Facility details
- Address
- 2510 172nd Ave
Decorah, IA 52101 - Phone
- (563) 382-6514
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- winneshiekwaste.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Winneshiek 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
- Winneshiek County Sanitary Landfill Landfill 6.1 mi · Decorah, IA
- Clayton County Recycling Recycling 22.9 mi · Monona, IA
- ABC Redemption Recycling 23.7 mi · West Union, IA
Nearest landfill: Winneshiek County Sanitary Landfill, Decorah — 6.1 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Malcom Enterprises Inc4.2 mi · Decorah, IA · 6 drivers
- Reliable Dumpster Services Inc4.2 mi · Decorah, IA · 2 drivers
- C&Y Flowters Septic Pumping LLC4.2 mi · Decorah, IA · 1 driver
- Shimek Sanitation11.1 mi · Calmar, IA · 2 drivers
- Ness Pumping Service13.0 mi · Waukon, IA · 6 drivers
Area served
Serves Decorah, Calmar, Ossian, Ridgeway, Spillville, Waukon, Castalia, Dorchester.
County context
The only listed recycling center in Winneshiek County, IA.
4 waste haulers in Winneshiek County, IA.
ZIP 52101 at a glance
- Population
- 12,706 (16 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 44
- Households
- Median income $73,484 · 36% earn six figures
- Housing
- 71% owner-occupied · median home value $271,428 · median rent $883
- Workforce
- 63% labor-force participation · 3.1% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)