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All homeowners within the city limits of Burlington, Danville, Des Moines County, Mediapolis, Middletown, Morning Sun, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Union, New London, Salem, W. Burlington, Westwood and Winfield have Curbside Recycling through the Des Moines County Regional Solid Waste Commission. Note : Cereal boxes are not accepted.  They may be dropped at City Carton, Mt. Pleasant, in the cardboard area).

 

Residents of Henry County have recycling through Whaley Waste systems. You can recycle at the same time you drop off your trash on your specified days or at Whaley Waste Systems.

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City Carton Recycling

Mt. Pleasant

301 N. Harvey

Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 52641

 

Phone (319) 385-7206

Toll Free 1-800-369-6112

Kevin Bumgarner, Facility Manager

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Recycling Facility Locations

Altoona

108 5th Avenue SW

Altoona, IA 50009

Phone (515) 967-6472

Toll Free 1-800-369-6112

 

Cedar Falls

1415 E. Dunkerton Road

Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Phone (319) 277-3464

Fax (319) 277-3465

Toll Free 1-800-866-9760

 

Cedar Rapids

901 Ingleside Drive SW

Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Phone (319) 362-8714

Fax (319) 364-4687

Toll Free 1-800-898-4320

Creston

1451 Highway 34 W

Creston, IA 50801

Phone (641) 782-6681

Fax (641) 782-6681

 

Iowa City

3 East Benton

Iowa City, IA 52240

Phone (319) 351-2848

Fax (319) 351-3818

Toll Free 1-800-369-6112

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Phone (319) 351-2848

Toll Free (800) 369-6112
Fax (319) 351-3818

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City Carton Recycling

Corporate Office

3 East Benton

Iowa City, Iowa  52240

Quad Cities

4002 Kimmel Drive

Davenport, IA 52802

Phone (563) 322-6530

Fax (563) 322-6944

Toll Free 1-866-322-6530

 

Muscatine

1000 S. Houser

Muscatine, IA 52761

Phone (563) 288-6956

Fax (563) 263-9688 

 

Mt. Pleasant

301 N. Harvey

Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641

Phone (319) 385-7206

Fax (319) 385-7207 

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Mt. Pleasant & Henry County

A Homeowner Guide to Recycling

Newspapers: Can be loose or tied with a string, put in paper bags or placed in a cardboard box, then placed in the drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 301 N. Harvey Place, Mt. Pleasant, IA.

Acceptable

Newspapers

Advertising Supplements

 

Note : Supplements that come in the newspapers can stay with the newspapers when recycled.

Not Acceptable

Magazines

Catalogs

Phone Books

Junk Mail

Envelopes

Books

Cereal Boxes

Anything with Glue

 

 

Magazines: Only slick or shiny magazines and catalogs accepted.

Acceptable

Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, Etc

Not Acceptable

TV Guide, Reader’s Digest, Tabloids

Phone books

 

 

Cardboard: Corrugated cardboard only. Please flatten and stack. Drop-off site available at City Carton Recycling, 301 N. Harvey Place, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa for residential community. The business community will need to call (319) 385-7206 for further details.

Acceptable

Boxes with staples, Brown paper sacks

Cereal boxes

Tissue boxes (remove liners)

Sacks with string

Not Acceptable

Wax-coated cardboard, Feed/seed sacks

Pop carriers, Anything with food scraps

 

 

Office Paper: Can be loose or tied with string, placed in boxes or put in paper bags. Then place in drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 301 N. Harvey Place, Mt. Pleasant.

Acceptable

Computer paper, Typing paper

Writing paper, Photocopy paper

Envelopes, Light pastel colored paper

File folders, Unwanted residential mail

Not Acceptable

Newspapers, Cardboard

Magazines, Books

Carbon paper/other sensitized paper

Blueprint paper, Film, Photographs

Tape, Glue, Metal objects (staples are ok)

 

 

NEW! Plastic Bottles & Jugs: Check the bottom of the container for the recycling logo. Inside the logo is a number identifying the type of plastic. Generally, plastics accepted for recycling in Cedar Falls are type 1-7. Please place in the proper recycling receptacle, these plastics tend to be:

Acceptable

Food containers

Shampoo bottles

Milk jugs

Detergent bottles

Bleach Jugs

Butter containers

Juice jugs

Yogurt containers

PET containers

High density polyethylene bottles & jars with seams across the bottom

Not Acceptable

Oil bottles

Toys

Laundry baskets

Styrofoam

Plastic bags

 etc.

Absolutely NO Syringes (hypodermic needles and lancets)

These items are not acceptable due to health risks to City Carton Recycling Team Members!

 

 

NEW! Tin Cans: All tin and aluminum cans are acceptable. Metal lids from glass jars are also acceptable. Please rinse the can and remove the label if possible. Crush the can or stack smaller ones inside large cans and then place in the proper recycling receptacle.