New Recycling Drop Off Locations in Dubuque

A new recycling drop-off location for paper, plastic and metal has been added near the City of Dubuque’s Municipal Service Center on Kerper Court, and a purple container at the site is one of two drop-off stations accepting glass for recycling. The other glass recycling site is located at the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency landfill.  A grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Environmental Management System program enabled the agency to purchase the containers for glass recycling. Ripple Glass will use the recycled glass to create new bottles and fiberglass insulation. Acceptable glass for recycling includes rinsed glass food and beverage containers, drinking glasses and mason jars, candle jars and cosmetic bottles and jars.