Sunday Closures
Sunday Closures
In 2016 the Kenai Peninsula Borough began closing Sundays from October through April each year as a cost savings measure. The sites affected are:
Homer, Seward, Kenai, Nikiski, and Sterling Transfer Facilities
Kasilof Transfer Site
In 2023 the KPB Mayor & Assembly decided to re-open CPL on Sundays. All other sites remain closed.
Disposal Fees
Disposal Fees
OVERVIEW & DEFINITIONS
Disposal fees apply to commercial entities disposing of chargeable materials when delivered in vehicles with a carrying capacity of 5 cubic yards or more.
Commercial entities are sources including, but not limited to, refuse haulers, contractors, towing companies, government agencies, retailers, restaurants, or any other business, including non-profit. Disposers are considered ‘commercial’ if the vehicle transporting the waste is used for any commercial/business activities or if the waste generator/source is a business.
CHARGEABLE MATERIALS
Include but are not limited to: Appliances, Asbestos, Animal Carcasses, Construction/Demolition Debris, Fish Waste, Junk Vehicles, Metals, Special/Industrial Waste, Tires, Wood/Land Clearing Debris. For a more detailed list of each of these materials, see ‘How Do I Dispose Of…?’.
TICKETS/INVOICES
Tickets are considered invoices and are due and payable either within 30 days of the date of transaction for pre-approved Solid Waste Charge Accounts, and at the time of disposal for Cash/Check transactions. There are 2 ways in which a ticket is generated: by weight or cubic yard.
SITES with SCALES are charged by the ton. The Central Peninsula Landfill and Homer Transfer Facility are currently the only sites with scales.
SITES without SCALES are charged by the cubic yard. The Seward Transfer Facility and the Beluga and Seldovia Landfills are the only other Solid Waste sites that charge, but the charges are based on cubic yards. (Homer also charges by the cubic yard for businesses without scale privileges.) Capacity shall be determined by adding the cumulative volume of vehicle capacity of the transport vehicle along with any trailers, hoppers, containers, etc. Measurement shall be the cubic yardage of the outermost dimensions.
PAYMENT
There are 3 types of payment accepted: a pre-approved Solid Waste Charge Account, Cash, or Check. Sales tax is added as applicable unless a current and valid KPB Resale Card issued by the KPB Sale Tax Department is presented at the time of transaction or is on file for Charge Accounts with the Solid Waste Department.
SOLID WASTE CHARGE ACCOUNT: Businesses who regularly haul chargeable loads to a Solid Waste facility may obtain a charge account for delayed payment. Charge account payment options include mailing a check to 144 N Binkley St, Soldotna, AK 99669, or calling 1-844-611-4174 with a credit card. Download the Business Charges Application to get started.
CASH or CHECK: Both are accepted, but note that none of the Solid Waste sites keep a cash drawer, so NO change will be given for cash transactions. Payment is required for each load at the time of disposal unless prior arrangements are made with the Solid Waste Department.
