Facility details
- Address
- 4300 Indianola Ave
Des Moines, IA 50320 - Phone
- (515) 494-5050
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- desmoinesjunk.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Polk County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
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.
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- Waste Management of Iowa Des Moines Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.8 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Scrap Processors Inc Recycling 3.0 mi · Des Moines, IA
- The ReWall Company, LLC Recycling 3.0 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Recycling, Inc. Recycling 3.1 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Greenstar Recycling Recycling 3.1 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Scrap Processors Inc - Des Moines Metals 3.3 mi · Des Moines, IA
- DataShield Recycling 4.8 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Metro Waste Authority Recycling Drop-off Site - Polk City Recycling 5.2 mi · Des Moines, IA
Nearest landfill: Metro Park E Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center Drop-off, Mitchellville — 13.2 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Tims Hauling Now and Demolition1.2 mi · Des Moines, IA · 1 driver
- Container Services1.7 mi · Des Moines, IA · 1 driver
- Ecowaste Management LLC3.2 mi · Des Moines, IA · 6 drivers
- Salvage Squad Junk Removal4.4 mi · Des Moines, IA · 1 driver
- Rolloffs of Des Moines4.4 mi · Des Moines, IA · 18 drivers
Area served
Serves Des Moines, Pleasant Hill, Windsor Heights, West Des Moines, Carlisle, Norwalk, Berwick, Altoona, Urbandale, Runnells, Cumming, Clive.
County context
One of 28 recycling centers in Polk County, IA.
48 waste haulers in Polk County, IA.
ZIP 50320 at a glance
- Population
- 24,807 (570 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 34
- Households
- Median income $85,105 · 41% earn six figures
- Housing
- 74% owner-occupied · median home value $212,445 · median rent $1,166
- Workforce
- 76% labor-force participation · 7.2% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)