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MWA Blog: Dispose of Tires for Free

Residents are cleaning out their homes this spring. Many area communities are hosting free disposal of old tires. Find out if your community is participating.

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Community Tire Drop-Offs are Planned,
So Mark Your Calendar

When it’s time to buy new tires, treat your old tires as well as they've treated you – by disposing of them properly. Dumping and stockpiling used tires can create serious health and safety risks. In Iowa, it’s illegal to dump tires, and non-shredded tires are banned from landfills. Metro Waste Authority and several communities in the metro-area offer an annual opportunity to help residents dispose of old tires legally and free of charge.

Reference the chart below to see when your community is holding its upcoming tire collection.

Find out what's happening in Johnstonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

COMMUNITY DROP-OFF LOCATION DATE TIMES Altoona 406 Fifth Ave. SW April 21 6 a.m.-Noon Ankeny 1220 NW Prairie Ridge Dr. May 19-20 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Bondurant 306 Blaine St. April 14 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Carlisle 645 Railroad May 4-5 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Clive Please contact the City of Clive for details. 223-6220 Des Moines See City of Des Moines SCRUB Calendar or call 283-4950. Grimes 901 NE Main St. May 19 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Johnston 6400 NW Beaver Dr. April 27-28 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mitchellville 201 Cotton Ave. NW May 19 9 a.m.-Noon Norwalk 2626 North Ave. May 5 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Pleasant Hill 5151 Maple Dr. April 28 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Polk City 301 East Northside Dr. May 19 8 a.m.-Noon Urbandale 9401 Hickman Rd. April 23-30 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. West Des Moines 560 S. 16th St. April 21 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Regulations
Each household can drop off a maximum of five scrap tires with the rims removed. In special situations where a household may have more than five tires, please contact Metro Waste Authority to be considered for an exemption. This program does NOT ACCEPT the following types of tires at the collection site:

  1. Scrap tires generated by any business
  2. Farm or tractor tires
  3. Solid tires such as lawnmower, forklift or golf cart tires
  4. Bicycle tires 


Year-Round Drop-Off
MWA also encourages directly recycling your tires at:
Liberty Tire Recycling 
1914 E Euclid Ave # A, Des Moines
(515) 262-4900

Find out what's happening in Johnstonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Metro Waste has year-round drop-off containers at the locations listed below for a fee.

Tires Fees Passenger/SUV/Trucks $3/tire Semi & Large Trucks $10/tire Farm $30/tire Commercial loads $300/ton

Metro Park East Landfill
12181 NE University Ave
(10 miles east of the Iowa Sate Fairgrounds on Highway 163)
Monday-Friday: 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (April-October: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off
1105 Prairie Drive SW (Highway 65), Bondurant
Tuesday-Friday: 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturdays (first and third of every month): 8 a.m. to Noon (June-August: every Saturday)

Metro Park West in Perry
2499 – 337th St.
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturdays: 9 a.m. to Noon

Metro Recycling Center in Des Moines
1817 E. Euclid
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information, visit us at www.WhereItShouldGo.com or call 515.244.0021.

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