Facility details
- Address
- 225 1st St NE
Le Mars, IA 51031 - Phone
- (712) 546-5052
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Plymouth 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
- Van's Sanitation And Recycling Recycling 2.0 mi · Le Mars, IA
- Plymouth County Sanitary Landfill, SWA RCC and Transfer Station Landfill 3.2 mi · Le Mars, IA
- Recycling Your Electronics Recycling 19.7 mi · Sioux City, IA
- Sioux City Citizens Convenience Center, HHW Drop-off Site & RCC Transfer Station 20.9 mi · Sioux City, IA
- 1st Choice Recycling & Asset management Recycling 23.3 mi · South Sioux City, IA
- SCK Can Co. Recycling 23.7 mi · Sioux City, IA
- Recycletronics Recycling 23.8 mi · Sioux City, IA
- Siouxland Recovery - A Waste Cap NE Member Transfer Station 24.4 mi · Sioux City, IA
Nearest landfill: Plymouth County Sanitary Landfill, SWA RCC and Transfer Station, Le Mars — 3.2 mi
Area served
Serves Le Mars, Brunsville, Oyens, Merrill, Remsen, Maurice, Hinton, Ireton.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Plymouth County, IA.
ZIP 51031 population 12,785.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)