup Week. All parties are responsible for delivering their collected trash to the Central Transfer Station, Anchorage Regional Landfill, or the Girdwood Transfer Station. All collected trash must be weighed on commercial scales at either the Anchorage Regional Landfill or the Central Transfer Station. Please follow signs to the commercial scales at the landfill and use the transfer station commercial entrance located off of 56th Avenue.

Trash in official orange trash bags will be accepted for free disposal at Solid Waste Services facilities during Citywide Cleanup Week. These facilities include the Girdwood Transfer Station, Central Transfer Station, and Anchorage Regional Landfill. Directions and hours can be found on the Solid Waste Services website at Muni.org/sws. To be accepted without a fee, orange bags must be delivered separately from other waste. No yard waste will be accepted.

During Citywide Cleanup Week, Solid Waste Services will accept free residential loads from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. on Saturday, April 27 and Saturday, May 4 at the Anchorage Regional Landfill and 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. (same days) at the Girdwood Transfer Station. Please note that the Central Transfer Station will be closed on these two Saturdays.