LANDFILL

FY 2012 Total Landfilled

POLK - METRO PARK EAST SANITARY LANDFILL
495,784.69
MILLS - IOWA WASTE SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION
247,815.91
LINN - CEDAR RAPIDS/LINN COUNTY (SITE #1-CR) SOLID WASTE AGENCY (called BLUESTEM until FY
192,607.06
2005)
BLACK HAWK- BLACK HAWK COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
171,113.56
SCOTT - SCOTT AREA SANITARY LANDFILL
134,241.24
DUBUQUE - DUBUQUE METROPOLITAN SANITARY LF
120,371.34
JOHNSON - CITY OF IOWA CITY SANITARY LANDFILL
111,805.21
LINN - CEDAR RAPIDS/LINN COUNTY (SITE #2-MARION) SOLID WASTE AGENCY
93,442.69
WINNEBAGO - CENTRAL DISPOSAL LANDFILL
89,292.69
CERRO GORDO - LANDFILL OF NORTH IOWA
87,901.43
LEE - GREAT RIVER REGIONAL WASTE AUTHORITY
74,588.99
WEBSTER - NORTH CENTRAL IOWA REGIONAL SANITARY LF
64,097.93
BOONE - BOONE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
58,405.53
SIOUX - NORTHWEST IOWA AREA SANITARY LANDFILL
58,396.18
MARION - SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SOLID WASTE AGENCY
58,378.19
MAHASKA - MAHASKA COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
53,985.48
CARROLL - CARROLL COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL/RECYCLING
53,159.21
DES MOINES - DES MOINES COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
52,282.42
WAPELLO - OTTUMWA-WAPELLO COUNTY SANITARY LF
42,971.32
CHEROKEE - CHEROKEE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
42,482.85
MADISON - SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SANITARY LANDFILL
38,861.96
MARSHALL - MARSHALL COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
38,708.02
MUSCATINE - MUSCATINE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
35,350.57
DICKINSON - DICKINSON SANITARY LANDFILL
33,861.11
PALO ALTO - NORTHERN PLAINS SANITARY LANDFILL (FLANNEGAN SANITARY LANDFILL until FY 2005?)
31,978.34
HARDIN - RURAL IOWA SANITARY LANDFILL
30,568.55
LINN - CEDAR RAPIDS WPCF ASH SANITARY LANDFILL
28,313.57
MITCHELL - FLOYD-MITCHELL COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
26,451.99
JASPER - CITY OF NEWTON SANITARY LANDFILL
24,944.45
CLINTON - CLINTON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL-EAST
24,007.93
KEOKUK - SOUTHEAST MULTI-COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
23,683.16
WINNESHIEK - WINNESHIEK COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
23,554.55
DALLAS - NORTH DALLAS COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
21,718.22
UNION - UNION COUNTY TRANSFER STATION (SANITARY LANDFILL until FY 2006)
19114.11
HARRISON - HARRISON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
16,043.19
PAGE - PAGE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
14,591.67
BENTON - BENTON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
14,369.17
DALLAS - SOUTH DALLAS COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
13,492.91
KOSSUTH - KOSSUTH COUNTY TRANSFER STATION (SANITARY LANDFILL until FY 2006)
13,480.32
IOWA - IOWA COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
12,006.20
TAMA - TAMA COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
11,924.72
MONTGOMERY - MONTGOMERY COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
10,371.29
DECATUR - WAYNE-RINGGOLD-DECATUR COUNTY SANITARY LF
9,543.29
APPANOOSE, RATHBUN AREA SOLID WASTE COMM TRANSFER STATION
9,507.73
CASS - CASS COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
9,115.10
SAC - SAC COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
8,862.20
FREMONT - FREMONT COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
7,022.83
ADAIR - ADAIR COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
5,529.66
DUBUQUE - JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS IND WASTE
839.58
UNION - FANSTEEL-WELLMAN DYNAMICS FS LANDFILL
611.16

