Residential Garbage Service

Prairie Waste Solutions is a Central Iowa residential trash and recycling service provider to customers in the greater Marshalltown area. It is our goal to provide quality and cost-effective residential garbage collection to every customer we serve across Marshall, Hardin, Tama and Story Counties.

To see which Central Iowa residential trash services are available in your community, visit the Service Area section or contact customer service.

ONLINE BILL PAY

Residential Trash Set Out Instructions

1. Bag all trash before placing in your personal container or our Prairie Waste container.

2. Lids must be closed at all times.

3. Place cans/carts at least 6 feet from cars, mailboxes, etc.

4. Depending on location, cans may need to be placed either curbside or kept within 10′ of your home.

Give us a call today!
641.752.7165

Residential Recycling

Prairie Waste Solutions residential recycling service is available in Marshall County. Visit our Service Area page to learn if residential recycling is available for your home.

ACCEPTABLE Residential Recycling Items

GLASS, All Colors: Bottles, Jars, Jugs [All with NO lids]

METAL: Aluminum Cans, Aluminum Foil or Foil Baking Pans, Steel or Tin Cans

PAPER: Brown Paper Bags, Catalogs, Cereal Boxes (without liner), Clean Paper & Mail, Corrugated Cardboard – Flattened, Magazines, Newspaper, Paperback Books, Phone Books, Shredded Paper (only if tied in a clear plastic bag), Shoe Boxes

PLASTIC: #1 & #2 Plastic Containers, Bottles, Jars & Jugs, Dairy Tub, Yogurt, & Margarine

UNACCEPTABLE Residential Recycling Items

Any item not on the acceptable list: Ceramics or dishes, Diapers, Electronics, Garbage, Plastic Bags, Prescription Vials, Sharps (needles or syringes), Styrofoam Containers/dishes/cups/packing pellets, Window Glass or Mirrors

Residential Recycling Set Out Instructions: Bag your paper recyclables before placing in container and Set your bin next to your garbage can

Residential Clean-out & Construction Projects

Renting a temporary roll-off dumpster from Prairie Waste Solutions can save you time and labor with your home remodeling or garage cleanout project. We deliver a variety of roll-off containers to Central Iowa homes in the following sizes:

Rear Load Containers
2 – 6 cubic yards

Roll Off Containers
10 – 40 cubic yards

To learn more about roll-off container rentals from Prairie Waste, visit our Roll-Off section.

Residential Billing

Depending on your Central Iowa residential trash service area, you will be billed on a bi-monthly advance or quarterly basis.

For bi-monthly advance billed customers, your Marshalltown area trash invoice will be sent on the 15th of the month, covering the next two months of Central IA trash service. The invoice due date will be the 10th of the following month. Reminder statements for past-due bills with be sent on the 15th of the next month.

Accepted payment methods for Prairie Waste residential trash bills:

Bank account payments from savings or checking, Credit or debit card, checks, and cash payments at our office.