Metro Northwest Transfer Station
Grimes, IA
Facility details
- Address
- 4105 SE Beisser Dr
Grimes, IA 50111 - Phone
- (515) 244-0021
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- whereitshouldgo.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Polk County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110060246791
Programs on file: IDNR_EFD 312393105
EPA record updated 2016-02-03
About this facility
A transfer station is a staging point in the solid-waste system. Collection trucks, roll-off haulers and in many places residents with a pickup load drop waste on a tipping floor, where it is consolidated into larger transfer trailers or rail containers and moved to a landfill, waste-to-energy plant or recycling facility. Haulers use transfer stations to keep route trucks working locally instead of driving to a distant disposal site. Some transfer stations are open to the public, while many municipal sites are restricted to residents with a permit or sticker. Larger sites weigh loads and charge by the ton; smaller ones charge per bag or per item. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead, especially for bulky items, construction debris, tires, appliances or anything that may be restricted.
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Metro Recycling Facility Recycling 0.2 mi · Grimes, IA
- Electronic Asset Security Recycling 1.3 mi · Urbandale, IA
- Sparta Waste Services Recycling 2.2 mi · Urbandale, IA
- Metro Recycling Center Recycling 7.5 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Scrap Processors Inc - Des Moines Metals 9.5 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Metro Waste Authority Recycling Drop-off Site - Polk City Recycling 9.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Ankeny Bottle and Can Recycling 9.8 mi · Ankeny, IA
- A-TEC Recycling Recycling 9.9 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Midwest Product Destruction & Recycling Services Recycling 9.9 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Droppett Recycling 9.9 mi · Des Moines, IA
Nearest landfill: South Dallas County Sanitary Landfill, Adel — 13.3 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Midstate Rolloff LLC2.1 mi · Urbandale, IA · 2 drivers
- dba Junk King Des Moines2.1 mi · Urbandale, IA · 2 drivers
- Bin There Dump That2.8 mi · Clive, IA · 3 drivers
- Trash Collection of Iowa LLC2.8 mi · Clive, IA · 4 drivers
- College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving Iowa2.8 mi · Clive, IA · 7 drivers
Area served
Serves Urbandale, Clive, Grimes, Johnston, Windsor Heights, Des Moines, Waukee, West Des Moines, Granger, Dallas Center, Ankeny, Polk City.
County context
One of 5 transfer stations in Polk County, IA.
48 waste haulers in Polk County, IA.
ZIP 50111 at a glance
- Population
- 16,865 (259 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 36
- Households
- Median income $120,769 · 60% earn six figures
- Housing
- 72% owner-occupied · median home value $309,280 · median rent $1,251
- Workforce
- 78% labor-force participation · 1.9% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)