Recycling

Recycle to save our Natural Resources and reduce your waste Recycling Starts with all of us...
It saves natural resources, energy, and reduces pollution. Find out what you can recycle in your community. After you recycle, finish a job well done and buy recycled!

lear Lake Clear Lake Recycling   Manly 641-454-3090
Coulter 641-866-6942   Mason City Mason City Recycling
Dougherty 641-794-3334   Meservey 641-358-6408
Forest City 800-222-6214   Nora Springs 641-749-7777
Garner 641-923-2588   Northwood Northwood Recycling
Geneva 641-456-5624   Plymouth 641-696-7777
Grafton 641-748-2970   Popejoy 515-852-4327
Hampton 641-456-4853   Rockfalls 641-696-3455
Hanlontown 641-896-3791   Rockwell 641-822-4906
Hansell 641-456-5460   Sheffield Sheffield Recycling
Joice 641-588-3440   Swaledale 641-995-2214
Kensett 641-845-2388   Thornton 641-998-2415
Klemme 641-587-2018   Ventura 641-829-3861
Latimer Latimer Recycling      

ERECYCLING = Recycling Electronics

 

Type of Electronic: Cost
TVs, Monitors, CRTs, Laptops, Copiers (stand-alone) $13.00/each
Printers and Desktop Copiers $4.00/each

 

Electronics accepted at no cost:

Computer hard drives (towers), Keyboards, Input devices, Scanners, Video/Surveillance cameras, Fax machines, Stereos, DVD players, CD players, VCRs, Cordless phones, Cell Phones, Speakers, Glucose meters, Digital cameras, Projectors, etc. $0.00

 

 COMPOST – Nature’s recycling process

 Compost is a dark, crumbly, and earthy smelling form of decomposing organic matter. Anything that was once living can be composted. At the Landfill of North Iowa we compost yardwastes such as grass clippings, leaves, and plant remains.

It takes over 15 months for these materials to decompose into good usable compost. It is than screened to remove debris and large pieces of wood. Once screening is completed, the compost is ready for use. Residents of our service area may then load and take this compost at no cost.

Compost can be used to enrich flowerbeds and gardens, to improve the soil around trees and shrubs, and as soil amendment for house plants.


WOODWASTE Diversion Program


Woodwaste is made up of discarded materials from processes such as door and window manufacturing, cabinet manufacturing, pallet reclamation, and other wood related processes. Only kiln dried processed wood can be utilized

Wood is a natural, organic material that can easily be recycled. North Iowa businesses generate over 6000 tons of woodwaste each year. Prior to 1997, all of this wood was buried in the landfill, taking up valuable landfill space. Most woodwaste can be easily separated at the source. Wood is a renewable resource, but has historically been abused. Being an organic material, woodwaste can actually be reused in a variety of ways.

Manufacturers that generate woodwaste are offered a 50% reduction in tipping fees for separated, clean, grindable woodwaste. This has helped divert over 130 tons of wood from being landfilled each week. Wood is delivered to the processing area and stock piled prior to grinding. Initial grinding is done with a 2 1/2 inch screen. Secondary grinding (for animal bedding) is done with a 3/4 inch screen. Woodchip product is used on Landfill property, offered to the public, and sold to animal bedding companies.

Please call for availability.