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Iowa

Pop = Population
HH = Households
RSD = Rate Structure Design
SD = Start Date
CT = Container Type

Map of Iowa


State Solid Waste Program
Solid Waste Planning and Permitting
Waste Management
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Wallace State Office Building
502 East 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
Phone: (515) 281-5918
Web site Exit EPA

PAYT in Iowa
Web site Exit EPA

= Information from Unit-Based Pricing in the United States: A Tally of Communities, M.L. Mirando, Duke University, 1999.
= Information provided by states or communities since 1999.

More information on Iowa PAYT programs (PDF) (5 pp, 376K, About PDF)

Community Pop HH RSD SD CT
Ackworth 85 no info weight-based 2001 no info
Afton 917 no info hybrid 2000 tag/sticker
Agency 616 261 multi-tier 1992 can
622 hybrid 1997 tag/sticker
Ainsworth 506 201 additional base tax 1999 bag
524 hybrid
Albion 585 207 no info 1995 bag
592 hybrid
Alburnett 456 168 multi-tier 1993 bag
Alexander 170 81 no info no info no info
Allerton 559 no info subscription 2001 no info
Allison 1,006 no info subscription 2002 can
Aplington 1,054 no info hybrid 2002 bag
Aredale 89 no info hybrid 2002 bag
Armstrong 979 no info subscription 1999 no info
Atkins City 637 234 additional base tax 1995 tag
Aurora 196 77 additional tax base 2000 bag
hybrid tag/sticker
Badger 610 no info subscription 2002 bag
Barnum 195 no info subscription 2001 bag
Batavia 500 no info no info 1999 bag
Baxter 1,052 no info hybrid 2000 tag
Beaconsfield 11 no info subscription 2001 no info
Bedford 1,582 683 fully variable 1994 tag
1,620 hybrid tag/sticker
Belmond City 2,500 1,080 fully variable 1996 bag
Bellevue 2,350 no info no info 2002 tag/sticker
Bennett 395 168 additional tax base 1991 bag
hybrid tag/sticker
Benton 40 40 no info 2001 bag
Bernard 97 no info subscription 2001 no info
Bettendorf 28,132 10,652 fully variable 1995 tag
31,275 hybrid tag/sticker
Bevington 58 no info weight-based 1998 sticker
Birmingham 423 no info no info 2000 tag
Blakesburg 374 no info hybrid 1998 tag/sticker
Bradgate 101 no info subscription 2002 can
Brandon 320 129 multi-tier no info tag
Bristow 202 no info hybrid 2002 bag
Britt 2,133 849 fully variable 1990 tag
Brooklyn 1,439 568 fully variable 1993 bag
1,367 subscription
Burlington City 27,208 11,044 multi-tier 1995 tag
Burt 575 213 additional base tax 1992 tag
Calamus 379 159 fully variable 1991 bag
394 tag/sticker
Callender 424   hybrid 2001 tag/sticker
Camanche 4,436 1,735 no info 1992 tag
4,215 weight-based
Cantril 257 no info fully variable 1999 tag
Carpenter 102 51 no info 1996 no info
Cedar Falls 36,298 11,690 subscription 1994 can
Cedar Point 1,693 627 multi-tier 1993 tag
Cedar Rapids 108,751 43,490 multi-tier 1997 can
Chariton 4,573 no info subscription 1993 no info
Charles City 7,878 3,303 hybrid 1994 tag
7,812 1992 tag/sticker
Clare 190 no info hybrid 2001 tag
Clarence 936 398 additional tax base no info tag
1,008 hybrid 1991 tag/sticker
Clarion 2,703 1,171 fully variable 1995 bag
2,968
Clarksville 1,441 no info subscription 2002 no info
Clemons 173 65 fully variable 1995 can
Clinton 29,201 11,717 additional base tax 1992 tag
27,772 1989 tag/sticker
Clio 91 no info subscription 2001 no info
Coin 252 no info subscription 1990 bag
