Facility details
- Address
- 4125 Pheasant Ave
Kensett, IA 50448 - Phone
- (641) 845-2200
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- worthcounty.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Worth County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110058404445
Programs on file: IDNR_EFD 312060325
EPA record updated 2016-09-29
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
- Buck's Recycling Recycling 5.4 mi · Manly, IA
- B20 Auto Recycling 14.2 mi · Clear Lake, IA
- River City Bins Recycling 14.5 mi · Mason City, IA
- Alter Metal Recycling - Mason City Recycling 14.6 mi · Mason City, IA
- Mason City Recycling Center Recycling 16.7 mi · Mason City, IA
- Landfill of North Iowa Landfill 17.1 mi · Clear Lake, IA
- Kwik Service Redemption Center Recycling 19.3 mi · Osage, IA
- Central Disposal Landfill Landfill 19.3 mi · Lake Mills, IA
- Infinite Recycled Technologies Recycling 19.8 mi · Albert Lea, MN
- Freeborn Co Environmental Services Transfer Station 21.7 mi · Albert Lea, MN
Nearest landfill: Landfill of North Iowa, Clear Lake — 17.1 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Madsen Concrete Septic Tank9.4 mi · Plymouth, IA · 1 driver
- Holt & Sons Sanitation14.3 mi · Mason City, IA · 8 drivers
- WM14.3 mi · Mason City, IA · 31 drivers
- Hewitt Hauling LLC14.3 mi · Mason City, IA · 4 drivers
- GRP & Associates Inc14.3 mi · Mason City, IA · 7 drivers
Area served
Serves Kensett, Manly, Grafton, Northwood, Plymouth, Carpenter, Hanlontown, Rock Falls, Saint Ansgar, Glenville, MN, Joice, Mason City.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Worth County, IA.
ZIP 50448 at a glance
- Population
- 620 (4 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 48
- Households
- Median income $62,059 · 29% earn six figures
- Housing
- 89% owner-occupied · median rent $650
- Workforce
- 63% labor-force participation · 1.8% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)