DESCRIPTION:

The Des Moines County Regional Solid Waste Commission is an intergovernmental 28E agency serving the southeast Iowa communities of Burlington, Mt. Pleasant, Mediapolis, Winfield, Morning Sun, Danville, New London, Salem, Rome, Mt. Union, West Burlington, Westwood, Middletown, and Des Moines County.

Established in October 1990, the commission is dedicated to providing its member communities with environmentally sound, fiscally responsible solid waste disposal and resource recovery services. The commission operates the Area Recyclers facility in Burlington as well as the Des Moines County Regional Landfill and the HazChem Center in West Burlington. The commission is governed by a board made up of representatives appointed by each member community. Currently, there are 11 voting commission members with some members electing to have “non-voting” status.

We welcome you to our website and hope you will “click around” to learn more about what services are available to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us by sending us a message here or you may call us at (319) 753-8126 or toll free 800-216-8126.

SERVICES:

LAND FILL SERVICES:

Our sanitary landfill takes in approximately 200 tons of garbage per day from the commission's member communities.

All loads entering and leaving this facility need to be tarped or secured to stop liter from leaving the load. A $10.00 fee will be added to each load that is not secured or tarped. This fee will raise in $10.00 increments for each offence.

Public Drop Off Area

We have public drop off areas for residents to place trash, yard waste, demolition, tires, and scrap metal. Some special points are:

Clean, fully paved, convenient
Allows passenger vehicles to unload without entering active fill areas
Improved safety to both small vehicles and heavy equipment.
Convenient loading of compost & woodchips (when available) .

Compost Program :
We a have public area for residents to load their own compost (when avaialable) at no charge. Some special points are:

No charge for yardwaste (leaves and grass)
Finished compost available to public for free at public drop-off area (when- available)

Woodwaste Program :
We have a wood waste program for residents to place woodwaste. Some special points are:

Reduced rates for brush and clean (untreated and unpainted) lumber and pallets
Woodchip mulch available to public for free at public drop-off area (when- available)

CONTACT DETAILS

DMC Regional Landfill

13758 Washington Road West Burlington, Iowa 52655

Ph:319-753-8722

Web: http://www.wastewrap.org/home.html

Hours: Monday - Friday8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon