Facility details
- Address
- 160 N Crescent Rdg
Dubuque, IA 52003 - Phone
- (563) 585-1092
- Website
- makingcentsdbq.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Dubuque County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Making Cents
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
- Alter Metal Recycling - Dubuque Metals 0.9 mi · Dubuque, IA
- Key City Recycling Recycling 1.0 mi · Dubuque, IA
- Dittmer Recycling MRFRecycling 1.2 mi · Dubuque, IA
- Dubuque County RCC -Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency Transfer Station 2.9 mi · Dubuque, IA
- Dubuque Metropolitan SLF Landfill 3.5 mi · Dubuque, IA
- Dubuque Metropolitan Sanitary Landfill Landfill 4.0 mi · Dubuque, IA
- Sustainable Construction and Demolition Recycling 4.7 mi · Dubuque, IA
- Alter Metal Recycling - Dubuque Recycling 5.9 mi · Peosta, IA
- JR Recycling Recycling 6.1 mi · Peosta, IA
- T and T Iron and Metals Recycling 7.2 mi · East Dubuque, IL
Nearest landfill: Dubuque Metropolitan SLF, Dubuque — 3.5 mi
Area served
Serves Dubuque, Peosta, Durango, East Dubuque, IL, Kieler, WI, Sherrill, Epworth, Hazel Green, WI, Dickeyville, WI, Saint Donatus, La Motte, Potosi, WI.
County context
One of 8 recycling centers in Dubuque County, IA.
ZIP 52003 population 13,735.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)