Facility details
- Address
- 2608 170th St
Traer, IA 50675 - Phone
- (319) 214-5272
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Tama 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
- Tama Co Sanitary Landfill & Recycling Drop-off Site, Cedar Rapids/Linn Co SWA Landfill 12.7 mi · Toledo, IA
- Black Hawk County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 16.5 mi · Waterloo, IA
- Cedar Falls Transfer Station Transfer Station 19.5 mi · Cedar Falls, IA
- Iowa Metal Recycling Recycling 21.5 mi · Evansdale, IA
- Cedar Valley Recycling and Transfer Transfer Station 21.5 mi · Waterloo, IA
- Metro Area Redemption Recycling 21.5 mi · Cedar Falls, IA
- R's Redemption Center Recycling 21.6 mi · Waterloo, IA
- Aline Eds Recycling 21.9 mi · Waterloo, IA
- A-Line EDS Recycling 22.0 mi · Waterloo, IA
- IWE Service Area #3 Recycling 22.0 mi · Waterloo, IA
Nearest landfill: Tama Co Sanitary Landfill & Recycling Drop-off Site, Cedar Rapids/Linn Co SWA, Toledo — 12.7 mi
Area served
Serves Traer, Buckingham, Clutier, Dysart, Toledo, Hudson, Gladbrook, Reinbeck, Lincoln, Elberon, Vining, Garrison.
County context
One of 1 recycling centers in Tama County, IA.
ZIP 50675 population 2,323.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)