Metro Waste Authority Recycling Drop-off Site - Polk City
Des Moines, IA
Facility details
- Address
- 301 E Northside Dr
Des Moines, IA 50316 - Phone
- (515) 244-0021
- Website
- whereitshouldgo.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Polk County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- EPA
- 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.
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- Liberty Tire Recycling LLC Recycling 1.1 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity ReStore Recycling 1.3 mi · Des Moines, IA
- K & B Redemption Center - 2021 Recycling 1.3 mi · Des Moines, IA
Nearest landfill: Metro Park E Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center Drop-off, Mitchellville — 13.4 mi
Area served
Serves Des Moines, Berwick, Windsor Heights, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, Ankeny, Altoona, Johnston, West Des Moines, Clive, Bondurant, Grimes.
County context
One of 28 recycling centers in Polk County, IA.
ZIP 50316 population 16,188.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)