Iowa Landfills & Transfer Stations
Where to dump in Iowa, county by county and city by city, with the real hours and fees from each landfill agency's own pages. 93 sites statewide from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' permit records: landfills, transfer stations, household hazardous materials centers, citizen convenience centers and compost sites.
Iowa counties and cities
How disposal works in Iowa
Iowa is divided into solid waste planning areas, and most are served by a county or regional landfill agency: the Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency, the Metro Waste Authority around Des Moines, the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency and the Waste Commission of Scott County among them. Each sets its own prices, usually a flat fee or small minimum for a carload ($12 to $22 is common) and $40 to $53 a ton for bigger loads.
Many Iowa landfills only take waste from their own service area, so check before you drive to another county. And sort your load: yard waste, tires, appliances, car batteries, used oil and TVs are kept out of the trash and handled separately, usually for a fee.
We're writing Iowa up place by place: 8 are live, and our guide to what it costs to dump in Iowa puts their rates side by side. The finder covers the state's permitted public sites.