Artistic Waste Services Incorporated
Waste hauler in Des Moines, IA · 35 drivers · 27 trucks · USDOT 615731
Company details
- Address
- 1817 West Euclid Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50313 - Mailing address
- PO Box 697, Des Moines, IA 50303
- Phone
- (515) 262-4040
- County
- Polk County
- Business type
- Corporation
- USDOT number
- 615731 (active)
- FMCSA registered
- Since September 1995
- Operation
- Intrastate carrier · Private property (hauls its own cargo)
- Cargo on file
- Garbage, refuse
- Hazardous materials
- No
- Locations
- 1 location · operates in IA
- Data sources
- FMCSA Motor Carrier Census (24 Aug 2026)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-14
Fleet and drivers
- Drivers
- 35 (all CDL holders)
- Power units
- 27 trucks
- Driving radius
- Local (all drivers within 100 miles) (0 interstate, 35 intrastate)
- Fleet size band
- 26–50 drivers
Figures come from the carrier's own FMCSA registration filings and are self-reported.
Business categories
- Medical Waste Clean-Up
About this hauler
Artistic Waste Services Incorporated is a waste hauler based in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County. It has been registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration since 1995 (USDOT 615731) and files as an intrastate carrier hauling garbage, refuse. Its latest filing lists 35 drivers and 27 power units. It is listed under medical waste clean-up. The nearest transfer station is Metro Transfer Station, 2.5 miles away, and the nearest landfill is Metro Park E Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center Drop-off in Mitchellville, 14.9 miles away.
Nearby facilities
- A-TEC Recycling Recycling 1.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
- GKAT Reclamation Recycling 1.8 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Metro Recycling Center Recycling 2.2 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Silvercrest Recycling Inc Recycling 2.2 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Droppett Recycling 2.4 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Midwest Product Destruction & Recycling Services Recycling 2.4 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Metro Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.5 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Liberty Tire Recycling LLC Recycling 2.6 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Des Moines Scrap Metal Company Metals 2.6 mi · Des Moines, IA
- K & B Redemption Center - 2021 Recycling 2.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
Nearest landfill: Metro Park E Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center Drop-off, Mitchellville — 14.9 mi
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Area served
Based in Des Moines; towns within 15 miles: Des Moines, Berwick, Ankeny, Johnston, Windsor Heights, Urbandale, Altoona, Pleasant Hill, West Des Moines, Clive, Grimes, Bondurant.
County context
One of 47 waste haulers in Polk County, IA and one of 344 waste haulers in Iowa.
ZIP 50313 at a glance
- Population
- 17,440 (373 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 38
- Households
- Median income $68,361 · 24% earn six figures
- Housing
- 77% owner-occupied · median home value $174,982 · median rent $1,085
- Workforce
- 66% labor-force participation · 6.4% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Disposal options for this hauler
5 transfer stations and 28 recycling centers in Polk County.