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Transfer Station User Info

Please note the following procedures and regulations:

Covered Loads: All loads coming into the Transfer Station must be covered and secured. A surcharge will be assessed on all loads not properly secured.

Unacceptable Items: No free-flowing liquids, hazardous waste or asbestos can be accepted.

Area Served: The Poweshiek Transfer Station serves primarily Poweshiek County and the city of Victor. Waste can only be accepted from within Agency member counties: Lucas, Marion, Monroe, and Poweshiek.

Inclement Weather Closing: If weather conditions are dangerous to staff or customers or unacceptable according to the Agency's permits (for example, high winds or flooding), the Landfill or Transfer Station may temporarily close. Call 641-528-2801 or listen to your local radio station for announcements.

Questions: Call the Transfer Station at 641-528-2801 or SCISWA at 641-828-8545.

Accepted Materials:

• Municipal solid waste
• Construction and demolition debris
• Scrap metal
• Propane tanks
• Tires (see Tire Recycling page)
• Appliances
• Waste oil - must use Transfer Station containers
  • Waste oil is accepted free of charge at the Transfer Station if delivered in one of our reusable jugs. The 5-gallon containers have an initial cost of $5 but allows recyclers to easily drop off a filled container and take home an empty container on future trips.
• Auto batteries
• Electronic wastes
  • The federal government banned cathode ray tubes (CRTs) from landfill disposal. As these are most commonly but not always found in old televisions, the Agency offers a recycling program for all high-tech electronic wastes like televisions; computer monitors, printers, and accessories; and items like VCRs, fax machines and cell phones. Many, but not all of these items are accepted at no charge.

Other disposal options:

• Yard waste
  • Contact the City of Grinnell Public Services Department at 641-236-2632
• Household hazardous waste
• Recycling in your community
• Asbestos
  • Testing: Midwest Environmental Services, 641-7023
  • Disposal: Metro Waste Authority, 515-967-2076
• Wood waste organics: Chamness, 641-969-5702
• Cooking oil/meat waste: National Byproducts: 515-265-0381
• Ammunition- call your sheriff's office

Call the Poweshiek Transfer Station at 641-528-2801 or SCISWA at 641-828-8545 for any disposal questions.