AMSTED RAIL COMPANY (FORMALLY GRIFFIN WHEEL until FY 2008) LANDFILL

LEE - CLIMAX INC. SANITARY LANDFILL
AUDUBON - AUDUBON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
BREMER - BREMER COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
BUENA VISTA - BUENA VISTA COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
CLARKE - CLARKE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL-SOUTH SIDE
CRAWFORD - CRAWFORD COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
FAYETTE - FAYETTE COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
GRUNDY - GRUNDY COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
HAMILTON - HAMILTON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
IDA - IDA COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
JONES - JONES COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
MILLS - MILLS COUNTY LANDFILL ASSOCIATION
OTTUMWA MIDLAND CCR LANDFILL
WEBSTER - US GYPSUM-FORT DODGE GYPSUM LANDFILL
WOODBURY - CITY OF SIOUX CITY SANITARY LANDFILL
WOODBURY - WOODBURY COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
TOTALS

2,861,551.47

ESTIMATES
*Iowa Tons Going Out of State
Other States' Tons Coming into Iowa
Metro Park East LF's Percentage of total

* DNR reports that fiscal 2012 data are missing from one transfer station

Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources, compiled by IowaWatch.org

80,909.21
269,357.20
17.3%

FY 2011 Total Landfilled FY 2010 Total Landfilled FY 2009 Total Landfilled FY 2008 Total Landfilled
504,229.40
498,635.01
527,781.36
531,016.68
209,386.70
161,003.82
134,427.10
126,262.40
146,682.96
57,588.34
71,046.92
17,785.91
174,772.23
162,292.21
161,803.92
170,956.34
132,139.20
155,882.93
134,910.27
169,085.87
105,556.00
95,089.19
120,981.51
106,002.45
117,227.81
120,584.05
120,682.49
119,713.91
194,587.66
188,076.87
204,360.89
189,848.39
104,645.68
97,193.66
101,659.23
147,708.15
100,522.61
99,236.53
97,386.19
115,704.28
61,687.60
65,212.62
58,971.38
60,494.22
65,745.50
50,756.25
73,364.50
102,412.00
49,169.83
48,343.61
47,852.36
50,419.70
62,064.25
60,444.41
58,619.78
56,834.31
72,459.04
57,216.03
53,811.00
63,060.13
50,072.58
41,789.72
38,824.39
51,371.67
52,985.20
51,880.31
51,701.48
44,494.57
54,730.72
58,130.84
56,457.24
60,695.13
36,283.27
34,991.00
36,005.00
35,090.00
31,057.69
33,870.30
36,844.33
26,776.75
35,820.06
32,154.97
34,412.95
35,753.72
33,141.94
31,539.48
34,492.36
33,584.81
31,492.93
29,916.00
41,319.00
31,694.00
46,950.59
44,111.38
45,254.65
48,045.39
32,750.74
30,612.25
32,800.50
35,636.11
25,921.28
33,523.20
28,796.97
27,746.37
1,898.00
1,351.00
27,746.71
26,385.26
28,402.97
29,131.54
26,257.84
26,284.69
33,340.80
25,773.36
31,451.41
36,620.78
37,000.06
23,467.48
23,937.01
24,058.63
25,963.74
28,393.11
22,905.57
23,964.05
24,649.05
24,741.66
23,682.36
23,521.95
20,117.06
19,084.00
20,726.72
16,840.79
16,499.08
18,374.34
15,707.80
12,678.21
12,037.72
12,443.34
13,855.68
12,780.30
13,609.65
13,650.36
11,213.48
12,808.13
12,691.54
12,346.41
12,130.71
13,159.20
18,885.14
23,583.97
12,601.93
12,100.45
11,020.46
13,003.74
10,531.48
9,441.92
9,399.21
9,261.89
12,535.82
15,285.98
13,012.43
12,507.20
8,587.29
12,575.85
11,144.71
8,678.81
11,418.39
9,549.24
9,623.87
9,357.11
9,346.66
9,954.44
10,312.15
10,021.23
8,617.94
8,031.97
8,380.37
9,500.09
4,964.49
4,622.40
5,483.67
4,933.32
5,362.97
7,216.12
6,715.89
7,822.99
5,251.42
4,321.75
4,807.23
5,674.42
2,220.46
1,748.70
1,958.30
3,598.70
636.52
874.26
59.87
104.48

