Anchorage Chamber Citywide Cleanup

May 1 - 29, 2021!

We have partnered with other local businesses who understand how important cleanup is for our city, and we're working on ways to make it both safe and successful. We're keeping this event a month-long to allow time for the snow to melt and allow for more social distancing.

Pick up your official Citywide Cleanup orange bags at your local Fred Meyer!

Fred Meyer Anchorage:

1000 E. Northern Lights

7701 Debarr Road

2000 W. Dimond Blvd.

2300 Abbott Rd.

Fred Meyer Eagle River:

13401 Old Glenn Highway

Anchorage Daily News:

300 West 31st

94.7 Alternative Anchorage:

4700 Business Park Blvd, Building E, Suite 12

Northern Waste

1111 E. Dowling Rd.

If your team has a larger order and would like to pick up at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce please fill out the request form here.

Please do not leave trash along the side of the road. The bags will not be picked up. You will be able to dump orange bags for free at the Land Fill or the Transfer Station. See the next FAQ to see where to take your orange bags.

Orange bags can be taken to the Anchorage Regional Landfill or the Central Transfer Station for free! Visit our map of kickoff locations on May 1 to see where our commercial haulers are around town.

Anchorage Regional Landfill (Eagle River)

15500 Eagle River Loop

Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 5pm

Saturday, 8am - 5pm

Central Transfer Station (Mid-town Anchorage)

For Orange Bags use the Residential Side:

54th & Juneau St

Monday - Saturday, 8am - ​5pm

Northern Waste

1111 E. Dowling Rd.

Solid Waste Services will be providing free summer passes to do all of your spring cleaning. Stay tuned for the link to sign up on May 1.

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

With social distancing mandates in place, please remember to wear a face mask while cleaning. With the amount of dust in the spring, this might be a great idea anyway.

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.

To enter our Alaska Railroad giveaway for four round-trip tickets:

• Share photos of yourself with orange bags cleaning your community on Instagram, and Twitter.
• Tag the @AnchorageChamber
• Use the hashtag #CleanAnchorage2021
• One winner will be picked on Saturday May 29, 2021

Join us to kick off the cleanup 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, May 1, at Westchester Lagoon (Margaret Eagan Sullivan Park) and enter to win $1,000 in prizes just for cleaning up!

To enter to win $5,000 in prizes from Matson visit MatsonCleanupGiveaway.com/Anchorage

• Residents can register at muni.org/sws for a pass that allows them disposal of one free load of garbage. Registration is now open and closes at 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 31. Passes will be valid May 1 through Sept. 30, 2021.
• All free drop-offs must go to the Anchorage Regional Landfill in Eagle River. Passes will not be accepted at the Central Transfer Station in Midtown Anchorage. Girdwood residents may use passes at the Girdwood Transfer Station.
• Only current residents of the Municipality of Anchorage may register for a free pass. Passes are limited to one per adult ages 18 and older.
• Loads are limited to less than 1,000 pounds and may not exceed the size of a standard pick-up truck bed. No U-Hauls or double axel trailers will be eligible for free disposal.
• Additional fees will still apply for any item containing Freon (refrigerators, freezers) or to disposal of more than 40 pounds of household hazardous waste.

If residents don’t have email or internet access they can contact SWS directly at (907) 343-6262 to have a pass mailed to them. Residents with additional questions can email freedisposal@anchorageak.gov.

Contact Katie Cole at events@anchoragechamber.org to sponsor Citywid

e Cleanup and

help us in our efforts to #CleanAnchorage2021. Get one of our premium sponsorships before March 12, 2021 and get your logo on over 45,000 bags!