Colfax 2,223 no info hybrid no info tag/sticker
Collins 455 195 additional base tax 1994 bag
499 subscription
Colo 771 291 additional base tax 1993 tag
Colwell 94 35 fully variable no info tag
76 hybrid 1993 bag
Conesville 334 128 additional base tax 1994 bag
Coralville 10,347 4,622 no info 1992 tag
Corning 1,806 829 multi-tier 1992 tag
1,783 hybrid tag/sticker
Corydon 1,591 no info subscription 2001 no info
Crawfordsville 265 113 additional tax base 1990 bag
295 hybrid
Creston 7,597 no info hybrid 1999 tag/sticker
Cumming 162 no info weight-based 2001 can
Dakota City 911 no info subscription 2001 no info
Davis City 275 no info subscription 2001 no info
Dayton 884 no info subscription 2001 no info
Decatur City 199 no info subscription 2001 no info
Deep River 345 134 fully variable 1993 bag
288 hybrid
Delphos 25 no info subscription 2001 no info
Delta 409 177 no info 1992 can
Derby 131 no info no info 2002 bag
Dewitt 4,514 1,833 additional base tax 1992 tag
Dexter 689 no info weight-based 2001 tag/sticker
Diagonal 312 no info subscription 2001 no info
Dike 875 357 additional base tax 1990 bag
Dows 660 296 fully variable 1995 bag
675
Drakesville 185 no info hybrid 2001 tag/sticker
Dumont 676 no info subscription 2002 no info
Duncombe 474 no info subscription 2001 no info
Dunkerton 746 273 multi-tier no info tag
Dunlap 1,251 472 multi-tier 1995 bag
1,139 hybrid
Durant 1,677 no info hybrid 1998 tag/sticker
Eagle Grove 3,712 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Earlham 1,298 no info weight-based 1996 sticker
East Peru 153 no info weight-based 2001 can
Eddyville 1,064 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Eldon 998 no info hybrid 1997 tag/sticker
Eldora 3,038 1,183 additional base tax 1996 tag
Ellston 57 no info subscription 2001 no info
Ely 517 198 multi-tier 1992 tag
Emerson 480 no info subscription 2001 no info
Emmetsburg 3,940 1,623 multi-tier 1994 tag
3,958 hybrid tag/sticker
Estherville 6,720 2,683 additional base tax 1972 tag
6,656 hybrid bag
Fairfax 780 277 additional base tax 1992 tag
Farragut 509 no info subscription 2000 no info
Fertile 360 no info hybrid 1999 bag
Floyd 359 143 additional base tax 1992 tag
361 hybrid 1993 bag
Forest City 4,430 1,652 additional base tax 1992 can
4,362 pre-paid bag 1997 bag
Fort Dodge 25,136 no info subscription 2002 bag
Fredericksburg 1,101 386 multi-tier 1994 tag
984 pre-paid bag bag
Fredonia 201 88 additional base tax no info bag
Ferguson 166 56 no info 1995 no info
Galt 43 15 no info no info no info
Garden Grove 250 no info subscription 1998 no info
Garner 2,922 no info pre-paid bag 1997 bag
Geneva 171 no info subscription 1997 tag
Gibson 63 32 additional base tax 1993 bag
92 hybrid 1994
Gilman City 586 230 fully variable 1995 can
Gilmore City 556 no info hybrid 2001 tag
Glenwood 5,358 no info hybrid 1999 bag
Gowrie 1,038 no info hybrid 2001 tag/sticker
Goldfield 710 299 no info no info no info
Goodell City 201 82 multi-tier 1995 tag
Grand River 225 no info subscription 2001 no info
Greene 1,099 no info subscription 2002 no info
Grinnell 9,105 no info hybrid 2001 bag
Grundy Center 2,491 1,049 additional base tax 1989 bag
Guernsey 70 no info hybrid 2001 bag
Hamburg 1,240 no info subscription 2001 no info
Hampton 4,218 no info subscription 1997 tag
Hansell 96 no info subscription 1997 tag
Harcourt 340 no info subscription 2001 no info
