Facility details
- Address
- 2275 Dale Ave
Riceville, IA 50466 - Phone
- (641) 329-5356
- Website
- altertrading.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Howard County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110070690634
Programs on file: TRIS TRI_OFFSITE_117
Interest types: TRI REPORTER
EPA record updated 2025-05-05
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 Spring Valley Transfer Station 15.6 mi · Spring Valley, MN
- Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw Counties Sanitary Landfill Landfill 17.0 mi · Elma, IA
- Southern Minnesota Recycling Recycling 20.5 mi · Preston, MN
- Kwik Service Redemption Center Recycling 21.3 mi · Osage, IA
- LRS Stewartville Transfer Station Transfer Station 24.9 mi · Stewartville, MN
- SKB Recycling & Transfer Station Transfer Station 24.9 mi · Stewartville, MN
Nearest landfill: Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw Counties Sanitary Landfill, Elma — 17.0 mi
Area served
Serves Le Roy, MN, Chester, Riceville, McIntire, Ostrander, MN, Taopi, MN, Lime Springs, Adams, MN, Stacyville, Little Cedar, Spring Valley, MN, Elkton, MN.
County context
One of 1 recycling centers in Howard County, IA.
ZIP 50466 population 2,089.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)