Trash & Recycling in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
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Pickup Rules & Schedules
Hauling trash to a borough transfer site or the landfill yourself? MSB § 8.05.070 bars operating or driving any vehicle carrying refuse capable of blowing out, falling, spilling, or leaking unless the load is covered by a suitable enclosure or fully contained.
Mat-Su Borough Refuse Hauling Cover Rule
Some RestrictionsMatanuska-Susitna Borough Code § 8.05.070
A person may not operate, drive, cause, or permit to be operated, or driven, any motor vehicle carrying refuse or other tangible material that is reasonably capable of blowing out, falling from, spilling, dropping, leaking, sifting, or escaping from the vehicle unless the vehicle is provided with a suitable enclosure or container that effectively prevents the loss of such refuse or other materi...
Illegal Dumping
Throwing trash on the road or on borough land is banned outright. MSB § 8.05.080 prohibits disposing of solid waste or litter on public rights-of-way or borough lands unless it goes into a maintained receptacle or a borough-designated disposal facility or transfer site.
Mat-Su Borough Illegal Dumping / Littering Ban
Some RestrictionsMatanuska-Susitna Borough Code § 8.05.080
A person may not throw, drop, discard, or otherwise dispose of solid waste or other litter on public rights-of-way or borough lands unless the litter is placed in a receptacle maintained for the deposit of refuse or litter, or in a borough designated solid waste disposal facility or transfer site.
Recycling Rules
Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs no curbside recycling program. Under MSB § 8.05.060, the borough designates special waste areas at its solid waste transfer sites and disposal facility for recyclable materials, and decides for itself what qualifies as acceptable for recycling, a list that changes with the market.
Mat-Su Borough Recycling Rules
Light RestrictionsMatanuska-Susitna Borough Code § 8.05.060
(A) Special waste areas may be designated at the solid waste transfer sites and/or disposal site for recyclable materials, junked and abandoned vehicles, asbestos containing material, waste oil, batteries, paint, and for the collection, storage and transporting for disposal of hazardous wastes as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (B) Recyclable material: The Matanusk...
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