Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency (DMASWA) RecyclingDubuque Metro olitan Area Solid Waste Agency
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providing environmentally sound \solid waste solutions
Dear Mayor or City Clerk:
April 28, 2011
925 Kerper Court
Dubuque, IA 52001 -2405
Phone: 563 - 589 -4250
Fax: 563 - 589 -4252
As you may have read in the spring DMASWA newspaper insert, as of July 1, 2011
electronics will no longer be buried at the Dubuque Metro Landfill. Electronics are
defined as anything with a circuit board and /or cathode ray tube (CRT or "picture tube ").
Examples include: TVs, computers, computer monitors, cell phones, printers, DVD
players and VCRs. The only electronics that will be accepted at the Dubuque Metro
Landfill as of July 1 will be recycled. The cost charged to the Agency by its recycling
contractor will be passed through to the Agency's customers who drop off their
electronics. However, the DMASWA's electronics recycling program will begin by
offering a onetime amnesty from June 11th through June 25 Electronics can be
dropped off at no charge from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Dubuque Metro Landfill on these
dates.
The DMASWA Electronics Recycling Program provides an environmentally sound and
economically feasible disposal option for electronic scrap. All recycled electronics are
demanufactured into salvageable components at a secure demanufacturing facility in
Davenport. To ensure data security, computers are not refurbished or reused.
The DMASWA changed its electronics disposal program because it is not only
concerned about the space used electronics would take up in the Dubuque Metro
Landfill, but also because of the hazardous materials contained in the electronics - lead,
mercury, cadmium, nickel, chromium, lithium, and PCBs, among others. Electronics
also contain many materials made from natural resources, some of which are not
renewable and will be depleted over time. By recycling electronics, those valuable
natural resources are used again to make new products, water pollution is prevented,
and energy is saved in the extraction and manufacturing processes.
Please share this information and the current list of locations for recycling electronics
with your community.
DMASWA Regional Collection Center
14501 Hwy 20 West
Dubuque, IA 52003
563- 589 -1720
Call ahead for appointment and fee information.
Goodwill Industries
2121 Holliday Drive
Dubuque, IA 52002
563 -557 -3158
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ABS Computers
3430 Dodge St.
Dubuque, IA 52002
563- 557 -8888
Moor's Salvage & Recovery, Inc.
3604 County H
Kieler, WI 53812
806 -568 -7678
Charge per pound
DMASWA Electronics Recycling Fees (Starting July 1, 2011):
$5.00 each
$10.00 each
$15.00 each
No Charge
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Charles F. Goddard
DMASWA Administrator
Best Buy
801 Wacker Drive
Dubuque, IA 52002
563- 587 -0988
Call ahead for more information
Mike Muir
3406 Crestwood
Dubuque, IA 52002
563- 582 -4919
Call ahead for fee information.
Monitors, small televisions, laptop computers (under 27 ")
Larger televisions and monitors (over 27 ")
Console televisions
All other electronics and accessories
If you desire more information, please contact me at your earliest convenience at 563-
589 -4250 or cgoddard a( ,cityofdubuque.orq.