A graphic with tips on how to reduce waste on Thanksgiving.

Tips on reducing waste this Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 8:00am
Contact: 
Jane Wilch
Landfill and Recycling Center

When hosting a large number of people for a meal, it’s easy to over-prepare.

Consider these reduction tips when planning, cooking, and enjoying your delicious Thanksgiving meal.

1.) Plan your shopping list

Take a moment to plan your shopping list; only buy what you know you’ll use. This is especially important when purchasing perishable items like produce, dairy, and meat.

Don’t forget your reusable shopping bags!

2.) Skip paper or plastic cutlery

Ditch disposable, and go for reusable cutlery, dishware,...

The poster for the movie "The True Cost."

Library hosts America Recycles Day free movie night

Monday, November 4, 2019 - 12:30pm
Contact: 
Jane Wilch

Join the City of Iowa City and Iowa City Public Library in celebration of America Recycles Day for a film screening of the documentary “The True Cost.”

The screening will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in the Iowa City Public Library's Meeting Room A.

"The True Cost" is a 2015 documentary centered on the environmental and personal impacts of the fashion industry and the influx of cheaper clothing products. Filmed in...

Landfill Hazardous Waste entrance

Pardon our construction!

Friday, August 30, 2019 - 4:45pm
Contact: 
Jennifer Jordan
Communications

The Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center is excited to announce an upcoming minor construction project on the main office building. The project will extend the overhang where household hazardous materials (HHM) are received by appointment. This will allow customers to pull through more easily. During construction, HHM will be accepted by appointment on the back (east) side of the facility at the overhead door. Customers should use Lane #3 to pull around the building.

Please visit www.icgov.org/hazardouswaste for more...

Rummage in the Ramp sets new records for amount of waste diverted and funds raised

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 7:15am
Contact: 
Jane Wilch
Part of Climate Action by Communications

The 13th annual Rummage in the Ramp event diverted more than 32 tons of materials from curbs and dumpsters, setting a new record as more than 800 residents donated their still-usable items.

Rummage in the Ramp is an annual City-sponsored effort that began in 2007 to keep tons of reusable items out of the Iowa City Landfill, while providing items to those who need them when leases changeover at the end of July. This work dramatically reduces the amount of goods that go to the Landfill, a sustainability goal that serves as a vital part of the City's...

'Name Your Price' sale to close out Rummage in the Ramp

Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 9:00am
Contact: 
Jane Wilch
Resource Management

On the last day of Rummage in the Ramp, starting at 7 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, take advantage of a “Name Your Price." Come down, see what’s left, and tell us what you’ll pay for it.

The sale is happening Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, on the second floor of the Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp, 415 E. Washington St. Visitors can use the College Street entrance of the ramp to access the sale.

This annual City-sponsored event occurs as leases changeover each year in Iowa City at the end of July. Most items are priced $20 or under. Profits are split between environmental and...

Rummage Redux

Get your DIY on with Rummage Redux contest

Friday, July 19, 2019 - 1:30pm
Contact: 
Marcia Bollinger
Landfill and Recycling Center

Like to reupholster chairs and repaint household items? Do you find creative ways to repurpose everyday items?

Then the Rummage ReDux Challenge is just the event for you. Transform items found at the City's Rummage in the Ramp from simply serviceable to boisterously beautiful, while competing against other participants.

The contest is simple: take an item you find at Rummage in the Ramp -which runs from Thursday, July 25, 2019 to Saturday, August 3 in the second floor of the Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp- repurpose, refresh, or reimagine the item and enter it into the contest...

Rummage in the Ramp by the numbers: nearly 300 tons saved from Landfill in 12 years

Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - 7:30am
Contact: 
Jane Wilch
Resource Management

Since its inception in 2007, Rummage in the Ramp has been a historic success for City sustainability goals by diverting used goods from the Iowa City Landfill.

In its first 12 years, the sale of used couches, furniture, and every day appliances has diverted almost 300 tons of refuse: 291.9 tons exactly. In comparison, a mature African elephant weighs 6.7 tons, which means Rummage in the Ramp has diverted the equivalent of the weight of 45 elephants from the Landfill.

Rummage has also raised $189,123 for local nonprofits...

Garbage, recycling, yard waste will be collected on 4th of July

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 12:00pm
Contact: 
Patricia Fossum
Resource Management

Garbage, recycling, and yard waste will be collected on Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, 2019.

The change means City curbside customers, on the holiday and the following Friday, July 5, 2019, will put out refuse at the normal date and time.

In recent years, refuse was not collected on some federal holidays. Staff then collected two days worth of refuse the next day. The City has changed that practice after a dramatic increase in recycling and yard waste usage by curbside customers, which made collecting two days worth of refuse difficult to do in one day.

The new...

Recycle, use Rummage in the Ramp ahead of move-out season

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 8:00am
Contact: 
Jane Wilch
Patricia Fossum
Landfill and Recycling Center

The Iowa City Landfill sees sharp increases in the amount of trash in July and August due to residents moving in and out as leases changeover. The City of Iowa City encourages residents to recycle as much as possible to reduce waste ending up at the landfill.

Iowa City curbside customers can recycle cardboard, mixed paper, cartons, metal cans, and plastics #1-5 and #7 in their curbside recycling cart (65-gallon cart with blue lid).

A reminder that cardboard is not allowed in the trash in Johnson County and must be recycled. Recycle at curbside or at a drop-off location in...

Keep your carts out: yard waste pickup delayed throughout City

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 8:00am
Contact: 
Patricia Fossum
Resource Management

Pickup of yard waste by City of Iowa City crews has been delayed due to Memorial Day and high usage of yard waste and organics carts by curbside customers.

The delay means customers whose refuse is picked up on Tuesdays and later can expect their yard waste and organics carts, including the yellow-lid City carts, to be picked a day or more later than normal. Garbage and recycling pickup is still running on time.

The delay was caused by a combination of collecting Monday and Tuesday yard waste routes on Tuesday alone because of Memorial Day and a large increase in usage of...

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