3,974.70

2,182.49
1,528.00

510.17
2,160.00

4,387.00

8,422.43

8,812.80

6,265.24

10,516.60

438.30
4,830.90
1,046.51
4,179.99
1,327.02
9,812.00
5,372.81
10,613.59
1,983.00
3,772.51
1,204.73
3,523.20

07,172.89
212.64

2,864,033.83

2,684,649.21

2,761,682.31

2,839,136.90

83,583.41
254982.34

77,959.92
205,761.91

77,839.54
216,994.81

87,969.65
227,414.33

17.6%

18.6%

19.1%

18.7%

FY 2007 Total Landfilled FY 2006 Total Landfilled FY 2005 Total Landfilled FY 2004 Total Landfilled
489,588.61
476,684.86
442,364.88
510,967.01
99,879.75
93,338.69
84,545.61
78,551.26
14,078.60
176,242.31
141,901.49
166,457.03
137,872.04
132,874.19
137,322.92
130,998.48
156,723.94
101,863.02
111,208.60
126,368.72
98,406.23
100,257.49
95,864.13
87,043.86
124,093.81
114,430.10
113,356.17
108,095.23
165,117.56 25,150.22
62,537.72
150,449.94
188,960.09
226,615.65
257,024.06
95,454.46
71,793.19
74,643.69
72,206.42
57,420.34
61,587.19
63,617.37
60,427.40
90,931.50
82,759.50
90,599.25
87,709.50
54,085.95
48,864.42
51,003.51
46,377.04
55,171.63
58,903.68
51,557.75
49,596.59
61,812.38
61,469.89
60,333.70
63,312.27
75,746.77
88,485.22
77,322.48
38,019.76
36,152.60
34,869.81
35,174.98
33,726.75
59,024.81
52,938.32
52,968.50
63,345.15
43,294.00
36,781.45
38,112.27
43,412.00
16,164.81
16,523.00
18,393.44
21,244.75
32,607.02
39,146.00
39,724.71
36,864.13
33,482.41
34,141.88
33,192.35
33,136.52
35,564.00
41,356.00
44,423.00
41,435.00
56,894.54
64,389.02
60,892.22
66,617.82
34,187.47
34,467.30
36,653.32
31,709.63
23,362.39
28,746.59
38,008.21
37,494.60
28,267.05
24,028.69
16,453.47
26,814.24
24,127.72
19,774.00
19,469.49
9,982.98
11,089.12
12,261.32
23,328.91
16,505.00
10,932.62
16,334.17
16,455.47
9,648.29
11,385.20
8,904.29
4,540.76
7,560.81
6,164.65
3,528.60
83.77

26,049.22
25,172.94
15,987.48
26,471.33
23,944.58
19,886.51
17,025.20
9,725.85
10,597.44
10,900.74
24,200.06
15,887.00
9,066.07
13,803.83
10,851.72
9,092.16
12,885.63
9,492.58
4,746.73
7,541.71
6,320.78
2,977.90
146.24

25,867.16
25,735.82
13,529.54
25,254.81
26,004.68
18,778.20
18,515.65
9,649.05
11,666.09
10,535.87
21,162.36
15,351.00
9,573.08
15,507.40
8,509.91
9,008.92
13,325.58
9,107.87
4,977.53
7,510.16
6,780.98
4,380.60
156.30

22,901.57
31,473.88
12,809.02
25,072.61
25,222.48
17,494.96
15,721.90
9,847.49
11,231.22
10,391.90
18,024.88
14,596.00
9,627.24
12,382.64
8,989.89
8,927.10
13,004.74
8,750.94
4,875.59
7,913.40
6,894.86
3,583.50
164.01

491.74
3,376.74
14,714.62
8,935.35
10,351.85
12,144.86
10,052.15
6,707.00
14,292.91
3,641.54
12,003.09

517.45
2,960.00
3,066.22
14,064.88
10,705.39
8,613.80
11,594.48
9,609.42
6,555.00
14,312.65
3,725.73
11,566.95

