Facility details
- Address
- 2415 Emma St
Ottumwa, IA 52501 - Phone
- (641) 683-0685
- Website
- ottumwarecycles.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Wapello County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110014374836
Programs on file: IDNR_EFD 311217028 · IDNR_EFD 311217046 · NCDB I07#20050427IA008 1 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler IAR000502112
Interest types: COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
EPA record updated 2012-03-07
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
- Ottumwa Recycling Center Recycling 0.1 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Rosenman's Recycling 1.1 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Alter Metal Recycling - Ottumwa Recycling 4.0 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Ottumwa-Wapello County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 7.3 mi · Ottumwa, IA
- Mahaska County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 20.3 mi · Oskaloosa, IA
- Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Transfer Station 21.0 mi · Fairfield, IA
- SEMCO Southeast Multi-County Sanitary Landfill, Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Landfill 22.5 mi · Richland, IA
- Moravia Cash For Cans Recycling 23.6 mi · Moravia, IA
- Keokuk County Solid Waste and Recycling Center Recycling 23.7 mi · Sigourney, IA
- Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Transfer Station 24.5 mi · Sigourney, IA
Nearest landfill: Ottumwa-Wapello County Sanitary Landfill, Ottumwa — 7.3 mi
Area served
Serves Ottumwa, Agency, Chillicothe, Eldon, Kirkville, Floris, Batavia, Blakesburg, Hedrick, Drakesville, Martinsburg.
County context
One of 4 recycling centers in Wapello County, IA.
ZIP 52501 population 30,341.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)