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City collection A chair and a couch are named in the city's bulky item examples, so furniture is collected on the scheduled pickup at the published per item fees. $20 for for the first bulky item in a scheduled curbside collection, with each additional item at 10 dollars per pickup. Iowa City curbside customers in single-family homes up to four-unit residential buildings.
City collection Mattresses are named in the city's bulky item examples, so they are collected on the scheduled pickup at the same published per item fees. $20 for for the first bulky item in a scheduled curbside collection, with each additional item at 10 dollars per pickup. Iowa City curbside customers in single-family homes up to four-unit residential buildings.
City collection Appliances are banned from the landfill cell and recycled at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center for 12.50 dollars each, with a separate rate for large commercial appliances. $12.5 per large appliance at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center, or one dollar per cubic foot for large commercial appliances. Residents and businesses in Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, because the landfill cannot accept material from outside that service area.
City collection Iowa City schedules bulky items rather than collecting them on the ordinary route, at 20 dollars for the first item and 10 dollars for each additional item, with a maximum item length of seven feet. $20 for for the first bulky item in a scheduled curbside collection, with each additional item at 10 dollars per pickup and a maximum item length of seven feet. Iowa City curbside customers, which the city describes as single-family homes up to four-unit residential buildings, with the monthly garbage fee billed on the utility account.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Iowa City runs its own curbside programme for single-family homes and buildings up to four units, billing garbage at 14 dollars, recycling at 8.50 dollars and composting at 3.50 dollars a month. Large items are scheduled rather than left at the curb: the city books bulky collections through Resource Management on 319-356-5151 for 20 dollars for the first item and 10 dollars for each additional item, with a maximum item length of seven feet, and it names chairs, couches and mattresses as examples. The city also owns the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center on 3900 Hebl Avenue SW, which bans appliances, electronics, tires, yard waste, oil and batteries from the landfill cell and recycles them at published per item rates, and hosts the free Hazardous Material Collection Facility for Johnson County households.
Iowa City schedules bulky items rather than collecting them on the ordinary route, at 20 dollars for the first item and 10 dollars for each additional item, with a maximum item length of seven feet.
City cost & eligibility
$20 for for the first bulky item in a scheduled curbside collection, with each additional item at 10 dollars per pickup and a maximum item length of seven feet. Iowa City curbside customers, which the city describes as single-family homes up to four-unit residential buildings, with the monthly garbage fee billed on the utility account.
When & how
Call Resource Management at 319-356-5151 or complete the bulky pickup form to book the collection, then put the items where the city directs on the scheduled day. Items left at the curb without scheduling are subject to additional fees after 24 hours notice.
Get it ready
Keep each item within the seven foot limit and hand-removable, and keep batteries, oil, appliances, electronics, tires, yard waste, hazardous material, pressurized containers, explosives and medical waste out of the bulky pile because the city bans all of those from the landfill cell. Additional garbage bags need a city sticker, and yard waste in paper bags or bundles needs a two dollar yard waste sticker.
A chair and a couch are named in the city's bulky item examples, so furniture is collected on the scheduled pickup at the published per item fees.
City cost & eligibility
$20 for for the first bulky item in a scheduled curbside collection, with each additional item at 10 dollars per pickup. Iowa City curbside customers in single-family homes up to four-unit residential buildings.
When & how
Book the pickup on 319-356-5151 and set the furniture out on the scheduled day, keeping every piece inside the seven foot limit.
Get it ready
Keep the furniture out of the recycling cart, remove loose cushions only where they would blow away, and keep any upholstered piece dry until collection. Nothing unscheduled should be left at the curb, because the city charges additional fees after 24 hours notice.
Mattresses are named in the city's bulky item examples, so they are collected on the scheduled pickup at the same published per item fees.
City cost & eligibility
$20 for for the first bulky item in a scheduled curbside collection, with each additional item at 10 dollars per pickup. Iowa City curbside customers in single-family homes up to four-unit residential buildings.
When & how
Book the mattress on 319-356-5151 or through the bulky pickup form, and put it out on the scheduled day inside the seven foot limit.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and out of the carts, and keep it away from the yard waste carts and bags, which need a sticker and travel on the organics route. A mattress mixed into an unscheduled pile risks the additional fees the city charges after 24 hours notice.
Appliances are banned from the landfill cell and recycled at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center for 12.50 dollars each, with a separate rate for large commercial appliances.
City cost & eligibility
$12.5 per large appliance at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center, or one dollar per cubic foot for large commercial appliances. Residents and businesses in Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, because the landfill cannot accept material from outside that service area.
When & how
Take the appliance to 3900 Hebl Avenue SW in Iowa City, open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon with the gate closing at noon, and separate it from the garbage so it is charged as an appliance rather than as refuse.
