What Kenai Peninsula Borough itself runs: 4 landfills, sites and programs covering 13 items. If your town doesn’t have its own page, these are usually the places to start.
Checked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check
Kenai Peninsula Borough Central Peninsula Landfill
The borough's regional landfill at Mile 98.5/46915 Sterling Hwy (Soldotna mailing address; not confirmed inside Soldotna city limits), open daily 8:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. It takes household trash (including electronics), recycling (cardboard, mixed paper, cans, glass), appliances including refrigerators and washers/dryers (5 per year), furniture including couches and mattresses, tires, scrap metal and batteries. Residential customers are only charged for vehicles/boats/trailers, kitchen grease and asbestos.
Borough transfer facility and monofill at Mile 169.3/3300 Sterling Hwy, Homer (not confirmed inside Homer city limits), open Monday–Saturday 8:00 a.m.–5:45 p.m. (Sundays 12–4 in summer). It takes household trash (including electronics), recycling including corrugated cardboard, refrigerators, washers/dryers, furniture including couches and mattresses, tires, scrap metal and batteries, and hosts hazardous waste collection days.
Borough transfer facility at 2410 Redoubt Street, Kenai (inside Kenai city limits per the Census geocoder), open daily 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. (closed Sundays Oct 1–Apr 30); the borough lists no fees. Its transfer trailer takes household trash, electronics (computers, TVs) and broken-down cardboard; the recycling area takes household batteries and used oil; an open-top bulky dumpster takes furniture, regular-size tires, metal and non-refrigerant appliances. Loads up to a 1-ton pickup (3 cubic yards), 2 loads a week.
Kenai Peninsula Borough hazardous waste collection days
Recurring hazardous waste collection days, run by Republic Services at borough sites on designated Saturdays (8 a.m.–5 p.m.) through the year: Central Peninsula Landfill (Soldotna), Homer and Seward transfer facilities, plus Seldovia. Free for households; commercial disposers pay. Oil-based paint and liquid latex paint go through this program.
Washers and dryers may be disposed in the metals piles at CPL, HTF and STF. Checked October 26, 2026.
Tires may be disposed in the C&D cell at CPL, HTF or STF. Checked October 26, 2026.
Scrap metal is accepted only at CPL, HTF and STF, but preferably taken to a scrap metal recycler. Checked October 26, 2026.
Household batteries go in designated containers at CPL, HTF, STF and the Kenai, Nikiski and Sterling transfer facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
Vehicle batteries go in totes at CPL, HTF and STF, limited to 10 per year per source. Checked October 26, 2026.
Households may dispose of electronics with their trash; the borough encourages recycling at spring electronics events. Checked October 26, 2026.
Oil-based paint and liquid water-based paint go through the borough's hazardous waste collection program; solidified water-based paint may go in the trash. Checked October 26, 2026.