Recycling 
  
Recycling Bin Covers

The City of Urbandale now offers recycling bin covers to all residents.  Covers cost only $5.00 each and the City accepts either cash or check.  To purchase a cover contact Engineering Services (3600 86th Street) at (515) 278.3950 or at City Hall (3600 86th Street) at (515) 278.3900.  

Single Stream Recycling - Coming Soon

Single stream recycling is coming to Urbandale in July 2009.  Single stream will use a recycling container like your current trash container.  Recycling will continue to be a partnership between the City of Urbandale and the Metro Waste Authority.  More information on this new service will be coming in the Spring of 2009. 

The Curb It! program helps residents recycle more than 18,000 tons of material each year. Since the program began, this has kept more than 15,000 garbage trucks from going to the landfill!

Acceptable Materials

When using your Curb It! bin, please follow these proper recycling procedures using these approved materials: 

Recycle This:
Cardboard (max. 4 per pick up - no larger than your Curb It! bin)
Newspapers
Mixed paper
All plastic bottles (bottles have openings smaller than the base)
Empty aerosol cans
Wire hangers
Aluminum and tin cans
Plastic margarine and yogurt containers
Clear glass food jars

Trash This:
Broken or colored glass, vases, plates and bowls
Paper towels
Tissues
Lids from glass jars
Paper contaminated with food
Pizza boxes
Toilet paper
Napkins
Spray nozzles or pumps
Styrofoam
Aluminum foil
Containers that once held motor oil or antifreeze
Any plastic item that is not a bottle, a yogurt or margarine container

Collection Schedules

You can report recycling that was not picked up either online or by calling (515) 278-3950.

In Urbandale, Curb It! recycling materials are collected by a contractor, Artistic Waste Services.  Artistic will collect recyclables on your normal garbage collection day.  There is no collection on the following holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day Monday, July 4th, Labor Day Monday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Collection normally scheduled for these days will occur on the following weekday, collection will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.