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Dumps and landfills in Iowa

Iowa has 40 facilities in 40 cities: 40 landfills. Adel has the most with 1.

Records for Iowa come from the EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program, cross-checked against each facility's own website where one is published. 40 of the 40 sites are permitted landfills, spread across 39 counties. By annual tonnage the largest are Metro Park East Landfill (848,277 tons in 2022), Loess Hills Regional Sanitary Landfill (628,426 tons in 2022) and Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Landfill #2 (211,248 tons in 2022).

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Top facilities in Iowa

Cities in Iowa

Smaller towns are grouped under "All other facilities" below.

All other facilities in Iowa

40 facilities in 40 towns, grouped by town. Open a town to see its sites.

Adel 1
Atlantic 1
Blairstown 1
Blue Grass 1
Boone 1
Carroll 1
Cherokee 1
Clarinda 1
Clear Lake 1
Clinton 1
Davenport 1
Decorah 1
Dubuque 1
Eldora 1
Elma 1
Fort Dodge 1
Fort Madison 1
Graettinger 1
Grand River 1
Homestead 1
Iowa City 1
Lake Mills 1
Logan 1
Malvern 1
Marion 1
Marshalltown 1
Mitchellville 1
Newton 1
Oskaloosa 1
Ottumwa 1
Perry 1
Richland 1
Sheldon 1
Sidney 1
Spirit Lake 1
Toledo 1
Tracy 1
Waterloo 1
West Burlington 1
Winterset 1

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Frequently asked questions

How many facilities are listed in Iowa?

40 published facilities in Iowa, covering 40 cities. Counts update whenever the data is refreshed.

Where does this information come from?

Each facility is built from public sources such as the EPA LMOP database, state permit lists and the facility's own website, and shows its sources and the date it was last checked at the bottom of its page.

How do I report a change?

Every facility page has a "Suggest a correction" form. Submissions are reviewed before publishing.