Facility details
- Address
- 800 Merrill Field Drive
Anchorage, AK 99501 - Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Anchorage Municipality
- EPA Region
- 10
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1960 / 1987
- Ownership
- Public · Municipality of Anchorage, AK
- Waste in place
- 3,295,353 tons (as of 1987)
- Design capacity
- 3,295,353 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 205,044 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- Yes
Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024
About this facility
A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.
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Nearest other landfill: Anchorage Regional Landfill, Eagle River — 9.3 mi
Area served
Serves Anchorage, Jber.
County context
One of 2 landfills in Anchorage Municipality, AK.
ZIP 99501 population 16,563.
Alaska solid-waste agency: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)