Citywide Cleanup – Regulations and Bag Pickup Locations

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

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 official orange trash 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 a bundle of trash bags which can be picked 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 Citywide Cleanup 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. Girdwood customers may take their Citywide Cleanup trash to the Girdwood Transfer Station.

Trash in official orange Citywide Cleanup trash bags from Anchorage residents will be accepted for free disposal at Solid Waste Services facilities ONLY during Citywide Cleanup Week, April 27 through May 4, 2019. 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.

Additional fees will apply for oversized or unsecured loads, household hazardous waste over 40 lbs., and appliances containing refrigerants.

Solid Waste Services hosts two free dump days a year.

On April 27 and May 4, Solid Waste Services will accept free residential loads (no larger than a pickup truck) from Anchorage residents from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. at the Anchorage Regional Landfill. The Girdwood Transfer Station will also accept free residential loads from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Please note that the Central Transfer Station will be closed on these two Saturdays.

All loads must be secured or covered to prevent littering in transit. Uncovered loads will be subject to fines. Visit Muni.org/sws for more information, or call (907) 343-6250, Monday through Friday, 8 A.M. to 4 P.M.

Please wear gloves while picking up trash and an orange safety vest if cleaning roadways or intersections.

You might want to bring sturdy plastic containers suitable for sharps like used needles. This could be medical sharps containers designed for needle collection, available at some pharmacies, or thick plastic jugs for detergent, kitty litter or shampoo (water bottles are too thin and can be punctured.) Here’s a flier from the state health department on safe needle disposal.

Please be aware of private property boundaries and ask permission to clean in these areas.