The new Pottawattamie County Recycling Center is set to open at the end of
this month.
The Board of Supervisors announced on Friday that the new center, located
near Oakland at 41911 Industrial Drive, will open to the public on Jan. 30.
The new facility replaces the former refuse transfer station in Hancock and
expands county services. The Oakland facility will be able to accept items
including mixed paper, plastics numbered one through five, tin and
cardboard, according to the county Planning and Development Office.
³We¹re excited. People are ready to help us expand recycling and recycle
more around the county,² said Jake Head, recycling center manager.
The county purchased the land, located off U.S. Highway 59, in late July for
about $255,000.
Head was hired in September.
³That¹s when things really started to heat up as far as renovations to the
building and starting community outreach,² he said.
Head, county staff and others worked to renovate the existing buildings on
the site to get the center ready. Renovations so far include a fresh coat of
paint, new lighting and ³a good cleaning,² the county said in a release.
Additions to the site include a scale, a fence and several building
renovations.
Future plans for the interior of the east building include an exchange shop
where Pottawattamie County residents can bring in household products for
others to re-use, the county said. The site will utilize two existing
buildings.
In addition to the new facility, the Pottawattamie Country Recycling Center
has four drop-off locations in Treynor, Crescent, Walnut and Oakland,
according to the release.
All recycling services and related equipment currently offered at the
Hancock Transfer Station will move to the new facility by the end of
February. Those services include recycling for white goods (stoves,
refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc.), tires, scrap metals and household
hazardous waste (batteries, waste oil, oil paint, and various chemicals),
the release said.
The recycling center project will cost around $551,000, including the price
of the land after the Hancock services are shifted to the new location. The
Iowa West Foundation made a $222,500 grant for the project, according to
Planning Director Matt Wyant.
Wyant said the county is pursuing other grants in an attempt to leave the
county¹s total investment in the project at $255,000, with the remainder
covered by donations.
³The Recycling Center and expansion of services is exciting,² Wyant said.
³We will still have the same services, including accepting household trash
and construction debris, that are at the Transfer Station, while shifting
our focus to reducing, re-using and recycling.²
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