Union County Transfer Station, Prairie Solid Waste RCC
Creston, IA
Facility details
- Address
- 1774 Lark Ave
Creston, IA 50801 - Phone
- (641) 347-5022
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- prairieswa.org
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Union County
- EPA Region
- 7
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110012797562, 110022692406
Programs on file: RCRA hazardous-waste handler IAR000500751 · Emissions inventory 3731811 · IDNR_EFD 311217019
Interest types: VSQG
EPA record updated 2017-10-17
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
- Charlie Brown Auto Ltd Metals 6.6 mi · Creston, IA
- sheley's redemption center Recycling 19.8 mi · Lenox, IA
- Winterset Redemption Center Recycling 23.9 mi · Winterset, IA
- Travis Iron and Metal Metals 24.9 mi · Corning, IA
Nearest landfill: South Central Iowa Sanitary Landfill, Metro Waste Authority RCC, Winterset — 25.8 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Wasteney Trucking16.5 mi · Ellston, IA · 1 driver
- Brandon Salvage17.6 mi · Lenox, IA · 1 driver
- Des Moines Dumpsters LLC22.0 mi · Winterset, IA · 2 drivers
- Southern Waste Handling Inc24.9 mi · Mount Ayr, IA · 1 driver
- B & M Recycling Inc24.9 mi · Mount Ayr, IA · 16 drivers
Area served
Serves Afton, Creston, Arispe, Shannon City, Cromwell, Thayer, Lorimor, Macksburg, Orient, Tingley.
County context
The only listed transfer station in Union County, IA.
ZIP 50801 at a glance
- Population
- 9,034 (17 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 40
- Households
- Median income $58,015 · 20% earn six figures
- Housing
- 69% owner-occupied · median home value $126,608 · median rent $716
- Workforce
- 58% labor-force participation · 3.4% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)