We Will build you a cleaner, safer, and more efficient facility

The New SWS Central Transfer Station Project

Cleaner & Quieter

We might deal in trash but that doesn’t mean it needs to be messy. A more thoughtful, enclosed design will mean reduced litter and fewer smells.

The kid in all of us loves seeing garbage trucks do their thing but no one wants to hear all the chaos of waste disposal in a crowded, open environment, right? The new facility has been designed with your ears in mind.

Safer

Anchorage has outgrown the current facility, which was built more than forty years ago as a garbage shredder. It was not designed as a Central Transfer Station, let alone as the primary conduit of trash headed to the Anchorage landfill. Did you know more than 80% of Anchorage's garbage comes through the Central Transfer Station? That's 265,000 tons of trash a year!

For forty years, Anchorage has been making do with safety signs and band-aids. The new Central Transfer Station will reduce risk to the people who work in and use this facility while also improving ease of access.

More Efficient & More Recycling

We heard you when you said you hate waiting in line to drop off your garbage. Especially in a smelly, loud place. We will fix all of that.

The new facility will improve queuing times, but that's just the beginning of efficiency improvements. The new facility will also streamline operations, use energy wisely, and open up more space for innovation in recycling and reusing.

Our community wants more recycling and we’re committed to making that happen. The new facility will allow increased recycling options for citizens by increasing access to recycling and reuse drop-offs. With more space, we’ll be able to better separate usable materials from the waste stream and expand recycling opportunities beyond our walls.

These improvements keep materials out of our landfill, extending the life of a vital community resource.

Project Information

Why do we need it?

What's happening now?

Anchorage has outgrown its current facility. A new facility will improve efficiency, safety and recycling opportunities.

What's happening now?

Groundbreaking took place in July 2020 and construction is underway.

How can I weigh in?

What's happening now?

Where can I find more information?

We mean it when we say we want to hear from you. Please come to a community meeting, give us a call or send us an email - your opinion matters!

Where can I find more information?

This website will archive pertinent documents and other resources so you can always stay up to speed on the new Central Transfer Station project.

Who can I call?

Where can I find more information?

What are people saying?

Not a robot - people. Your neighbors. People whose kids go to school with your kids. People who care about the future of our community.

What are people saying?

Where can I find more information?

What are people saying?

The good, the great and the grandiose - we want to hear everything you have to say about this project.

We Will build you a cleaner, safer, and more efficient facility

We Will build you a cleaner, safer, and more efficient facility

Construction Progress - August 2022 Flyover Video

The New SWS Central Transfer Station Project

Cleaner & Quieter

Safer

More Efficient & More Recycling

Groundbreaking Ceremony

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Project Information

Why do we need it?

What's happening now?

What's happening now?

What's happening now?

What's happening now?

What's happening now?

How can I weigh in?

What's happening now?

Where can I find more information?

Where can I find more information?

Where can I find more information?

Where can I find more information?

Who can I call?

Where can I find more information?

What are people saying?

What are people saying?

Where can I find more information?

What are people saying?