Recycling in Sitka, AK
Sitka's transfer station at 205 Jarvis St. takes furniture, mattresses, TVs and e-waste (200 lbs a month free for residential customers). The Sawmill Cove scrap yard takes appliances, metal and tires with rims for per-pound or per-item charges on your utility bill, and Alaska Waste's Recycle Center on Sawmill Creek Road takes cardboard.
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Services for Sitka residents
- Sitka Transfer StationSitka
- Sitka Sawmill Cove Industrial Park Scrap YardSitka
- Sitka Recycle CenterSitka
- Sitka annual Household Hazardous Waste CollectionSitka
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Where this information comes from
Checked October 26, 2026
- City and Borough of Sitka: Disposal Locations and Rates FY2027 (PDF) (opens in new tab) · City and Borough of Sitka
- The Transfer Station at 205 Jarvis St. is open Monday-Saturday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; 200 lbs per month free to residential customers, then $0.1713/lb on the utility bill. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Furniture and mattresses, and tires without rims or small vehicle tires, are listed for the Transfer Station. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Televisions, monitors, microwaves and printers are listed for the Transfer Station. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Household batteries (not lithium) are listed for the Transfer Station. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Electronic waste is listed for the Transfer Station. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Sawmill Cove Industrial Park Scrap Yard, 4655 Sawmill Creek Rd., open Tuesday-Saturday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; $0.1344/lb unless noted, charged to your utility bill (bring it). Checked October 26, 2026.
- Freezers, refrigerators and air conditioners are $29.56 each. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Stoves, washers and dryers are $0.0921/lb. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Computer towers and laptops, and lithium batteries from cameras or computers, are listed for the scrap yard. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Copper, steel and tin, and microwaves, are listed for the scrap yard. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Tires with rims are accepted; heavy equipment tires are $37.63 each. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Sorted scrap iron is $0.0735/lb. Checked October 26, 2026.
- City and Borough of Sitka: Solid Waste (opens in new tab) · City and Borough of Sitka
- Alaska Waste runs the transfer station, recycling center and trash collection under contract with Sitka. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Corrugated cardboard and newspaper go in the same bin at the Recycle Center, 802 Sawmill Creek Road; no waxed boxes. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Sitka holds a two-day Hazardous Waste Collection event each spring, alongside the Spring Clean-up. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Household hazardous waste includes paints, cleaners, oils, batteries and pesticides. Checked October 26, 2026.
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