Starting February 1st Louisa County residents will have a way to dispose of their electronic waste. 
The Louisa Regional Solid Waste Agency has contracted with Weikert Iron & Metal Recycling of 
Muscatine, Iowa to begin recycling TVs, computers, MP3 players and other E-waste from Louisa 
County.  The E-waste will be collected at the Louisa County Transfer Station located south of 
Wapello, Iowa.
  “We haven’t let any of that stuff get dumped since December” reported Kim Hewett, manager of 
the transfer station. “If any electronic is spotted in one of our truck loads when we’re hauling to the 
landfill, we have to pull the item out and bring it back here”. Waste from the Louisa County transfer 
station is hauled to landfills in Illinois. Illinois has banned electronic waste from their landfills since 
January 1, 2012.
	Now when residents have unwanted TVs, computers or cell phones that cannot be donated 
to charities, they can be brought to the Louisa County transfer station. A small fee covers the cost of 
these items being safely recycled and the personal information deleted. Fees are $2 for any item without 
a screen, $5 for screens 18 inches or smaller and $10 for items with a screen larger than 18 inches. 
Items should be brought to the transfer station during regular business hours. Personnel in the office will 
collect the fee and give directions as to where to place the items. 
	Many old electronics don’t have to end up in the trash. Charities such as Goodwill and the 
Salvation Army will take old, working televisions. Goodwill will also take computers, working or not, 
and anything connected to them for recycling. The Keck Memorial Library in Wapello will take old 
cell phones as part of their recycling fund raiser.