Facility details
- Address
- 5890 70th Ave
Alta, IA 51002 - Phone
- (712) 299-4736
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Buena Vista 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
- Buena Vista County Solid Waste & Recycle Center Recycling 6.9 mi · Storm Lake, IA
- Warren's Metal Recycling Recycling 12.8 mi · Schaller, IA
- Cherokee and Buena Vista Household Hazardous Waste Agency Transfer Station 13.9 mi · Cherokee, IA
- Cherokee County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 13.9 mi · Cherokee, IA
- Bill's Bottles and Cans Recycling 15.4 mi · Cherokee, IA
- Cherokee Co RCC, Sac County Landfill and Recycling Drop-off Site & Transfer Station Landfill 19.3 mi · Sac City, IA
- Sac Area Recycling Center Recycling 21.5 mi · Sac City, IA
- Ida County Landfill and Recycling Center Landfill 22.5 mi · Ida Grove, IA
Nearest landfill: Cherokee County Sanitary Landfill, Cherokee — 13.9 mi
Area served
Serves Alta, Storm Lake, Truesdale, Aurelia, Rembrandt, Schaller, Galva, Nemaha, Newell.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Buena Vista County, IA.
ZIP 51002 population 2,866.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)