Get it ready
Empty the unit and secure the doors, keep appliances out of the garbage because the landfill bans them from the cell, and use lane 2 at the scalehouse for payment. Small appliances are charged separately at three dollars each, grills at three dollars, and residential propane or helium tanks at one dollar each.
Televisions, monitors and computers are banned from the landfill cell and recycled at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center for 20 dollars each, with other electronic items at three dollars.
City cost & eligibility
$20 per computer or television at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center, with components included and other electronic items at three dollars each. Residents and businesses in Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, because the landfill cannot accept material from outside that service area.
When & how
Take the device to 3900 Hebl Avenue SW in Iowa City, open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon with the gate closing at noon, and use the electronics recycling garage bay, where hardcover books and holiday light strands are also collected at no charge.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before the device leaves the house, keep electronics out of the garbage and out of the recycling cart, and do not put monitors or televisions in the landfill load, because the city bans both from the cell and may charge double the tipping fee for a garbage load containing cardboard.
Exercise equipment appears on the landfill's own recycling fee list at three dollars each, which is the one explicit local acceptance for a machine.
City cost & eligibility
$3 per exercise equipment item at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center. Residents and businesses in Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, because the landfill cannot accept material from outside that service area.
When & how
Take the machine to 3900 Hebl Avenue SW in Iowa City, open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, and separate it from the garbage so it is charged at the exercise equipment rate.
Get it ready
Remove any console or battery pack so the electronics travel to the electronics bay instead, and keep the machine out of the bulky pile unless the scheduled pickup is cheaper for the load as a whole.
Concrete and similar loads are charged as special waste at 95 dollars per ton with a minimum for Iowa City loads, and clean asphalt shingles are recycled at 30 dollars per ton.
City cost & eligibility
From $95 per ton of special waste with a minimum charge, which the city says includes loads of dust, railroad ties, telephone poles, concrete and tree root balls, and which can also apply when special handling is required. Iowa City customers at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center, with non-Iowa City loads from Johnson County, Kalona and Riverside charged at the higher 105 dollar per ton rate.
When & how
Take the load to 3900 Hebl Avenue SW, open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon with the gate closing at noon, and separate clean asphalt shingles if the load qualifies for the shingle recycling rate.
Get it ready
Secure the load, because an unsecured load gets one warning and then a 50 dollar fine, and keep yard waste and cardboard out of the garbage load, because mixed garbage and yard waste loads are turned away and a garbage load containing cardboard may be charged double the tipping fee. Shingle loads must be clean shingles only, with no wood, metal flashing, plastic or paper, or they are charged the regular trash fee.
Johnson County households take hazardous material to the Hazardous Material Collection Facility at the Iowa City Landfill at no cost, with oil-based paint limited to 20 gallons per visit.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residents of Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, at the Hazardous Material Collection Facility at no cost, during the facility open hours only, with materials from outside the service area refused and businesses served by appointment instead.
When & how
Visit the Hazardous Material Collection Facility at 3900 Hebl Avenue SW in Iowa City on Thursday or Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. or Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, with no appointment needed for household material. The facility answers through 319-887-6112 for business appointments and staff questions.
Get it ready
Keep oil-based paint to 20 gallons per visit, contain sharps with a secure lid in a medical sharps container or a rigid plastic bottle such as a laundry detergent bottle, and leave batteries, oil, appliances, electronics, tires, yard waste, pressurized containers, explosives and medical waste out of the garbage and the bulky pile. Motor and vegetable oil goes in sealed labelled containers under five gallons to the oil shed at the East Side Recycling Center on 2401 Scott Blvd. SE, which is open around the clock.
Iowa City collects curbside recycling, organic waste and garbage for single-family homes and residential buildings up to four units, billed monthly on the utility account at 14 dollars for garbage, 8.50 dollars for recycling and 3.50 dollars for composting. Operations are normally Monday to Friday apart from city holidays and severe weather, multi-family buildings of five units or more are not served by curbside collection but must provide recycling, and new residents sign up for utilities, which include water and curbside collection.
Bulky item collection is booked through Resource Management on 319-356-5151 or the online form, for items that cannot be broken down to fit a standard garbage cart or bag, up to a maximum length of seven feet. The city names chair, couch and mattress as examples, and the fees are 20 dollars for the first item and 10 dollars for each additional item per pickup. Electronics and appliances must also be scheduled rather than left out, and unscheduled material at the curb is subject to additional fees after 24 hours notice.
The Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center on 3900 Hebl Avenue SW bans yard waste, cardboard, computer and TV monitors, tires, appliances, lead-acid batteries and oil from the landfill cell, and mixed garbage and yard waste loads are turned away while a garbage load containing cardboard may be charged double the regular tipping fee. Everything the city recycles is priced per item or per ton: computers and televisions at 20 dollars each with components included, other electronic items and small appliances at three dollars each, exercise equipment at three dollars, large appliances at 12.50 dollars each, grills at three dollars, propane or helium tanks at one dollar, tires at 15 cents per pound with a three dollar minimum, clean asphalt shingles at 30 dollars per ton and glass, cardboard, books, metal, paper and oil free of charge.
A garbage load under 600 pounds costs 14 dollars for Iowa City customers, with about 50 cents for each additional 20 pounds over 600 pounds and a 47.50 dollar per ton rate, while non-Iowa City loads from Johnson County, Kalona and Riverside pay 15 dollars and 52.50 dollars per ton. Special waste such as dust, railroad ties, telephone poles, concrete and tree root balls is charged at 95 dollars per ton with a minimum for Iowa City loads. All loads must be secured, unsecured loads get one warning and then a 50 dollar fine, and the site closes on city holidays and can close early on windy days.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
An Iowa City curbside household with a chair, couch, mattress or another large item that cannot be broken down for the cart.
Cost & conditions
$20 for for the first bulky item in a scheduled curbside collection, with each additional item at 10 dollars per pickup. Iowa City curbside customers in single-family homes up to four-unit residential buildings.
Arrange it
Call Resource Management at 319-356-5151 or complete the bulky pickup form, then put the items out on the scheduled day, keeping everything within the seven foot limit.
Items longer than seven feet are outside the service, every item must be scheduled in advance, and the city bans batteries, oil, appliances, electronics, tires, yard waste, hazardous material, pressurized containers, explosives and medical waste from a bulky pile. Unscheduled material can draw additional fees after 24 hours notice.
Self haul to the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center
A household with a load of garbage, appliances, electronics, exercise equipment, tires, shingles or construction material.
Cost & conditions
From $14 for for an Iowa City garbage load under 600 pounds, with about 50 cents for each additional 20 pounds over 600 pounds and a 47.50 dollar per ton rate above that. Residents and businesses in Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, because the landfill cannot accept material from outside that service area. Non-Iowa City loads from the same area pay the higher published rate.
Arrange it
Drive to 3900 Hebl Avenue SW in Iowa City, open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon with the gate closing at noon, use lane 2 at the scalehouse and pay by cash, cheque or major card.
The landfill bans appliances, electronics, tires, yard waste, oil, cardboard and batteries from the cell and recycles them at separate published rates, mixed garbage and yard waste loads are turned away, cardboard in a garbage load can double the tipping fee, and unsecured loads get one warning and then a 50 dollar fine. The site closes on city holidays and can close early on windy days.
A Johnson County household with paint, solvents, automotive fluids, yard chemicals, batteries, sharps, vape devices or expired fire extinguishers.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Residents of Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, at no cost during the facility's open hours, with materials from outside the service area refused and businesses served by appointment with quantity limits and fees.
Arrange it
Visit the facility at 3900 Hebl Avenue SW in Iowa City on Thursday or Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. or Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon; household material needs no appointment, and business questions go to 319-887-6112.
Household material only during those hours, oil-based paint limited to 20 gallons per visit, sharps only in a medical sharps container or a rigid plastic bottle with a secure lid, THC vapes not accepted, and medication and sharps collection events run in April and October rather than daily. Motor and vegetable oil goes to the oil shed at the East Side Recycling Center instead.
Garbage, recycling streams including glass, cardboard, metal, paper, books and scrap metal, appliances, electronics, small appliances, exercise equipment, grills, propane and helium tanks, tires, clean asphalt shingles, compost and yard waste.
Yard waste, cardboard, computer and TV monitors, tires, appliances, lead-acid batteries and oil are banned from the landfill cell, mixed garbage and yard waste loads are turned away, cardboard in a garbage load can double the tipping fee, and unsecured loads get one warning and then a 50 dollar fine. Only Johnson County material and loads from the city limits of Kalona and Riverside are accepted, and the cell refuses hot ashes, hazardous material, pressurized containers, explosives and medical waste.
Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, with the entrance gate closing at noon and closures on city holidays and windy days. The site answers at 319-356-5185 and takes cash, cheques and major cards.
From $14 for for an Iowa City garbage load under 600 pounds, with about 50 cents for each additional 20 pounds over 600 pounds, a 47.50 dollar per ton rate, and separate published charges for special waste, appliances, electronics, exercise equipment, tires and shingles. Residents and businesses in Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, with non-Iowa City loads from that area charged at the higher published rates.
