Trash / Recycling
 

City Hall: 515.986.3036

Waste Connections: 515.265.7374

Metro Waste
Authority: 515.244.0021

Waste
Management: 515.244.7336

Magnets of the 2011 Curb It! collection schedule are available at City Hall.

Where does your recycling end up?

Mixed Paper goes to Louisiana to make boxes, or to Minneapolis to make the paperboard for General Mills cereal boxes.

Newspaper is shipped to Mexico and made into Mexican newspapers or UPS overnight mailers.

Steel is recycled in Illinois and made into rebar and structural steel.

Aluminum is recycled in Tennessee to make new beverage containers.

Glass is sent to Colorado to make Coors bottles, or to Oklahoma to make other food and beverage containers.

Plastics go to an Alabama manufacturer that makes car battery cases and paint containers, as well as other plastic parts for the auto industry.

Other Plastics are made into green strapping in Kentucky or are used in carpeting.


2013 Curb It! Collection Calendar Magnets are availible at City Hall. Or click on picture for larger image.

Solid Waste

The City of Grimes contracts Waste Connections for solid waste pickup. Residents need to supply their own containers. Garbage billing is included on your monthly water bill and residents should contact the Grimes City Hall to begin service. Garbage pickup is on Mondays except for residents who are both South of HWY 44 and East of HWY 141 in which case pickup is on Thursdays.

Recycling

The City of Grimes participates in the Curb it!  Recycle and Roll Program.

  • Grimes uses green wheeled carts and the small, handheld 18-gallon bins will no longer be collected.
  • Collection is Monday of every other week. The calendar sticker on the lid of the cart will help you remember which week is the collection week.
  • Keep 3 feet between your recycling cart and your garbage cans and yard bags so that the truck arm has enough room to grab and dump the carts.
  • The recycling sticker on the cart lists what can be recycled, or go to www.mwatoday.com for a more complete listing.
  • If your pick up is missed, or if you don't have a cart, please call 24-GREEN (244-7336).

Yard Waste

The last day for Compost-it! yard waste pickup is Monday November 26, 2012.

The City of  Grimes also participates in the Compost it! program for yard waste disposal. Bags and stickers can be purchased at City Hall. Compost It! pickup is always on Monday unless it's a holiday.
The Compost It! program recycles yard waste discarded from single-family and multi-family dwellings. The program is in place from March through November, weather-dependent.

Acceptable Materials
Compost It! recyclable materials include debris such as:

  • Grass clippings
  • Leaves
  • Garden waste
  • Brush

Materials not accepted by Compost It! include:

  • GARBAGE
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic flower pots
  • Stumps
  • Stone
  • Concrete
  • Building materials or other non-organic waste

Procedures

You can recycle your yard waste by:

  1. Placing yard waste into Compost It! bags*,

  2. Placing yard waste into store-brand paper bags (such as Lowe's, Hy-Vee or Yardmaster) and attaching a Compost It! sticker to each bag*,

  3. Or, attaching Compost It! stickers to brush bundles that are too large to fit in the bags. Bundles of brush must be no more than 18 inches in diameter and no more than 4 feet long. Bundles cannot weigh more than 40 pounds. Individual branches in bundles must be no more than 2 inches in diameter. Each bundle of brush needs a Compost It! sticker attached to it.

Compost It! yard waste can then be placed at the curb for pick-up or dropped off at the Metro Park East Landfill with no charge.

Compost It! bags are $1.55 each, or $7.75 for a bundle of five.

Compost It! stickers are $1.20 each.

* 40-pound limit per bag

 

City Hall:  515.986.3036
Waste Connections:  515.265.7374
Metro Waste Authority:  515.244.0021
Waste Management:  515.244.7336

 
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