Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

070 (Unsecured Refuse) is the rule that actually governs how residents and haulers move trash to a transfer site or the central disposal facility. It bans operating, driving, or permitting 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 carries a suitable enclosure or container that effectively prevents that loss. A suitable enclosure must either be built into the vehicle or be a separate cover of suitable material with fastening that secures all sides of the cover to the vehicle; refuse is considered suitably contained only if it is entirely enclosed in a secure container that is not reasonably capable of blowing out or otherwise escaping.

080, which separately bans throwing, dropping, or discarding solid waste or litter on public rights-of-way or borough lands, so material that escapes an unsecured load and ends up on the road can trigger both provisions. 020.