Recycling Guide

Find out where to put all your recycling materials.

Residential

Bring your hazardous household waste to Solid Waste Agency
03/28/2011 12:00pm

Spring is here and it’s time to remove the clutter and deep clean the house. Before you pour old household cleaners down the drain or toss rechargeable batteries and last year’s weed killer in the trash—think green. Many household cleaners and chemicals make our chores easier—but along with the conveniences these products provide comes a responsibility to properly purchase, use, store and dispose of them.

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Free compost gives gardens a jump start
04/22/2011 12:00pm

The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency is helping Linn County residents, non-profit organizations, and schools jump start their gardening & landscaping efforts by providing compost free-of-charge.

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Recycle those holiday lights
11/28/2011 12:00pm

No matter how handy you may consider yourself to be, there comes a time when those holiday light sets are just not worth repairing, or untangling, any longer. But you don't have to throw those strands in the trash any more. The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency offers a simple recycling program that will transform your old lights into reuseable materials, including the metals, glass and plastic they contain.

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Bring us your Christmas tree after the holidays
12/26/2011 12:00pm

There's nothing like the atmosphere, and the fragrant aroma, of a live evergreen tree in your home during the holiday season. But what should you do with that tree once the season has passed?

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Appointments no longer needed for PPC
01/01/2012 12:00pm

Beginning January 1, 2012, the Agency will no longer require appointments from residents for Household Hazardous Material drop offs in our Pollution Prevention Center (PPC).

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Recycling Phone Books
02/28/2012 9:22am

Have you received a new phone book and do not want it?  Here is how you can opt out of receiving another one in the future.

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Regular Hours Resume at 2250 A Street SW
04/02/2012 8:14am

The compost and recycling facility at 2250 A Street SW, Cedar Rapids, is operating under regular hours, open 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Saturday.

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RECYCLE IN STYLE 2012
05/01/2012 2:43pm

Something old will become something new, and look good too, on May 5th.

The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency, in association with Goodwill of the Heartland, presents the 4th Annual Recycle In Style Fashion Show.  Models will take to the runway wearing clothing made from materials donated to Goodwill stores and from Goodwill industrial contracts.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 5th, with the show beginning at 7:00 p.m.  The free event will be held at Goodwill of the Heartland’s Cedar Rapids Center, 1441 Blairs Ferry Road NE, Cedar Rapids.

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