Facility details
- Address
- 400 1st St E
Independence, IA 50644 - Phone
- (319) 332-1204
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Buchanan County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Pop-A-Top Redemption Recycling 0.3 mi · Independence, IA
- Waste Management of Independence Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.9 mi · Independence, IA
- Oelwein Bottle & Can Recycling 14.9 mi · Oelwein, IA
- Iowa Metal Recycling Recycling 20.3 mi · Evansdale, IA
- Aline Eds Recycling 21.0 mi · Waterloo, IA
- A-Line EDS Recycling 21.1 mi · Waterloo, IA
- R's Redemption Center Recycling 21.7 mi · Waterloo, IA
- Cedar Valley Recycling and Transfer Transfer Station 21.8 mi · Waterloo, IA
- Rolos Pallets Recycling 22.3 mi · Waterloo, IA
- Black Hawk County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 22.7 mi · Waterloo, IA
Nearest landfill: Black Hawk County Sanitary Landfill, Waterloo — 22.7 mi
Area served
Serves Independence, Rowley, Quasqueton, Hazleton, Winthrop, Jesup, Brandon, Aurora, Stanley, Walker, Masonville.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Buchanan County, IA.
ZIP 50644 population 8,475.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)