Poweshiek County Transfer Station Scale House
Malcom, IA
Facility details
- Address
- 1163 Highway 6
Malcom, IA 50157 - Phone
- (641) 528-2801
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- sciswa.org
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Poweshiek County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110045955418
Programs on file: IDNR_EFD 310203702
EPA record updated 2016-05-11
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 Waste Authority RCC - Poweshiek Transfer Sta Transfer Station same site · Malcom, IA
- Poweshiek County Transfer Station Transfer Station same site · Malcom, IA
- Poweshiek County SLF Landfill same site · Malcolm, IA
- City of Victor Community Recycling Center Recycling 13.4 mi · Victor, IA
- Tama Co Sanitary Landfill & Recycling Drop-off Site, Cedar Rapids/Linn Co SWA Landfill 19.4 mi · Toledo, IA
Nearest landfill: Poweshiek County SLF, Malcolm — same site
Waste haulers nearby
- E R Recycling12.3 mi · Tama, IA · 1 driver
- Alden Trucking and Salvage LLC17.9 mi · Belle Plaine, IA · 1 driver
- Bruce Guyer Salvage Inc22.0 mi · New Sharon, IA · 1 driver
- Roggentien's Salvage24.3 mi · Marengo, IA · 3 drivers
- Gralnek-Dunitz Co Inc24.9 mi · Newton, IA · 3 drivers
Area served
Serves Malcom, Brooklyn, Grinnell, Montezuma, Hartwick, Tama, Guernsey, Chelsea, Victor, Searsboro.
County context
One of 3 transfer stations in Poweshiek County, IA.
ZIP 50157 at a glance
- Population
- 473 (3 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 44
- Households
- Median income $115,000 · 58% earn six figures
- Housing
- 82% owner-occupied · median rent $638
- Workforce
- 67% labor-force participation · 0.4% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)