Adhesives and glue, antifreeze, battery acid, brake fluid, engine degreaser, gasoline and oil, kerosene, lighter fluid, oil-based paint up to 20 gallons per visit, paint thinner, resin, solvent, stain, stripper, transmission fluid, varnish, yard chemicals, sharps and syringes in approved containers, nicotine vape devices and expired fire extinguishers.
Household material from Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, only, with outside material refused and the business programme by appointment with quantity limits and fees. Sharps must arrive with a secure lid in a medical sharps container or a rigid plastic bottle such as a laundry detergent container, THC vapes are not accepted, and oil-based paint is limited to 20 gallons per visit.
Residential drop-off Thursday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, with no appointment needed and the Swap Shop open the same hours. Business appointments and questions go to 319-887-6112.
No charge. Residents of Johnson County, and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside, at no cost during open hours, including the sharps and vape programmes.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How do bulky items leave an Iowa City address?+
By appointment. Iowa City schedules bulky item collection through Resource Management on 319-356-5151 or the online form, charges 20 dollars for the first item and 10 dollars for each additional item per pickup, and limits items to seven feet in length. The city names chairs, couches and mattresses as examples, and bulky items like electronics and appliances must be scheduled rather than left at the curb, with unscheduled items subject to additional fees after 24 hours notice.Official guidance
Will the city take a couch from the curb in Iowa City?+
Yes, once it is scheduled. Iowa City names a chair and a couch among its bulky item examples and books the collection on 319-356-5151 at 20 dollars for the first item and 10 dollars for each additional item, with a maximum item length of seven feet. The pickup is not part of the ordinary curbside route, so nothing should go out before the appointment is arranged.Official guidance
How does a mattress leave an Iowa City address?+
On the scheduled bulky item pickup. Iowa City names a mattress among its bulky item examples, books the collection on 319-356-5151 at 20 dollars for the first item and 10 dollars for each additional item, and limits items to seven feet in length. The mattress is not collected on the ordinary route, so it goes out only after the appointment is arranged.Official guidance
How do Iowa City appliances leave?+
They go to the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center, because appliances are banned from the landfill cell and the curbside page sends electronics and appliances there. Large appliances cost 12.50 dollars each, with one dollar per cubic foot for large commercial units, small appliances cost three dollars each, and the site at 3900 Hebl Avenue SW is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon.Official guidance
Where do Iowa City televisions and computers go?+
To the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center on 3900 Hebl Avenue SW, because computer and TV monitors are banned from the landfill cell and the curbside page sends electronics and appliances there. Computers and televisions cost 20 dollars each with components included, other electronic items cost three dollars each, and holiday light strands and cords are free. The site is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon.Official guidance
Who handles trash collection in Iowa City?+
The city's own Resource Management division, for single-family homes and residential buildings up to four units, billing 14 dollars a month for garbage, 8.50 for recycling and 3.50 for composting on the utility account, with collection normally Monday to Friday. Multi-family buildings of five units or more are not served by curbside collection but are required to provide recycling. Bulky items are scheduled separately on 319-356-5151.Official guidance
What does a bulky item pickup cost in Iowa City?+
20 dollars for the first item and 10 dollars for each additional item per pickup, and the item must be no longer than seven feet. Book it through Resource Management on 319-356-5151 or the online form, and note that electronics and appliances are also scheduled rather than left out, with unscheduled material subject to additional fees after 24 hours notice. The city names chair, couch and mattress as bulky item examples.Official guidance
What does the Iowa City landfill charge?+
An Iowa City garbage load under 600 pounds costs 14 dollars, with about 50 cents for each additional 20 pounds over that and a 47.50 dollar per ton rate, while non-Iowa City loads from Johnson County, Kalona and Riverside pay 15 dollars and 52.50 dollars per ton. Special waste such as concrete, railroad ties, telephone poles and tree root balls is 95 dollars per ton with a minimum for Iowa City loads. Appliances, electronics, exercise equipment, tires and shingles carry their own published charges, and unsecured loads get one warning and then a 50 dollar fine.Official guidance
Where do Iowa City paint, batteries and sharps go?+
To the Hazardous Material Collection Facility at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center on 3900 Hebl Avenue SW, free for Johnson County residents and those in the city limits of Kalona and Riverside. Household drop-off runs Thursday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon with no appointment, oil-based paint is limited to 20 gallons per visit, and sharps must arrive with a secure lid in a medical sharps container or a rigid plastic bottle. Batteries, oil, appliances, electronics, tires, yard waste and hazardous material are all banned from the landfill cell.Official guidance
When is the Iowa City landfill open?+
The Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center on 3900 Hebl Avenue SW is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, with the entrance gate closing at noon and closures on city holidays and windy days. Payment is by cash, cheque or major card at the scalehouse in lane 2, and the site serves only Johnson County material and loads from the city limits of Kalona and Riverside.Official guidance
