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Updated 22-Jan-08 |
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City Carton Recycling |

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"Go Green!" We Can Help! |


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1-800-369-6112 |
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Creston & Prairie Solid Waste Agency Area Taylor, Adams & Union County) A Homeowner Guide to Recycling |
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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. |
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Magazines:Only slick or shiny magazines and catalogs accepted. |
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Drop Off Sites City Carton Recycling 1451 Highway 34 W Creston, IA 50801
Taylor County-
Adams County-
Union County- Lorimor, Afton, Creston (3 grocery stores), and Macksburg (in Madison County) |
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Cardboard:Corrugated cardboard only. Please flatten and stack. Drop-off sites available at City Carton Recycling, 1451 Highway 34 W, Creston and Prairie Solid Waste Agency sites for residential community. The business community will need to call City Carton at (641)782-6681 or Prairie Solid Waste Agency at (641) 347-5022. |



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Office Paper:Must be tied with string, placed in box or put in paper bags. Then place in drop-off container at City Carton Recycling, 1451 Highway 34 W, Creston, or Prairie Solid Waste Agency sites. |
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Acceptable Food containers Shampoo bottles Juice jugs Detergent bottles Bleach Jugs Butter containers Milk jugs |
Not Acceptable Oil bottles Toys, clam shells Laundry baskets Etc. |
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Glass Bottles & Jars:Clear only. Food and beverage containers only. These containers must be rinsed and the lids removed. (Metal lids can go with the tin cans). |


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Whether Your Business is Manufacturing, Retail or Professional Services, City Carton has Solutions to Your Recycling Challenges! |
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Tin Cans:All tin and aluminum cans are acceptable. Rinse the can. Please remove the labels if possible. Crush the can or stack smaller ones inside larger cans. |





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Recycling Facility Locations |
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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 |
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Acceptable Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, Etc |
Not Acceptable TV Guide, Reader’s Digest, Tabloids Phone books |
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Acceptable Boxes with staples, Brown paper sacks Cereal boxes (remove liners) Tissue boxes (remove liners) Sacks with string |
Not Acceptable Wax-coated cardboard Feed/seed sacks Pop carriers Anything with food scraps
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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) |
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Acceptable Clear only |
Not Acceptable Drinking glasses, Window glass Light bulbs, Mirrors, Crystal Heat resistant ovenware, Clay flower pots Ceramic cups & plates |
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Phone (319) 351-2848 Toll Free (800) 369-6112 |
City Carton Recycling Corporate Office 3 East Benton Iowa City, Iowa 52240 |
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3 East Benton Iowa City, IA 52240 Phone (319) 351-2848 Fax (319) 351-3818 Toll Free 1-800-369-6112 |
301 N. Harvey Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641 Phone (319) 385-7206 Fax (319) 385-7207 |
901 Ingleside Drive SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Phone (319) 362-8714 Fax (319) 364-4687 Toll Free 1-800-898-4320 |
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4002 Kimmel Drive Davenport, IA 52802 Phone (563) 322-6530 Fax (563) 322-6944 Toll Free 1-866-322-6530 |
1000 S. Houser Muscatine, IA 52761 Phone (563) 288-6956 Fax (563) 263-9688 |
1415 E. Dunkerton Road Cedar Falls, IA 50613 Phone (319) 277-3464 Fax (319) 277-3465 Toll Free 1-800-866-9760 |
1451 Highway 34 W Creston, IA 50801 Phone (641) 782-6681 Fax (641) 782-6681 |