Buena Vista County Solid Waste & Recycle Center
Storm Lake, IA
Facility details
- Address
- 1263 630th St
Storm Lake, IA 50588 - Phone
- (712) 732-7171
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- bvcorecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Buena Vista County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
- Also listed as
- Buena Vista & Cherokee Counties Recycle Center
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110036163610
Programs on file: Emissions inventory 5493111 · IDNR_EFD 310642501
EPA record updated 2017-06-01
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
- Pop's Can and Bottle Redemption Center Recycling 6.9 mi · Alta, IA
- Warren's Metal Recycling Recycling 11.0 mi · Schaller, IA
- Cherokee Co RCC, Sac County Landfill and Recycling Drop-off Site & Transfer Station Landfill 13.5 mi · Sac City, IA
- Sac Area Recycling Center Recycling 14.9 mi · Sac City, IA
- Cherokee and Buena Vista Household Hazardous Waste Agency Transfer Station 20.6 mi · Cherokee, IA
- Cherokee County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 20.6 mi · Cherokee, IA
- Bill's Bottles and Cans Recycling 22.1 mi · Cherokee, IA
- Ida County Landfill and Recycling Center Landfill 23.0 mi · Ida Grove, IA
- Landfill of North Iowa RCC Landfill 23.1 mi · Pocohontas, IA
- Pocahontas County Transfer Station Transfer Station 23.1 mi · Pocahontas, IA
Nearest landfill: Cherokee Co RCC, Sac County Landfill and Recycling Drop-off Site & Transfer Station, Sac City — 13.5 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Garbage Hauling Service3.7 mi · Storm Lake, IA · 4 drivers
- Junk Terminator LLC10.6 mi · Early, IA · 1 driver
- Ida County Sanitation Inc24.8 mi · Ida Grove, IA · 1 driver
- Schau Towing & Salvage Inc24.8 mi · Ida Grove, IA · 8 drivers
Area served
Serves Storm Lake, Nemaha, Newell, Truesdale, Schaller, Alta, Early, Rembrandt, Varina, Albert City, Galva, Sac City.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Buena Vista County, IA.
1 waste hauler in Buena Vista County, IA.
ZIP 50588 at a glance
- Population
- 13,431 (37 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 32
- Households
- Median income $70,906 · 36% earn six figures
- Housing
- 69% owner-occupied · median home value $187,108 · median rent $897
- Workforce
- 69% labor-force participation · 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)