Delta Backhaul Company LLC

The DBC Mission

Delta Backhaul Company LLC (DBC) is a solid waste consultant organization focused on solid waste improvement projects and household hazardous waste (HHW) backhaul programs for rural Alaska. We listen to your needs for better solid waste management in the community. Delta Backhaul Company helps you from start to finish . . . and provides technical support long after the project is complete. Our top priority is to reduce your communities solid waste footprint and design a program that is economical and sustainable for the long haul. We achieve results by assisting communities with:

Transportation logistics 

Project management 

HHW & scrap metal backhaul 

Landfill clean-up 

Landfill fencing 

Heavy equipment repair & maintenance 

Waste oil furnace installation & maintenance 

Landfill operator training 

Public education & outreach 

DBC is dedicated to improving solid waste programs and implementing solutions for remote Villages throughout Alaska. Landfill improvement projects and HHW backhaul collection events will remain the primary focus of the organization as DBC strives to bring new innovations in solid waste management to the Kuskokwim. DBCs goal is to develop a regional backhaul program and to promote innovative solid waste solutions for the Kuskokwim. Future DBC environmental programs include: 

Marine debris collection events & backhaul 

Fish camp clean-up program 

Anti-freeze collection/backhaul program 

Prescription take back 

Household battery collection program 

DBC has developed a list of well-known hazardous material commonly found in homes, and staged in other area in remote villages. The backhaul program along with the help of an on-site backhaul coordinator and village volunteers will; collect, consolidate, package, containerize and ship material out of the communities for recycling, or disposal.

Our Experience

Doug Huntman owns and operates Delta Backhaul Company, a boutique solid waste organization that specializes in Extreme landfill clean-up and backhaul projects. In 2006, Doug’s solid waste journey began when he accepted a position as an Environment Program Specialist with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. He worked for 9 years as a regulator with the State before accepting a position as the Program Director for Green Star. Doug is still active with the Green Star Communities program and assists tribes throughout Alaska with their pollution prevention program. In 2018 Doug started Delta Backhaul Company to fill a niche of small rural solid waste implementation projects. He has traveled to over 160 villages in Alaska assisting both City governments and Tribes, throughout that experience he helped develop and now implements unique “out of the Box” solutions for solid waste projects with the goal to reduce landfill impacts and protect clean-drinking water and subsistence resources.