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KPB SWD Disposal Fees Schedule 2024 |
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Sites WITH Weigh Scales |
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Material |
Fee |
Unit |
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Animal Carcasses |
$5.00 |
each |
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Appliances |
$20.00 |
each |
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Asbestos (1 ton minimum charge. Fees apply to both commerical and household disposers.) |
$200.00 |
ton |
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Inert Waste* ($20.00 minumum charge) |
$90.00 |
ton |
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Sludge |
$135.00 |
ton |
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Special Waste (1 ton minimum charge) |
$135.00 |
ton |
| Trailers/RV's/Boats/Utility Vehicles** (Fees apply to both commercial and household disposers.) | $20.00 | foot |
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Vehicles (Fees apply to both commercial and household disposers. Vehicles not accepted in Homer.) |
$200.00 |
each |
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Sites WITHOUT Weigh Scales |
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Material |
Fee |
Unit |
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Animal Carcasses |
$5.00 |
each |
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Appliances |
$20.00 |
each |
| Inert Waste* ($20.00 minumum charge) | $20.00 | 1 CY |
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$90.00 |
2-5 CY |
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$180.00 |
6-10 CY |
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$360.00 |
11-20 CY |
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$540.00 |
21-30 CY |
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| $720.00 | 31-40 CY | |
| Trailers/RV's/Boats/Utility Vehicles** (Fees apply to both commercial and household disposers.) | $20.00 | foot |
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Vehicles (Fees apply to both commercial and household disposers. Vehicles not accepted in Homer.) |
$200.00 |
each |
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*Inert Waste includes: construction materials, metals, tires, brush and landclearing debris (no stumps), etc. **Trailes/RV's/Boats/Utility Vehicles includes: trailers, RV's, boats, ATV's, snow machines, etc. |
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Disposal Locations & Hours of Operation
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LOCATION |
HOURS OF OPERATION |
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*These locations open ALL major holidays except NEW YEAR’S, THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS DAYS |
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REGIONAL LANDFILL |
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*Central Peninsula Landfill Mile 98.5 Sterling Hwy, Soldotna, (907) 262-9423 |
Daily 8:00am – 5:45pm |
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TRANSFER FACILITIES |
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*Homer Mile 169.3 Sterling Hwy, Homer, (907) 235-6678 |
Mon - Sat 8:00am – 5:45pm Sun 12:00pm - 4:00pm Closed Sundays October 1 - April 30 |
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*Seward 3200 Dimond Blvd, Seward, (907) 224-5327 |
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*Kenai 2410 Redoubt Street, Kenai, (907) 283-4445 |
May 1 – September 30 Daily 9:00am – 7:00pm -------------------------------- October 1 - April 30 Mon - Sat 10:00am – 6:00pm, Closed Sundays |
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*Nikiski 55410 Poolside Ave, Nikiski, (907) 776-7037 |
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*Sterling Mile 85.5 Sterling Hwy, Sterling, (907) 260-1939 |
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TRANSFER SITES |
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Cooper Landing Mile 44 Sterling Hwy, Cooper Landing |
May 1 – September 30 Daily 7:00am - 7:00pm ------------------------------------- October 1 – April 30 Daily - 24 hours |
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*Kasilof Mile 110.5 Sterling Hwy, Kasilof |
May 1 – September 30 Daily 7:00am - 7:00pm Closed Sundays October 1 - April 30 |
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Anchor Point, Old Sterling Hwy, Anchor Point |
Daily - 24 hours |
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Crown Point, Mile 24 Seward Hwy, Crown Point |
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Funny River, Mile 10 Funny River Rd, Soldotna |
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Hope, Mile 16 Hope Rd, Hope |
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McNeil Canyon, Mile 12.5 East End Rd, Homer |
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Ninilchik, Mile 138.5 Sterling Hwy, Ninilchik |
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MISC RECYCLING LOCATIONS |
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Homer Spit, 4350 Homer Spit, Homer |
