Facility details
- Address
- 205 E 18th St Ste C
Des Moines, IA 50316 - Phone
- (515) 243-1696
- Website
- recyclinginc.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Polk County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Recycling
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
- The ReWall Company, LLC Recycling 0.1 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Waste Management of Iowa Des Moines Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.3 mi · Des Moines, IA
- SPI Appliance Recycling Center Recycling 0.8 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Wrench-N-Go-A Division of Alter Metal Recycling Metals 0.8 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Greenstar Recycling Recycling 1.2 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Scrap Processors Inc Recycling 1.5 mi · Des Moines, IA
- DataShield Recycling 1.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Scrap Processors Inc - Des Moines Metals 1.9 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Metro Waste Authority Recycling Drop-off Site - Polk City Recycling 2.2 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Alter Trading Corporation Metals 2.3 mi · Des Moines, IA
Nearest landfill: Metro Park E Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center Drop-off, Mitchellville — 12.6 mi
Area served
Serves Des Moines, Pleasant Hill, Berwick, Windsor Heights, Altoona, West Des Moines, Urbandale, Ankeny, Carlisle, Johnston, Norwalk, Clive.
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)