Facilities

The Transfer Station and Recycling Center is the facility from which city operations such as garbage collection, composting, and recycling are managed. The Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency monitor landfills and pollution of local cities and towns. Every city is required to abide by the guidelines that they lay out.

In December 1991, with the landfill near Stockton reaching maximum capacity and the passing of the Iowa Waste Volume Reduction and Recycling Act of 1989, the Muscatine City Council approved a recommendation to pursue the construction of a recycling center and transfer station at 1000 South Houser Street. Construction of a "state-of-the-art" complex began in July 1994. The official dedication ceremony was held October 28, 1995.

Statistics
Transfer Station
size: 24,200 square feet
use: refuse dumping area, some recyclable sorting, loading of transfer semi-trailers

Recycling Center
size: 13,600 square feet
use: receiving, sorting, bailing and shipping of all recyclables
operated by City Carton Co. of Iowa City

Administration Wing
size: 10,500 square feet
use: management offices, receptionist/scale operator, shower/locker rooms, break room, tipping floor viewing room/public meeting room

Equipment Garage
size:18,400 square feet
use: heated truck wash bay and maintenance area, heated storage for: refuse collection trucks, transfer trailers/tractors, recycling trailers, dumpsters

Items Accepted at the Transfer Station and Fees

Muscatine County Landfill