415.80
0
3,217.73
14,414.72
5,682.39
8,851.15
11,725.92
10,194.91
6,771.00

431.32
4,053.42
3,306.02
15,082.77
5,319.44
8,743.29
11,323.13
9,655.55
6,601.32

3,552.59
10,719.48

3,369.25
10,560.16

64,174.59
1,256.48

43,129.38
6,328.03

42,429.41
5,884.95

40,507.73
5,701.96

2,701,396.29

2,679,699.02

2,779,235.88

85,618.63
235,233.10

91,793.30
281,924.68

90,570.01
300,527.87

76,137.26
339,061.01

17.6%

17.6%

16.5%

18.4%

2,787,351.10

FY 2003 Total Landfilled FY 2002 Total Landfilled

507,321.81
465,955.17
86,496.62
91,540.71
117,314.88
121,278.41
107,846.61
91,806.34
121,473.50
116,079.45
85,712.15
88,423.21
103,584.53
103,104.18
52,974.49
50,914.78
202,734.21
321,042.49
91,888.77
63,801.80
54,240.09
50,808.37
63,896.50
63,460.75
45,309.04
43,182.29
63,178.52
63,889.24
60,439.89
60,755.02
19,987.30
23,944.04
33,612.33
32,774.39
56,090.62
52,927.88
38,037.00
39,451.46
20,286.67
19,036.39
37,074.64
35,762.17
31,923.77
33,210.15
45,992.00
48,797.00
66,839.12
77,060.93
19,269.40
20,604.01
36,086.30
28,545.20
22,171.65
28,830.09
11,739.44
24,222.69
22,875.86
15,835.41
16,364.32
9,868.74
11,276.18
11,158.00
18,881.94
14,388.00
9,081.50
12,947.99
10,252.27
10,568.15
14,990.63
8,422.21
4,574.82
6,775.87
6,617.11
3,367.50
108.12

20,513.24
29,943.90
12,992.37
24,302.47
21,915.03
14,941.26
15,826.43
10,051.28
10,975.34
11,099.90
18,975.30
16,378.00
8,687.40
13,815.66
15,424.31
10,244.66
14,144.48
10,270.35
4,640.18
6,499.40
6,403.17
2,243.30
26.90

587.18
3,179.50
14,378.16
4,632.65
8,678.00
10,196.56
10,413.29
6,857.00
1,119.27
3,310.61
9,730.80

1,928.04
2,985.32
14,898.85
6,575.35
8,663.00
10,878.77
9,375.39
6,523.00
12,874.22
3,352.00
11035.61
381.30

3,582.00
44,004.04
5,627.66

3,908.00
40,146.00
5,383.24

2,591,225.96

2,647,378.24

93,862.62
276,301.69

127,785.01
402,779.51

19.6%

17.6%

FY 2002
FY 2003
Metro Park East Sanitary Landfill (*Only through curbside recycling collection)
19,095.60
Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Landfill (Site#1 & #2)
15,680.50 15,120.38
Scott Area Sanitary Landfill
10,238.42
9,852.39
Landfill of North Iowa
2,908.78
3,213.27
Dubuque Metropolitan Sanitary Landfill (*For drop off & curbside)
2,763.09

City of Iowa City Sanitary Landfill (*Only for the households that the City of Iowa City serves through curbside co
Black Hawk County Sanitary Landfill (*Data don't exist on the county level. This is only for the City of Waterloo f

*Residential waste is only a small port of the total solid waste comes into the landfill; about two thirds of the w
Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources, compiled by IowaWatch.org

FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
20,027.90 21,432.10 21,360.70 22,440.10 22,454.20 23,348.90 26,356.60
15,913.68 13,594.49 12,689.76 15,676.30 17,190.13 16,335.10 14,981.88
9,721.08
9,614.18
9,395.58
9,421.51
9,838.43
8,812.70
7,817.83
3,413.07
3,428.86
3,457.24
3,426.60
3,545.32
3,340.50
2,910.46
5,375.57
5,592.75
5,503.23
5,269.49
5,657.17
5,100.86
5,061.81

erves through curbside collection)

for the City of Waterloo from 01/2011 to 12/2011, not based on Fiscal Year)

about two thirds of the waste comes from the commercial and industrial sectors.