Daily - 24 hours |
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Seward Boat Harbor, 4th Ave, Seward |
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KPB Admin Bldg, 144 N. Binkley, Soldotna |
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Homer Save-U-More, 3611 Greatland Street, Homer |
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RURAL LANDFILLS |
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Rocky Ridge Mile 1.5 Rocky Street, Seldovia |
Mon & Wed 1:00pm - 6:00pm Sat 10:00am – 5:00pm |
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Beluga, SW of Airstrip, Beluga |
Tue & Sat 1:00pm – 5:00pm |
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Nanwalek, NE of Airport, Nanwalek |
Daily - 24 hours |
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Port Graham, NW of Airport, Port Graham |
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Tyonek, 2 Miles NW of Village, Tyonek |
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Solid Waste Home
Administrative Office
(907) 262-9667
47140 E Poppy Ln, Soldotna, AK 99669
Monday-Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Closed all major holidays
DISPOSAL FACILITIES/SITES HOURS
Central Peninsula Landfill (CPL)
(907) 262-2008
Daily 8:00am - 5:45pm
Transfer Facilities
Homer & Seward: May 1 - Sept 30: Mon-Sat 8:00am - 5:45pm; Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm / Closed Sundays October 1 - April 30
Kenai, Nikiski, Sterling: May 1 - Sept 30: Daily 9:00am - 7:00pm / October 1 - April 30: Mon-Sat 10:00am - 6:00pm, Closed Sundays
Transfer Sites
Anchor Point, Crown Point, Funny River, Hope, McNeil Canyon, Ninilchik: Daily 24 Hours
Cooper Landing: May 1 - Sept 30: Daily 7:00am - 7:00pm / October 1 - April 30: Daily 24 Hours
Kasilof: May 1 - Sept 30: Daily 7:00am - 7:00pm / Closed Sundays October 1 - April 30
ALL FACILITIES OPEN REGULAR HOURS ALL MAJOR HOLIDAYS EXCEPT:
Central Peninsula Landfill, Homer, Seward, Kenai, Nikiski, Sterling, Kasilof
CLOSED NEW YEAR'S DAY, THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS
Click 'Locations Details' for site specific information.
HOT TOPICS
NEW DISPOSAL FEES AS OF JANUARY 1, 2024
Disposal fees changes beginning January 1, 2024. See Fee Schedule for details.
REUSE AREA RULES
Reuse Areas open at our CPL, Homer, and Sterling facilities. Please observe all rules.
Homer & Sterling Reuse Area Rules
CD CELL RULES
CD Cells at our CPL, Homer, and Seward facilities. Please observe all rules.
NOTE: THE CD CELL AT CPL CLOSES AT 5:30 PM, NO EXCEPTIONS
VEHICLE DISPOSAL FEES
ALL disposers (commercial and public) of vehicles will be charged $200 per vehicle.
**Vehicles for disposal are ONLY ACCEPTED at CPL and the SEWARD TRANSFER FACILITY
**Each vehicle MUST be accompanied with this Vehicle Disposal Checklist & Guidelines form.
EVENTS
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION 2024
Events are held from 8:00AM - 5:00PM on designated Saturdays througout the year, except Seldovia.
Central Peninsula Landfill: January 13, March 9, May 11, June 8, July 20, September 14, November 2
Homer Transfer Facility: January 6, May 4, July 13, September 7
Seward Transfer Facility: January 20, May 18, July 27, September 21
Seldovia City Boat Launch: September 6, Friday 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Hazadrous Waste Schedule 2024
Hazardous Waste Disposal Guidance
Call Republic Services at 1-877-375-5040 for specific disposal questions.
Call the Solid Waste Department at (907) 262-9667 (Admin) or (907) 262-2008 (CPL) for general questions.
Solid Waste provides the location; Republic Services runs the event.
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ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
Events are held annually in the spring in Soldotna, Homer, and Seward in conjunction with local recycling groups.
Solid Waste provides the location/support; Cook Inlet Keeper runs the event.
Central Peninsula Landfill: Saturday, April 27, 2024, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Homer @ Spenard Builder's Supply: Saturday, April 27, 2024, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Seward Transfer Facility: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
For more information on these and the upcoming event in Seward contact Cook Inlet Keeper at 907-235-4068.
SOLID WASTE PROGRAM BOOK
The definitive guide to the Solid Waste Department
FORMS, APPLICATIONS & DISPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS
How Do I Dispose Of...? Waste Disposal Guidance
Demolition Waste Disposal Policy w/Request Application
Monofilament / Gill Net Policy
We conducted a comprehensive survey of residents to improve boroughwide services to the public. Thousands participated in the survey by answering our questions and providing valuable comments. Your documented comments and feedback are directly helping guide improvements to road service and the many other roles the borough plays on the Kenai. We will continue to ensure that KPB residents receive quality services that they pay for at the lowest cost possible.
