| Business/Location |
Items Accepted |
ISU Campus
For questions or specific details contact Sue Mallas 294-0692 or recycling@iastate.edu. |
- bottles, chemical/brown (triple rinse, deliver to 1400 Chem Stores)
- corrugated cardboard (weekly collection from 28 bldgs; special
collection available upon request)
- newspaper (bins in 30 bldgs on campus)
- pallets and wood given away
- phonebooks (annual collection in early December)
- printer toner & inkjet cartridges (Central Stores)
- scrap metal (FP&M/Central Stores)
- white paper (blue bins in most academic buildings and residence halls)
- ISU Surplus (Mark Ludwig 4-5536) departmental reuse and public sales
- composting of yard waste/greenhouse materials
- batteries/cell phones (EH&S)
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Ames Area Redemption Center
1822 E Lincoln Way
Ames, IA
663-9610
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- bottles, Iowa deposit container redemption
- cans, Iowa deposit container redemption
- paper, plastic, tin cans, etc.
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Best Buy
1220 S Duff Ave
Ames, IA 50010
232-4415
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- Ink jet cartridges, cell phones, pagers, compact discs, recharable batteries (no charge)
- Televisions and major appliances with the purchase of its replacement unit at no additional cost.
Or without the purchase of a new unit, televisions and major appliances can be recycled at a small cost.
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Butch's AMOCO
Lincoln Way/Duff Ave
Ames, IA
232-2555
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- used oil, up to 5 gallons; quantity, call first
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Cycles Recycling
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- curbside residential and business recycling
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Goodwill Store
3718 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA
292-8454
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- used clothing and household goods (call for specific drop-off times and instructions)
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Interstate All Battery Center
220 Airport Rd
Ames, IA
232-7101
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- Only used rechargeable batteries. This includes Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion) and Small Sealed Lead (Pb)-weighing less than 2 lbs. Alkaline batteries are not recycled here.
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Jiffy Lube
220 South Duff Ave
Ames, IA
233-5823 |
- anti-freeze ($3.99 for up to 5 gallons)
- used oil, drop off; quantities accepted, containers returned
- transmission fluid ($1.99 for 1-5 gallons)
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Resource Recovery Plant
110 Center Ave
Ames, IA
239-5137 |
- batteries, drop-off lead-acid batteries (car, truck, boat, motorcycle)
- used oil, up to 5 gallons free; .25 each gallon over 5 gallons
- glass drop-off
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Salvation Army Thrift Store
207 S. Duff Ave
Ames, IA
232-3449
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- used clothing and household goods (call for specific drop-off times and instructions)
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Staples
1333 Buckeye Road
Ames, IA 50010
(515) 663-0597
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- Accepts all toner and ink cartridges
- Laptops,computers, monitors ($10 fee per item)
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