Facility details
- Address
- 105 E Court St
Rockwell City, IA 50579 - Phone
- (712) 297-8322
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Calhoun County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110036243240
Programs on file: IDNR_EFD 310539316
EPA record updated 2011-07-07
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
- Metro Waste Authority RCC Transfer Station 2.4 mi · Rockwell City, IA
- Was Broken Pallet Company, Inc. Recycling 17.4 mi · Moorland, IA
- Sac Area Recycling Center Recycling 19.0 mi · Sac City, IA
- D & L Metal Recycling LLC Recycling 23.5 mi · Fort Dodge, IA
- Cherokee Co RCC, Sac County Landfill and Recycling Drop-off Site & Transfer Station Landfill 23.8 mi · Sac City, IA
- Landfill of North Iowa RCC Landfill 23.8 mi · Pocohontas, IA
- Pocahontas County Transfer Station Transfer Station 23.9 mi · Pocahontas, IA
- Frank's Auto & Truck Salvage Recycling 24.3 mi · Fort Dodge, IA
- North Central Iowa Regional Sanitary Landfill, Ft. Dodge RCC/North Central Iowa Landfill 24.3 mi · Fort Dodge, IA
Nearest landfill: Cherokee Co RCC, Sac County Landfill and Recycling Drop-off Site & Transfer Station, Sac City — 23.8 mi
Area served
Serves Rockwell City, Jolley, Knierim, Lohrville, Somers, Lake City, Manson, Lytton, Pomeroy, Farnhamville, Auburn, Lanesboro.
County context
One of 1 recycling centers in Calhoun County, IA.
ZIP 50579 population 3,176.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)