Facility details
- Address
- 5820 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50014 - Phone
- (515) 207-0297
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- abccans.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Story 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.
Nearby facilities
- City of Ames Resource Recovery Center MRF 4.7 mi · Ames, IA
- Jerry Carney and Sons Metals 5.7 mi · Ames, IA
- Can Depot Recycling 9.8 mi · Boone, IA
- Boone County Recycling Center Recycling 10.5 mi · Boone, IA
- Boone County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 11.3 mi · Boone, IA
- Ankeny Bottle and Can Recycling 21.0 mi · Ankeny, IA
Nearest landfill: Boone County Sanitary Landfill, Boone — 11.3 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Automotive Lift Services Purple Cow Junk Removal & Home Services5.7 mi · Ames, IA · 1 driver
- Bell Salvage5.7 mi · Ames, IA · 2 drivers
- Molitor Construction LLC9.3 mi · Boone, IA · 5 drivers
- Molitor Construction LLC9.3 mi · Boone, IA · 3 drivers
- Milton Recycling & Roll-Off Services LLC9.3 mi · Boone, IA · 2 drivers
Area served
Serves Ames, Kelley, Luther, Gilbert, Boone, Madrid, Huxley, Sheldahl, Slater, Story City, Cambridge, Nevada.
County context
One of 3 recycling centers in Story County, IA.
3 waste haulers in Story County, IA.
ZIP 50014 at a glance
- Population
- 32,958 (235 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 23
- Households
- Median income $60,731 · 31% earn six figures
- Housing
- 37% owner-occupied · median home value $333,139 · median rent $1,065
- Workforce
- 69% labor-force participation · 7.1% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)