1,475.38

FY 2011
FY 2012
27,016.90 25,775.20
15,751.90 15,556.33
7,830.47
7,081.56
2,720.56
4,920.92
1,465.80
971.02

1,528.31

IMPROVEMENT HARD TO REACH NARROWING THE GAP BETWEEN LANDFILLING AND RECYCLI
RECYCLING TONS
Metro Park East Sanitary Landfill (*Only through curbside recycling collection)
Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Landfill (Site#1 & #2)
Scott Area Sanitary Landfill
Landfill of North Iowa
Dubuque Metropolitan Sanitary Landfill (*For drop off & curbside)

FY 2002

FY 2003
19,095.60
15,680.50 15,120.38
10,238.42
9,852.39
2,908.78
3,213.27
2,763.09

LANDFILL TONS
POLK - METRO PARK EAST SANITARY LANDFILL
Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency Landfill (Site#1 & #2)
SCOTT - SCOTT AREA SANITARY LANDFILL
CERRO GORDO - LANDFILL OF NORTH IOWA
DUBUQUE - DUBUQUE METROPOLITAN SANITARY LF

FY 2002
465,955.17
172,193.19
116,079.45
63,801.80
88,423.21

FY 2003
507,321.81
170,289.37
121,473.50
91,888.77
85,712.15

GAP (REPORTED RECYCLING TONS AS A PERCENTAGE OF LANDFILLING TONS)

FY 2002
FY 2003
POLK - METRO PARK EAST SANITARY LANDFILL
N/A
3.8%
Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency (Sites #1 & #2)
9.1%
8.9%
SCOTT - SCOTT AREA SANITARY LANDFILL
8.8%
8.1%
CERRO GORDO - LANDFILL OF NORTH IOWA
4.6%
3.5%
DUBUQUE - DUBUQUE METROPOLITAN SANITARY LF
N/A
3.2%
Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources, IowaWatch.org analysis

LINN - CEDAR RAPIDS/LINN COUNTY (SITE #1-CR) SOLID WASTE AGENCY (called
121,278.41
BLUESTEM
117,314.88
until FY 2005)
LINN - CEDAR RAPIDS/LINN COUNTY (SITE #2-MARION) SOLID WASTE AGENCY50,914.78 52,974.49

FILLING AND RECYCLING AT FIVE SELECTED IOWA LANDFILLS

FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
FY 2012
20,027.90 21,432.10 21,360.70 22,440.10 22,454.20 23,348.90 26,356.60 27,016.90
25,775.20
15,913.68 13,594.49 12,689.76 15,676.30 17,190.13 16,335.10 14,981.88 15,751.90
15,556.33
9,721.08
9,614.18
9,395.58
9,421.51
9,838.43
8,812.70
7,817.83
7,830.47
7,081.56
3,413.07
3,428.86
3,457.24
3,426.60
3,545.32
3,340.50
2,910.46
2,720.56
5,375.57
5,592.75
5,503.23
5,269.49
5,657.17
5,100.86
5,061.81
4,920.92

FY 2004
510,967.01
228,994.75
126,368.72
72,206.42
87,043.86

FY 2005
442,364.88
167,051.71
111,208.60
74,643.69
95,864.13

FY 2006
476,684.86
176,242.31
101,863.02
71,793.19
100,257.49

FY 2007
489,588.61
179,196.16
156,723.94
95,454.46
98,406.23

FY 2008
531,016.68
207,634.30
169,085.87
115,704.28
106,002.45

FY 2009
527,781.36
275,407.81
134,910.27
97,386.19
120,981.51

FY 2010
498,635.01
245,665.21
155,882.93
99,236.53
95,089.19

FY 2011
FY 2012
504,229.40 495,784.69
341,270.62 286,049.75
132,139.20 134,241.24
100,522.61
105,556.00

FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
FY 2012
3.9%
4.8%
4.5%
4.6%
4.2%
4.4%
5.3%
5.4%
5.2%
6.9%
8.1%
7.2%
8.7%
8.3%
5.9%
6.1%
4.6%
5.4%
7.7%
8.6%
9.2%
6.0%
5.8%
6.5%
5.0%
5.9%
5.3%
4.7%
4.6%
4.8%
3.6%
3.1%
3.4%
2.9%
2.7%
#DIV/0!
6.2%
5.8%
5.5%
5.4%
5.3%
4.2%
5.3%
4.7%
#DIV/0!

166,457.03 141,901.49 176,242.31 14,078.60 17,785.91 71,046.92 57,588.34 146,682.96

62,537.72 25,150.22
165,117.56 189,848.39 204,360.89 188,076.87 194,587.66

192,607.06
93,442.69