Black Hawk Waste Disposal
811 Dearborn Ave, Waterloo, Iowa, United States

High Wind Advisory today has caused the Black Hawk County Landfill to close at 12:30pm. Our residential routes will continue as normal but all commercial and industrial accounts will be on a priority list with the remaining customers being carried over to tomorrow’s pick up on Saturday.

Black Hawk Waste Disposal was established back in 1978 and has grown to be the largest and most experienced hauler in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area. Our company specializes in providing several different methods of junk removal and trash removal, as well as porta potty rentals. But enough about the services, let’s talk a little bit about the employees and staff.

General Manager
Our General Manager Blane Benham, an avid camper and golfer, has been with the company since 1984! He has been the General Manager for our company since 1992. With this kind of experience, it allows our company to make very intuitive decisions regarding your service levels and how to get the most “bang for your buck”. Whether it’s dumpsters you need or trash collection, our knowledge will help you make the right decision for your needs.

Cedar Valley Recycling
We also own a recycling company by the name of Cedar Valley Recycling which specializes in paper recycling, cardboard recycling, plastic recycling, and metal recycling. By running 2 locations, we have separated the Operations Team into 2 titles.

Operations/Sales Managers
Scott Brunson is the Operations/Sales Manager for Black Hawk Waste Disposal and has 5 years experience in the industry. Starting in Sales and Dispatch, this softball enthusiast has learned a great deal about the customers by talking to them on a daily basis and visiting first hand with many of them.Mark Lawson is the Operations Manager for Cedar Valley Recycling. Starting in Sales also, he has established a great relationship with many of our customers. This hockey fanatic, is a good numbers guy who has a knack for analyzing data and trends.

SERVICES

• Dumpster rental is our specialty! Any size you need up to 40 cubic yard containers!
• We offer recycling services for everything from paper to cardboard to wood to tin.
• We have a large fleet of LOCAL trucks that can dump (& return) your container faster!
• We offer garbage collection through residential service in many communities outside city capabilities.
• We have dumpsters for rent for any occasion.

Rear Load Truck
A rear load truck backs up to the container, hooks the container onto the back, and dumps the material into a hopper. A plow then comes out and pushes the material towards the cab of the truck. Sizes of containers for this truck vary from 90 gallon up to 6 cubic yards. These trucks are also used for residential pick up.

Front Load Truck
A front load style truck drives forward to the can and hooks it with two “arms” on the front of the truck. The truck then lifts the container up over the cab and dumps it into the top of the truck. The plow then compacts the material towards the back of the truck. These trucks are generally larger and heavier than the rear-load variety and thus, are less maneuverable. Sizes of containers for these trucks vary from 2 cubic yards to 8 cubic yards.

Roll-Off Trucks
A roll-off style truck is for hauling large rectangular “boxes” generally used for construction debris or large volume waste removal projects. The truck backs up to the container and the bed of the truck is then raised. The driver will hook a cable to the box and the cable will pull the box onto the truck’s rails. Sizes of these boxes vary from 12 cubic yards to 40 cubic yards.

Hook-Truck
A hook style truck is basically a smaller version of a roll-off truck. The hook truck has a shorter bed length and a long arm with a hook o it. It uses this arm and hook to grab the container and raise it onto the bed. It is used to haul 12 cubic yard containers only. Since the truck has a shorter bed length, it is used for large volume waste projects that are restricted space-wise from using the larger construction boxes.

Portable Toilet Service Truck
This truck is used to service the portable toilets we have for rent for businesses and residents throughout the area. We have construction, event, and handi-cap portable toilets for rent. We also have wash stations available upon request.

Service Truck
The service truck is used to service all the equipment we rent on site as well as our vehicles to make sure our customers are served. Our shop staff can service any piece of equipment you rent from us.

Recycling with Black Hawk Waste Disposal, Inc.

We also own a recycling company by the name of Cedar Valley Recycling which specializes in paper recycling, cardboard recycling, plastic recycling, and metal recycling.Cedar Valley Recycling employs 26 personnel.The staff features many drivers, mechanics, and shop personnel too many to list but dedicated and respected just the same.