Hardy 57 no info hybrid 2001 tag/sticker
Harper 147 60 additional base tax no info bag
Harrisburg 226 78 no info no info bag
Hastings 214 no info hybrid 2001 bag
Haverhill 144 60 fully variable 1995 can
Hayesville 62 26 multi-tier 1994 bag
Hazleton 950 no info hybrid 2000 tag/sticker
Hedrick 810 327 additional base tax no info tag
Hiawatha 4,986 2,139 multi-tier 1994 can
Hills 662 266 additional base tax 1991 bag
679 hybrid
Hillsboro 205 no info pre-paid tag 2003 tag/sticker
Holland 215 95 additional base tax 1991 tag
Houghton 130 no info subscription 2001 no info
Hubbard 885 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Hudson 2,037 737 multi-tier no info tag
Humboldt 4,438 1,894 additional base tax 1995 bag
4,452 hybrid
Humeston 543 no info subscription 2000 no info
Imogene 66 no info subscription 2001 no info
Indianola 12,998 no info weight-based 1996 no info
Ionia 304 122 fully variable 1992 tag
Iowa City 59,738 21,964 multi-tier 1996 tag
Iowa Falls 5,193 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Janesville 829 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Kalona 1,942 755 fully variable 1992 tag
Kellerton 372 no info subscription 2001 no info
Kensett 298 133 multi-tier no info no info
Keokuk 11,427 no info pre-paid tag 2002 tag
Keosauqua 1,066 no info pre-paid tag 1997 tag
Keota 1,000 424 additional base tax 1993 bag
1,025 hybrid
Keswick 284 114 multi-tier 1993 bag
Kinross 89 31 additional base tax 1993 bag
80 hybrid 1999
Kirkville 214 no info hybrid 1990 tag/sticker
Klemme 593 no info pre-paid bag 1997 bag
Knierim 70 no info hybrid 2001 tag
Knoxville 7,731 no info subscription 2002 no info
Lacona 360 no info weight-based 1998 no info
Lake Mills 2,140 906 multi-tier 1994 bag
pre-paid bag
Lake View 1,303 576 additional base tax 1994 bag
Lamoni 2,444 no info subscription 2001 no info
Lamont 471 203 fully variable no info bag
503 hybrid
Laurel 271 114 fully variable 1995 can
Laurens 1,476 no info pre-paid bag 2002 no info
Le Grand 854 317 no info 1995 no info
Le Roy 13 no info subscription 2002 no info
Lehigh 497 no info hybrid 2001 tag/sticker
Leon 1,983 no info subscription 2001 no info
Lineville 273 no info subscription 2001 no info
Lisbon 1,452 556 additional base tax 1992 tag
Liscomb 272 119 additional base tax 1995 bag
hybrid
Livermore 436 201 multi-tier 1991 bag
431 pre-paid tag tag/sticker
Lone Tree 979 402 fully variable 1991 tag
Lorimor 427 no info hybrid 1998 tag/sticker
Lucas 243 no info subscription 2002 no info
Macedonia 325 no info hybrid 1999 bag
Malcom 352 no info hybrid 1994 bag
Mallard 360 141 additional base tax 1994 bag
298 hybrid
Maloy 28 no info subscription 2001 no info
Malvern 1,256 no info hybrid 1999 bag
Manchester 5,257 no info subscription 2001 no info
Manson 1,893 no info hybrid 2001 tag/sticker
Maquoketa 6,112 2,608 multi-tier no info tag
hybrid 1994 tag/sticker
Marble Rock 361 149 additional base tax 1993 tag
326 hybrid bag
Marshalltown 25,178 9,974 no info 1994 no info
Martinsburg 157 57 multi-tier 1993 bag
Mason City 29,040 11,980 multi-tier 1993 tag
McIntire 173 no info hybrid 1997 tag/sticker
Melbourne 669 282 no info 1994 no info
Millersburg 188 74 additional base tax 1992 bag
184 hybrid
Millerton 48 no info subscription 2001 no info
Milo 839 no info weight-based 1995 no info
Milton 550 no info pre-paid bag 1999 bag