We have placed ourselves in the shoes of the taxpayer. Under the Micciche administration, for the first time in a decade, a balanced boroughwide budget was passed by the assembly. We accomplished this while reducing your mill rate (property taxes). Prior to my administration, the previous two years saw a 16% increase in the KPB budget. The Micciche administration’s overall budget increased by only 2.55%. The general fund budget was also reduced from last year’s and, leading by example, my Mayor’s Department budget decreased as well.
Working with the Kenai Peninsula School District, we are helping to bolster and improve home-school options. Trying to see things through the eyes of home-school parents, students and families helps us be responsive to the 30% of our students who are home-schooled. It is imperative that we understand and meet their needs.
We are working to make KPB Emergency Services as efficient as possible to better serve the people of the Kenai. Our view and current national practices demonstrate that combined regional services are far more efficient, and effective, and are provided at a lower cost to taxpayers than many smaller service areas. We also procured and distributed life-saving extrication equipment for our emergency responders to help them meet the highway rescue challenges faced in rural areas of the borough.
We updated and implemented anti-harassment and anti-bullying policies to ensure the safety of KPB employees and protect taxpayers from legal and settlement costs. This includes a confidential reporting system, a mixed-gender review panel, and improved public official bonding requirements to protect the borough from financial liability.
We responded in record time to condemn and remove the collapsing Zipmart building in Sterling, which had become a serious hazard to children and youth in a location right next to the elementary school and the community center.
We created a limited-in-scope ordinance that will update and clarify borough code regarding KPB elections. These changes will ensure that our elections continue to be safe, secure, transparent and accurate. A few of the improvements this ordinance will make include giving more information to the public about when the canvass board meets, requiring the hand-counting of ballots in at least one randomly selected precinct even in the absence of any discrepancies, creating a clear process for write-in candidates, and adding additional and improved viewing areas for citizen election observers.
We are tackling long-standing issues within the borough in partnership with KPB constituents, local governments and state and federal agencies. These issues include K-Beach and Eastern Peninsula flooding, KPB housing shortages (particularly in the southern and eastern Kenai Peninsula), rural emergency services support, and communication service gaps. We are also mitigating the overregulation of our citizens through common-sense solutions in partnership with those we serve within the KPB.
We awarded 44 capital improvement and professional services design contracts, as well as servicing pass-through funding to the private sector and non-profit grant recipients for services ranging from senior citizen programs to community groups. Funded projects include the new Central Emergency Service station, the new Soldotna Elementary School, CPH and SPH hospital projects, Eastway Road drainage improvements, the replacement of siding on Homer Elementary School, and many others.
We made improvements to KPB Solid Waste Management to reduce the enormous cost increases in that department that have occurred in previous years. We have reopened reuse areas, such as the “Sterling Mall” and are evaluating how to further reduce storing marketable materials in perpetuity in our landfills. The team is also evaluating the most efficient methods to reduce and process regulated leachate to reduce costs to taxpayers.
In accordance with KPB code, senior center funding is redistributed every 10 years after the census is conducted and shows how many seniors currently live in each area of the borough. Many centers had their funding increased through the current formula in the FY24 budget, but several were dramatically reduced. Working with KPB staff, Mayor Micciche created a “hold harmless” solution to fully fund all centers and to ensure that none of our seniors will go without critical services. The “hold harmless” solution passed the assembly unanimously.
We have created open lines of communication so that all citizens can participate in our efforts to challenge how the KPB does business through common-sense solutions to long-standing, inefficient practices. Government is known for falling into ruts of inefficiency. By working with you, we are challenging each department to break out of long-standing ruts and take the fast road of maximum efficiency. In other words, we seek to provide quality services at the lowest cost to the taxpayer with an objective to keep the KPB affordable today, tomorrow, and for our kids and grandkids.
