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Recycle Right- Recycle Often

Recycling right can help you make a positive impact on your community. This effort reduces landfill emissions, protects local jobs and ensures the environment is healthy and clean for future generations. To help the Ottumwa/Wapello County Recycling Center Recycle Right and make a difference, follow these five tips for recycling: […]

4th of July Holiday

The Ottumwa/ Wapello Recycling Center and Landfill will be open until Noon on Saturday July 3rd and closed Monday, July 5th. * Monday’s trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday July 6th. All yard waste, bulky items, and County trash and recycling will be collected on Thursday, July […]

Backyard Composting

Composting not only reduces trash, but it improves your soil, so if you enjoy growing flowers or a vegetable garden composting is an excellent way to build up your soil. If you would like to try it, but are interested in more information on how to do it, check out […]

Keep Contamination in Check

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Please Take Our Short Survey

If saving money, and using more environmentally safe cleaning supplies and health and beauty supplies interests you, please take our short survey. https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6184979/Ottumwa-Hazardous-Materials-Surveyhttps://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6184979/Ottumwa-Hazardous-Materials-Survey

Clean Your Washer With Natural Ingredients, & Avoid Toxic Ones.

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TVs Contain Toxic Materials. Please Consider This when Disposing of Them.

TV sets and computer monitors are safe when they’re viewed under normal conditions in homes and offices. But when owners discard or dismantle them, the highly toxic materials inside become a serious hazard to your health by breathing or otherwise coming in contact with any of these dangerous materials: […]

Landfill Offices Will Return to Normal

Starting May 1, 2021 the Landfill Offices will return to normal. Payments may be mad inside with cash, check, or credit/debit card. Any questions please contact 641-683-0644.

DIY Natural Leather Conditioner

If you have leather shoes, purses, etc., and you want to take care of them, but prefer to make your own protectant check out this website. They also have many other great DIY recipes. Check out our Facebook Page for many other ideas on less toxic homemade ideas. https://www.diynatural.com/homemade-leather-conditioner/?awt_a=5vkt&awt_l=9l89C&awt_m=3a55hJ1MlStFQkt

Recycling Center and Landfill to Reopen After Covid Closure

Recycling Center and Landfill to Reopen The offices at the Landfill and Recycling Center have been closed due to Covid. The Recycling Center has also been closed on Saturdays. Starting January 5, 2021 both facilities will be open, and the Recycling Center will resume being open on Saturday 7am – […]