Community Spotlight

Our new Community Spotlight feature will bring you regular stories of the communities that are helping us develop Backhaul Alaska to the program we all envision.

2025 Backhaul Alaska Annual Report

July 18th, 2026

For 2025, the Program looked to build off the progress made in “hub & spoke” development, enroll additional communities, and continue the regional collection events. As performed in previous years, BAP looked to continue providing training opportunities, supplies, and technical assistance to rural AK communities looking to backhaul hard-to-manage materials such as e-scrap, lead acid batteries, and Universal Waste lamps.

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2025: The Work Continues: Backhaul Alaska In The News

May 16th, 2025

Given that most Alaska communities are scattered throughout this vast state and accessible only by air, boat or seasonal roads, waste management is a constant challenge, and certainly not something thought about every day.

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