Facility details
- Address
- 4185 SE Beisser Dr
Grimes, IA 50111 - Phone
- (515) 244-0021
- Website
- whereitshouldgo.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Polk 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
- Metro Northwest Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.2 mi · Grimes, IA
- Electronic Asset Security Recycling 1.1 mi · Urbandale, IA
- Sparta Waste Services Recycling 2.1 mi · Urbandale, IA
- Metro Recycling Center Recycling 7.3 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Scrap Processors Inc - Des Moines Metals 9.3 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Metro Waste Authority Recycling Drop-off Site - Polk City Recycling 9.4 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Ankeny Bottle and Can Recycling 9.6 mi · Ankeny, IA
- A-TEC Recycling Recycling 9.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Midwest Product Destruction & Recycling Services Recycling 9.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Droppett Recycling 9.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
Nearest landfill: South Dallas County Sanitary Landfill, Adel — 13.5 mi
Area served
Serves Urbandale, Clive, Grimes, Johnston, Windsor Heights, Des Moines, Waukee, West Des Moines, Granger, Dallas Center, Ankeny, Polk City.
County context
One of 28 recycling centers in Polk County, IA.
ZIP 50111 population 16,254.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)