Facility details
- Address
- 3101 W 18th St
Spencer, IA 51301 - Phone
- (712) 580-7270
- Website
- spenceriowacity.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Clay 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
- City of Spencer Transfer Station, Northern Prairie RCC Transfer Station 0.9 mi · Spencer, IA
- Spencer Can and Bottle Redemption Center, LLC Recycling 2.8 mi · Spencer, IA
- Shine Bros Corporation Recycling 3.2 mi · Spencer, IA
- Dickinson County RCC Recycling 12.1 mi · Milford, IA
- Dickinson Landfill Inc Landfill 15.9 mi · Spirit Lake, IA
- Northern Plains Regional Landfill Landfill 22.3 mi · Graettinger, IA
- Emmet County Transfer Station Transfer Station 24.5 mi · Estherville, IA
- Eglands Redemption Center Recycling 24.7 mi · Estherville, IA
- Palo Alto County Transfer Station Transfer Station 24.7 mi · Emmetsburg, IA
Nearest landfill: Dickinson Landfill Inc, Spirit Lake — 15.9 mi
Area served
Serves Spencer, Fostoria, Everly, Royal, Dickens, Greenville, Milford, Gillett Grove, Hartley, Arnolds Park, Ruthven.
County context
One of 3 recycling centers in Clay County, IA.
ZIP 51301 population 12,402.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)