This is a great example of disposal. All the recycle bins whether it's electronic, waste oil, or aluminum cans are readily available and easy to use. It is a great value and discounted for military members. You can even get a great view of bald eagles on the way !! read more

Even when there's a line, the weight is not too long. Been here a handful of times and had a fine experience every time. $20 for a carload of trash. read more

While trash services in Eagle River don't include recycling, there is a FREE recycling center located at the Regional Landfill. When you drive into the landfill follow signs for recycling. You'll pull up to a small shed, check in with the attendant and then pull around to several large dumpsters. You can back in and park right by the dumpsters. I found it helpful to walk down the line and read the signs in each of the dumpsters before I started to unload my car. The signs were very helpful in notating what I could AND couldn't put in each dumpster. The only down side I found to this recycling center is that they didn't take steel cans. On one sign it referenced another facility in Anchorage that did. I'll have to go check that place out. When you leave, just head on out. No need to stop at the front shed or anything. Go recycle! read more

Anchorage Regional Landfill - Entrance - Recycling Center Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

Thought I had everything loaded perfectly this time and after a 30 minute wait to drop off brush the worker at the weigh station told me he could see I was trying to sneak in lumber. I asked what he was referring to. He pointed out a small piece of 1/2"x4"x2" cedar. I asked if I can throw it in my truck to hang on to and he said to do that I'll have to wait through the line again, or I can pay to dump the lumber. He was a complete jerk the whole time and was accusing me of trying to sneak lumber in. Pretty upset with that service. read more

I called the customer service number for the day before and asked if the landfill could take our blown in insulation. The customer service employee on the phone said yes, I could dump there. I would need to weigh in and wear a safety vest. I have a safety vest, a truck rental, and a maps app. How to get there was taken care of.  I also asked specifically that insulation from my house would be able to be taken. I was concerned as it is an older house. While the fiberglass insulation was not the kind that probably contained asbestos, I did not want to break any rules. Customer service assured me that, yes, for residential dumping I could dump it. The next day I went to the landfill with my load and was told by the gate/weight house employee that we could not dump this and that they could not help us. The employee was unkind in telling me to leave. That was too bad that the customer service had been wrong the day before on the phone, but these things happen. When I asked how to leave, and if there was a good place to turn around the employee's explanation of a U-turn was paired with an eye roll and scoff.   I left and called Mat-Su to see if they could take it. It would be 2+ hours' time in driving, in addition to the time wasted going to Eagle River. The customer service employee there transferred me to a supervisor who told me that Anchorage should have accepted my load, but if Anchorage turned us away, they would be happy to help us at the Mat-Su landfill. I called Anchorage waste again, because the Mat-Su supervisor seemed so sure it was not correct that we had been turned away there. I asked again if they could take my load of insulation, was told again, yes, they could. I explained the situation, and that we had been turned away and asked for assistance in making sure I was doing the right thing. I was given the phone number for someone at the landfill that could help me by pre-approving the load. I called the number I had been given and was told the weigh house would have my name and I should be good to go. I arrived at the landfill, and they did have my name. This time I only said "yes" when asked if I was 'my name' when I pulled onto the scale at the weigh house. I did not say anything else to the weigh house employee. The weigh house employee, a different one than the first time I was there, then said "See, this is what you needed to do the first time." What that gentleman said was uncalled for and hurtful. I did not know what I was supposed to do. I am not a contractor or other expert. I did everything right the first time, calling and asking and double checking. It was not my job to know the insider information needed to dump there. It was the weigh station employee's job to give me the correct information. It is also, as far as I understand customer service, the employee's job not to make sarcastic and demeaning comments to community members. I should have asked to speak with a supervisor, but I do not do that sort of thing, and I had already spent an additional hour of time and I needed to return my rental truck. I unloaded my trash in the correct area, weighed in, paid, and left. I felt hurt driving away that the weigh station employee was so bothered I did not know what I was supposed to do to call and get pre-approval. I still believe that my previous call the day before should have been good enough. If you need to dump something at the Eagle River site, I think it best to call and ask to speak to a manager or supervisor and get pre-approval so that they at least will help you if you do not know how everything works. Also, be prepared for rude and unkind verbal interaction. read more