Mitchell 170 79 additional base tax 1992 tag
Montezuma 1,651 637 fully variable 1994 bag
1,440 pre-paid bag
Monticello 3,522 1,443 additional base tax 1991 bag
Moorland 197 no info subscription 2001 no info
Mount Ayr 1,822 no info subscription 2001 no info
Mount Pleasant 8,027 2,912 additional base tax 1990 tag
Mount Vernon 3,657 989 additional base tax 1990 tag
Murray 766 no info hybrid 1998 bag
Nashua 1,476 636 fully variable 1992 tag
1,618 pre-paid bag bag
Newton 14,789 6,293 fully variable 1994 tag
New Hampton 3,692 no info hybrid 1997 tag/sticker
New Hartford 659 no info hybrid 2002 bag
New Providence 227 no info hybrid 1996 tag/sticker
New Virginia 469 no info weight-based 2002 no info
Nichols 366 118 multi-tier 1992 bag
374 hybrid
Nodaway 132 no info hybrid 2000 tag/sticker
Nora Springs 1,505 555 additional base tax 1992 tag
North English 944 400 additional base tax 1993 bag
991 hybrid
North Liberty 2,926 1,122 fully variable 1990 tag
5,367 hybrid 1992 tag/sticker
North Washington 118 no info hybrid 1997 bag
Northwood 2,050 no info pre-paid bag 1997 bag
Oakland 1,487 no info hybrid 1999 bag
Olds 205 90 fully variable 1992 bag
249 pre-paid bag
Ollie 224 no info pre-paid bag 2001 bag
Orchard 93 36 fully variable no info bag
Osage 3,439 1,501 additional base tax 1992 tag
3,451 hybrid tag/sticker
Osceola 4,659 no info subscription 1998 no info
Otho 571 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Ottosen 72 31 multi-tier 1991 bag
61 hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Ottumwa 24,488 10,200 multi-tier 1992 tag
24,998 hybrid tag/sticker
Palo 514 190 multi-tier 1993 tag
Parkersburg 1,889 no info hybrid 2002 bag
Patterson 126 no info weight-based 2001 no info
Pella 9,832 no info subscription 2001 no info
Pioneer 21 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Pleasanton 37 no info subscription 2001 no info
Pleasantville 1,539 no info hybrid 2001 bag
Pocahontas 1,970 no info pre-paid bag 1998 bag
Pomeroy 710 no info hybrid 2001 tag/sticker
Postville 2,273 no info subscription 1998 can
Prairie City 1,360 507 multi-tier 1991 bag
Quasquenton 579 225 multi-tier no info tag
Rake 238 107 no info no info bag
227 pre-paid bag 1999
Randolph 209 no info subscription 2002 bag
Redding 78 no info subscription 2001 no info
Reinbeck 1,605 688 additional base tax 1989 bag
Renwick 306 no info subscription 2001 no info
Rhodes City 272 103 fully variable 1995 can
Rickardsville 171 62 no info no info no info
Riceville 827 371 additional base tax no info bag
840 hybrid 1998
Riverside 824 328 fully variable 1993 bag
928 hybrid 1996 tag/sticker
Riverton 304 no info subscription 2000 no info
Robins 875 307 multi-tier 1993 bag
Rock Falls 170 no info pre-paid bag 1997 bag
Rock Rapids 2,601 1,073 multi-tier 1992 tag
Rockford 863 351 additional base tax 1992 tag
Rockwell City 2,264 no info subscription 2001 no info
Rowan 189 93 fully variable 1996 bag
218 pre-paid bag
Rudd 429 176 additional base tax 1992 tag
431 hybrid bag
Russell 531 238 fully variable 1994 bag
559 subscription
Rutland 145 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Sac City 2,492 1,072 additional base tax 1993 tag
Sanborn 1,353 no info weight-based 2001 no info
Sandyville 61 no info weight-based 2002 no info
Scarville 92 34 fully variable 1992 bag
97 hybrid 2001
Searsboro 155 no info hybrid 1994 bag
