Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency

Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency turns yard debris into free compost for Linn County residents.

The Cedar Rapids Downtown Rotary Club hosted the fourth annual Grand Impact event where three local non-profits competed for funding. The winner was Willis Dady Homeless Services, which will use its $100,000 prize to expand a recycling program.

The landfill in Marion is expected to reach capacity eight years earlier than originally expected, due to natural disasters and population increases.

In this week’s edition of Curious Iowa, The Gazette looks at why a landfill was built on the doorstep of Czech Village, how Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency developed a landfill into a hub of nature trails and what will happen when the county’s current landfill reaches capacity.

On June 23, Central Furniture Rescue in Cedar Rapids is collaborating with the Solid Waste Agency in Marion to hold a furniture drive. The event, taking place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., provides the community with an opportunity to drop off furniture items at the Solid Waste Agency’s main office parking lot.

Every week, garbage trucks perform the ultimate magic trick: making discarded items

The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency, along with Heaton & Associates, Inc. American Family Insurance and Eastern Iowa NAIFA, is partnering with the MORE Foundation, a nonprofit that collects gently used sneakers to resell in Africa and uses the money to support reforestation efforts in Ghana.

Explore Iowa Department of Natural Resource findings through a Gazette data visualization.

There will be no future landfill after the Marion landfill closes in 2044. SWA confident, but still figuring out options and partnerships

This summer, the Solid Waste Agency is starting to narrow down options for the future on the 360-acre landfill in Marion.

Cedar Rapids and Linn County residents are encouraged to attend to learn more about what will happen after the current Marion landfill and recycling location closes permanently on June 30, 2044.

With the assistance of a grant, the Solid Waste Agency and Trees Forever will distribute 1,000 trees in effort to help rebuild tree canopy lost to the 2020 derecho.

Agency is working with HDR Engineering to evaluation options