Self-Service Recycling Drop-Off

420 E. 2nd St. (north side of Resource Recovery) | Open 24/7 

NOW OPEN AND ACCEPTING RECYCLABLES!

Reduce Your Waste!

Expanded recycling options at the north side of the Resource Recovery Plant have experienced steady use since opening late last year. Various bins on the north side of the building, 420 E. Second St., now allow residents to dispose of:

• cardboard (boxes used for mailing should be broken down and flattened)
• mixed paper (including newspapers, magazines, junk mail, chip board, cracker/cereal boxes, greeting cards)
• metal (including beverage cans, food cans, tins)
• plastics with twist-off tops (including milk jugs, laundry detergent, dishwashing liquid, water bottles)
• food waste (no bones, plastic, diapers, aluminum foil)
• glass (no mirrors, cookware, window, or windshield glass)
• NOW RECYCLING CLOTHING AND SHOES

One way to help the new program be successful is to carefully sort recyclables. For example, plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam cannot be recycled and should be thrown in the trash.

Additional signage is being developed to clarify what items are accepted.

Materials sorted into the recycling bins are taken to Des Moines to be consolidated with similar items before being shipped to a company that recycles them. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waste hierarchy recommends individuals reduce the amount of waste they produce as the most important waste management action. The next preferred disposal method is recycling followed by energy production. For example, cardboard can be burned once, but it can be recycled five to seven times.

The recycling drop-off bins are open 24/7 for easy, convenient, year-round use. 

Recycling is available to Ames residences and businesses, through local companies:

Aspen Waste Systems of Iowa

515-974-1600

1800 E Euclid Avenue

Des Moines, IA, 50313

www.aspenwaste.com

*PROVIDES CURBSIDE RECYCLING FOR THEIR AMES CUSTOMERS*

515-233-1458

*PROVIDES CURBSIDE RECYCLING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS*

Bottle and can redemption is provided by:

Ames Bottle & Can

5820 Lincoln Hwy #106

Ames, IA 50014

515-207-0297

abccans.com