Iowa City Landfill & Recycling

How you store produce matters! Apples, tomatoes, citrus fruits, and bananas should be kept separate from other produce to prevent speedy ripening. To prevent potato sprouting, keep potatoes and onions separate, and place an apple with potatoes. Learn more tips at https://table2table.org/keep-your-food-fresh-longer/.

Fun fact: "Container glass is 100% recyclable, can be recycled endlessly, and is a primary ingredient in fiberglass insulation and new glass containers."

Thanks for the info, Ripple Glass!! Learn how to recycle glass in Iowa City at www.icgov.org/recycle.

⚠️ Don't throw batteries in the trash! ⚠️

Batteries in the trash lead to landfill fires. Some gadgets might not look like batteries, but batteries inside those devices are what power them. Properly dispose of those batteries at any local drop-off location listed at www.icgov.org/hhm. If you have electronics that need to be recycled, visit www.icgov.org/recycle for more info.

Got used motor oil? Johnson County, Kalona, and Riverside residents can recycle it via City oil recycling programs at no cost. Leave sealed, labeled containers (must be less than 5-gallon size) in the Oil Recycling Sheds at either location:

East Side: www.icgov.org/esrc
Landfill: www.icgov.org/landfill

A reminder that Styrofoam is not recyclable ❌ and should be placed in the regular trash.

Keeping non-recyclable items like Styrofoam out of recycling helps to keep recycling loads clean and ensures they get successfully recycled!

Fun fact: "Recycling just one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours. (Imagine how long it would light an LED!)"

Thanks for the info, Ripple Glass!! Learn how to recycle glass in Iowa City at www.icgov.org/recycle.

City of Iowa City administrative offices and other facilities will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

❌ Landfill and Recycling Center: Closed.
✅ Refuse, recycling, and composting will be collected on Labor Day. Residents on the Monday route should have their materials at the curb by 7 a.m.

Hey Johnson County community! A friendly reminder that Saturdays are a very busy day to visit the landfill, so follow these tips! 🚗🚛🚙🚛

Learn more at www.icgov.org/landfill.

Household cleaners, batteries, aerosols, paint, and more - hazardous materials can be properly disposed of at no cost to Johnson County residents at the Hazardous Material Collection Facility on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday form 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. each week. More at www.icgov.org/hhm.

Johnson County residents can safely dispose of medical syringes at no cost at the Hazardous Material Collection Facility during facility open hours (Thurs., Fri. and Sat., 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.). www.icgov.org/hhm

This facility will only accept syringes contained in a rigid plastic or metal container with a secure lid, such as laundry detergent bottles, medical syringe containers, or coffee cans. Syringes in cardboard boxes, plastic bags, thin plastic containers such as milk jugs, or other unsafe containers are NOT accepted and will be turned away.

Every ton of glass that’s recycled results in more than one ton of raw materials saved - including 1,300 lbs. of sand!

Thanks for the info, Ripple Glass!! Make a difference by recycling glass - learn more at www.icgov.org/recycle.

Happy National Dog Day! A friendly reminder that pet waste is not allowed in City of Iowa City's composting program and should be placed in the regular trash. For more composting information, please visit www.icgov.org/compost.

What plastic items can you recycle via City programs?

Because plastic items have complicated, varying chemistries, it is important to only place accepted, recyclable plastic items in your residential curbside recycling cart or at drop-off recycling locations to reduce recycling contamination. (More info: www.icgov.org/recycle)

Recycle these plastic bottles, jugs, and round tubs:
♻Milk jugs
♻Water, juice, or soda bottles
♻Laundry detergent jugs
♻Sour cream, cottage cheese, and butter tubs
♻Peanut butter jars
♻Lotion, soap, or shampoo bottles
♻Medicine or vitamin bottles
♻Yogurt cups or tubs

Not visited the Iowa City Landfill before? Watch this short video to learn about all the services offered from tire recycling to food waste composting and more!

Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center Tour The Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center offers waste, recycling, and composting programs to residents and businesses within Johnson County, Kalona, and R...

Since latex paint is not hazardous, it can be disposed of right at home once dried out or thickened! To thicken, mix in kitty litter, shredded paper, wood chips, or paint hardener until it gets to a cottage cheese consistency.

Curious about Iowa City's hazardous material collection program and how to use it? Check out this video to learn more:

Hazardous Material Collection Facility The Hazardous Material Collection Facility, located at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center, accepts materials at no cost from residents of Johnson Co...

Table to Table did an awesome job representing the Love Food, Fight Waste program at Rock the Chalk a few weeks back! Learn more about Love Food, Fight Waste at: www.icgov.org/lovefood

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! ♻

Recycling Info: www.icgov.org/recycle
Batteries Info: www.icgov.org/hhm

Hey Iowa City Curbside Customers! A reminder that yard waste bundles are allowed at the curb, but they do need to meet these specifications:

🌿18 inches maximum diameter
🌿48 inches maximum length
🌿50 pounds weight limit per bundle
🌿Securely tie each bundle with natural twine or string (no plastic varieties allowed)

Hey Iowa City Curbside Customers! Recycle these items in your blue-top cart:

✅ Cardboard and paper: corrugated cardboard (flatten and size to maximum of 2 x 2 feet), softcover books, waxy cartons, clean pizza boxes (no food residue), and mixed paper
✅ Metal cans and foil: aluminum foil in 2-inch ball minimum. Items should be empty & rinsed.
✅ Plastic bottles and jugs: items should be empty and rinsed. Leave caps on!

Learn more: www.icgov.org/recycle

On Sunday, July 21, 2024, the City of Iowa City hosted the Donation Drive-Thru event at the Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp in Downtown Iowa City. In a span of four hours, over 10,000 pounds of recyclable or usable goods were saved from the landfill. Items were either recycled or provided to Donation Drive-Thru’s non-profit partner organizations. Here is an overview of some of the materials recycled or donated:

♻ 268 pounds of batteries
♻ 16 pounds of light bulbs
♻ 245 pounds of food and toiletry items
♻ 1,475 pounds of books
♻ 1,480 pounds of mattresses and box springs
♻ 2,145 pounds of clothing and shoes
♻ 520 pounds of household items
♻ 550 pounds of appliances
♻ 3,470 pounds of furniture

Learn more: www.icgov.org/donate

A big thank you to Crowded Closet for providing a warm welcome to Iowa City Recycling during our visit this morning for a tour, meeting with volunteers, and to learn more about the many recycling programs they have in place! Thank you for all the dedicated and amazing work that you do to reduce, reuse, and recycle within our Iowa City community!

Backyard Abundance has a number of awesome Upcoming Events happening over the next month from yoga to forest bathing to learning about local species! Check them out at the link below.

Backyard Abundance Backyard Abundance helps people create and experience environmentally-healthy landscapes.

We love working with Antelope Lending Library, our local independent, non-profit bookmobile library! Thank you for helping us to keep usable, quality books out of the landfill at the Donation Drive-Thru event this year!

We were so thrilled to have Crowded Closet partner with us at Donation Drive-Thru for clothing donations! We are so lucky to have such a great local, non-profit thrift store in our community! Thank you for helping us to keep usable items out of the landfill!