Muscatine County Recycling Center and Transfer Station
Muscatine, IA
Facility details
- Address
- 1000 S Houser St
Muscatine, IA 52761 - Phone
- (563) 263-9689
- Website
- muscatineiowa.gov
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Muscatine 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
- Muscatine County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 0.3 mi · Muscatine, IA
- Rich Metals Muscatine Iowa Recycling 3.0 mi · Muscatine, IA
- Muscatine Redemption Recycling 3.3 mi · Muscatine, IA
- Gerdau-Wilton Steel Mill Metals 12.7 mi · Wilton, IA
- C.B.M. Trading, Inc - Iowa Recycling 13.0 mi · Wilton, IA
- Scrap Daddy Metal Recycling Recycling 13.2 mi · Wilton, IA
- City of Wilton Recycling Center Recycling 13.4 mi · Wilton, IA
- Muscatine County SLF Landfill 14.7 mi · Blue Grass, IA
- Louisa County Transfer Station Transfer Station 17.5 mi · Wapello, IA
- Rich Metals Co Recycling 17.7 mi · Blue-Grass, IA
Nearest landfill: Muscatine County Sanitary Landfill, Muscatine — 0.3 mi
Area served
Serves Muscatine, Fruitland, Illinois City, IL, Letts, Grandview, New Boston, IL, Nichols, Moscow, Buffalo Prairie, IL, Atalissa, Montpelier, Wilton.
County context
One of 7 recycling centers in Muscatine County, IA.
ZIP 52761 population 29,800.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)