Facility details
- Address
- 20482 M Ave
Eldora, IA 50627 - Phone
- (641) 939-5808
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Hardin County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- EPA
- 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
- Rural Iowa Sanitary Landfill Landfill same site · Eldora, IA
- Cash For Cans Recycling 8.0 mi · Iowa Falls, IA
- Plastic Recycling Of Iowa Falls Inc Recycling 10.1 mi · Iowa Falls, IA
- Grundy Co Electronic & Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Site Transfer Station 18.7 mi · Grundy Center, IA
- John's Auto Metals 22.5 mi · Aplington, IA
- Hamilton County Solid Waste, RCC Transfer Station 24.8 mi · Webster City, IA
Nearest landfill: Rural Iowa Sanitary Landfill, Eldora — same site
Area served
Serves Iowa Falls, Hubbard, Eldora, Steamboat Rock, Alden, New Providence, Radcliffe, Garden City, Ackley.
County context
One of 3 recycling centers in Hardin County, IA.
ZIP 50627 population 3,431.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)