What has the ASWCD for the communities of Anchorage, Girdwood, Portage, Eagle River, Chugiak, Birchwood, and Eklutna lately?

1. What Have We Done Lately??

2. Peters Creek Flooding
…and blasting…and construction

10. Spring 2006 2008, post-construction
1980 – same bend in the creek

16. Community Events & Education

17. The ASWCD Forage Directory, a comprehensive list of local producers
Estimated
to ns per year
Seaso nal
variability
Yard Waste (commercial and household) 13,373 1
summer
Wo o d M aterial fro m A ncho rage Wo o dlo t 2,500 2
summer
C o nstructio n, D emo litio n and Land C learing Waste (wo o d fractio n o nly) 10,000 1,4
summer
P allets 4,500 3
year round
Other Wo o d Waste 15,748 1
year round
F o o d Waste (commercial and household) 24,174 1
year round
B arn Waste (manure and bedding, primarily horses) 43,800 5
year round
P aper
- N ewspaper 15,787 1
year round
- C o rrugated C ardbo ard 31,520 1
year round
- M ixed P aper 51,899 1
year round
B io so lids (from wastewater treatment) 20,000 year round
2
Anchorage Soil and Water Conservation District
Summary of Organic Waste Composition Data for Anchorage
1
Sound Resource M anagement, Waste Flow Analysis and Background Document, Working Draft , August 8, 1998. This waste flow analysis and background document was produced as a
preparatory step to the Anchorage Waste Reduction and Recycling Task Force's planning process. The report summarizes information available at that time, including four analyses of
Anchorage municipal solid waste composition conducted in 1997, 1982, 1978 and 1972 on waste delivered to M OA transfer facilities.
3
Larson, Eric, and Patricia DeRoche, Potential Supplies and Costs of Waste Wood and Paper in Southcentral Alaska , Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska
Anchorage, July 1996.
4
Estimate based on assumption wood accounts for between 13%and 21%of construction, demolition and land clearing waste. Other fractions of this waste stream may also be
compostable.
5
Estimate based on an Anchorage horse population of 4,000 animals, and an average daily production rate of manure and bedding of 60 pounds per horse per day, as per Penn State
College of Agricultural Sciences publication, Horse Stable M anure M anagement , 2002.
Research and Publications

18. Annual Poster Contest
for all K-12 students

20. Kincaid Sand Dunes & Coastal Refuge Cleanup

23. Composting 101 Classes

24. ….so can backyard composting

25. Conservation Planning and
Getting Your Horse Property
Compliant In 3 Steps or Less
Understanding the Large Animal Ordinance

30. Assistance with Property Owner & Area Issues, New Management Methods