Facility details
- Address
- 2401 Scott Blvd SE, Iowa City, IA 52240
Iowa City, IA 52240 - Phone
- (319) 887-6160
- Website
- icgov.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Johnson County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- City of Iowa E Side Recycling Center
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
- East Side Recycling Center Recycling same site · Iowa City, IA
- The Can Shed Recycling 2.3 mi · Iowa City, IA
- Russell's Salvage and Recycling Incorporated Recycling 3.2 mi · Iowa City, IA
- Ace Auto Recyclers Recycling 3.2 mi · Iowa City, IA
- Petersen Iron & Metal MetalsRecycling 5.1 mi · Coralville, IA
- City Of Iowa City Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center Landfill 7.6 mi · Iowa City, IA
- North Liberty Can Center Recycling 10.5 mi · North Liberty, IA
- Cedar County Transfer Station Transfer Station 19.6 mi · Tipton, IA
- Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Transfer Station 20.1 mi · Homestead, IA
- Iowa County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 20.1 mi · Homestead, IA
Nearest landfill: City Of Iowa City Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center, Iowa City — 7.6 mi
Area served
Serves Iowa City, Hills, Coralville, West Branch, Lone Tree, Tiffin, West Liberty, Solon, North Liberty, Riverside, Kalona, Oxford.
County context
One of 7 recycling centers in Johnson County, IA.
ZIP 52240 population 36,046.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)