Facility details
- Address
- 12050 W State St
Mason City, IA 50401 - Phone
- (641) 424-9521
- Website
- altertrading.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cerro Gordo County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110024523577
Programs on file: AIR IA0000001903300244 · Air program 1903300244 · IDNR_EFD 310925069
Interest types: AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR
EPA record updated 2025-05-12
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
- River City Bins Recycling 1.9 mi · Mason City, IA
- Mason City Recycling Center Recycling 3.4 mi · Mason City, IA
- Landfill of North Iowa Landfill 3.6 mi · Clear Lake, IA
- B20 Auto Recycling 7.3 mi · Clear Lake, IA
- Buck's Recycling Recycling 9.2 mi · Manly, IA
- Worth County Recycle Center Recycling 14.6 mi · Kensett, IA
- Olive Ave Redemption Recycling 22.6 mi · Sheffield, IA
- Kwik Service Redemption Center Recycling 22.9 mi · Osage, IA
- Central Disposal Landfill Landfill 23.3 mi · Lake Mills, IA
Nearest landfill: Landfill of North Iowa, Clear Lake — 3.6 mi
Area served
Serves Mason City, Clear Lake, Manly, Rock Falls, Plymouth, Rockwell, Nora Springs, Hanlontown, Swaledale, Ventura, Fertile, Kensett.
County context
One of 4 recycling centers in Cerro Gordo County, IA.
ZIP 50401 population 28,818.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)