Sergeant Bluff 3,321 no info hybrid 2003 tag/sticker
Seymour 810 no info hybrid 1997 bag
Sheffield 930 no info subscription 1997 no info
Shell Rock 1,298 no info hybrid 2002 bag
Sidney 1,300 no info subscription 2000 no info
Sigourney 2,111 882 additional base tax 1992 tag
Solon 1,050 402 additional base tax 1990 tag
1,177 hybrid tag/sticker
South English 224 88 additional base tax 1993 tag
213 subscription
Spencer 11,317 no info weight-based 2000 no info
Spirit Lake 4,261 no info pre-paid bag 1999 bag
Spring Hill 92 no info pre-paid bag 1999 bag
St. Ansgar 1,063 432 additional base tax 1992 tag
St. Anthony 112 42 additional base tax 1995 bag/tag
St. Charles 619 no info weight-based 2002 no info
Stacyville 481 194 additional base tax 1993 tag
Stanley 116 47 fully variable no info bag
128 pre-paid bag
Stanwood 646 271 no info 1993 tag
680 hybrid 1991
State Center 1,248 518 additional base tax 1994 can
1,349 subscription 1990
Stockport 284 no info pre-paid tag 2000 tag/sticker
Stout 192 73 additional base tax no info tag
Stratford 746 no info subscription 2002 no info
Sumner 2,078 856 multi-tier 1994 tag
Swan 121 no info subscription 2002 no info
Swisher 645 233 multi-tier 1994 tag
Tabor 993 no info subscription 1999 no info
Thompson 596 no info hybrid 1999 tag
Thor 174 no info subscription 2001 no info
Thornburg 91 35 additional base tax no info bag
Thurman 236 no info subscription 2001 no info
Tiffin 460 192 fully variable 1990 tag
Tingley 171 no info subscription 2002 no info
Tipton 2,998 1,300 no info 1996 tag
3,155 hybrid
Treynor 950 no info hybrid 1999 bag
Truro 427 no info weight-based 2001 no info
University Heights 1,042 470 fully variable 1990 tag
987 pre-paid tag/sticker tag/sticker
University Park 604 198 fully variable 1993 tag
536 weight-based 1998 sticker
Van Meter 866 no info weight-based 2000 tag
Van Wert 231 no info subscription 2001 no info
Victor 952 no info weight-based 2002 no info
Vincent 158 no info hybrid 2002 tag/sticker
Walnut 778 no info hybrid 1999 bag
Waterloo 66,467 27,185 fully variable 1995 can
68,747 subscription
Waverly 8,539 3,064 additional base tax 1992 tag
Wayland 945 no info pre-paid bag 1990 no info
Webster 103 43 additional base tax 1994 tag
Webster City 7,894 3,243 fully variable 1992 bag
Weldon 145 no info subscription 2001 no info
Wellman 1,085 434 additional base tax 1992 bag
West Branch 1,908 715 fully variable 1990 tag
2,188 pre-paid tag/sticker 2001 tag/sticker
West Chester 178 68 additional base tax no info bag
159 hybrid
West Okoboji 432 no info pre-paid bag 1998 bag
What Cheer 762 334 multi-tier 1993 tag
Whittemore 530 no info pre-paid bag 2002 bag
Whitten 137 57 no info 1994 no info
Williams 368 173 additional base tax 1995 bag
427 hybrid
Williamsburg 2,174 884 additional base tax 1992 bag
2,622 pre-paid bag 1991
Winterset 4,196 1,765 fully variable 1995 can
4,768 weight-based
Woodbine 1,500 603 additional base tax 1994 can
Woodburn 240 96 fully variable 1984 tag
244 pre-paid bag 1981 bag
Wodstock 212 97 additional base tax 1996 tag

Number of programs from 199 study: 156

Number of additional programs based on state/community information: 165

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 Read a summary of the data and methodology for the Tally of Communities report.

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