1. Your Trusted Partner for Total Recycling Solutions

2. Who is Mid America Recycling?
Established in 1979 in Des Moines, IA
Iowa’s largest privately-owned recycling company
Nearly 100 employees
2 Midwest facilities
240 million pounds processed annually

3. What do we know? Deposit Container Recycling
Comprehensive, Multi-Material Recycling
Commercial & Residential Single Stream Recycling
Specialized Recycling Equipment
Transportation Services
Waste Audits & Recycling Training

4. Why choose Mid America Recycling?
State-of-the-Art Recycling Facilities
Transportation Services
Brokerage Services
Single Stream Recycling
Recyclable Materials
Custom Recycling Equipment
Consistent Communication
Education & Training

5. Why Choose Us? State-of-the-Art Recycling Facilities
Our facilities maximize multi-material recycling capture & processing through
Efficient, automated single-stream sort systems
Certified truck scales
Automated semi-trailer dumping systems
Access to rail & trailer docks
Covered storage space

6. Des Moines, Iowa Recycling Facility
15 trailer docks
6 rail docks
2 million pounds covered storage space

7. Lincoln, NE Recycling Facility
6 trailer docks
3 rail docks
2 million pounds covered storage space

8. Why Choose Us? Transportation Services
Our 250-trailer fleet provides over-the-road (OTR) transportation throughout the Midwest with:
Walking floor trailers
Van trailers
Gate trailers
Roll-off trailers

9. Why Choose Us? Brokerage Services
We provide brokerage services to anyone within the contiguous 48 states.
Brokering of large quantities of recyclables – i.e. working directly with mills – equates to better payments.

10. Why Choose Us? Single Stream Recycling
We have fully-automated sorting systems to handle both residential & commercial single stream materials.
Single Stream (commingled) recyclables makes recycling easier for our customers, and generally increases their capture rates.

11. Why Choose Us? Recyclable Materials
We can find markets for most any recyclable materials.
Our comprehensive list includes:
Metals: aluminum, tin and bi-metal cans
Paper Products: cardboard, newspaper & office paper
Plastics: #1-5 and #7
Glass – clear, amber & green

12. Why Choose Us? Custom Recycling Equipment
We supply a variety of specialized recycling equipment to make recycling easier, including:
Balers
Compactors
Trailers
Multiple sizes of interior & exterior recycling containers

13. Why Choose Us? Consistent Communication
We have no call centers. All phone communication goes to live, local personnel.
We have an extraordinary record dating back 30 years for:
Accurate & Timely Paperwork
Accurate & Timely Payment
Detailed Environmental Savings Reports

14. Why Choose Us? Education & Training
We create custom fit educational assistance for every customer, including:
Waste stream audits
Recycling market development
On-site program training
Environmental performance reporting
Material handling equipment consultation

15. Let us sort things out for you

16. Thank you for your time & interest!
Dave Klockau
Regional Representative
Mid America Recycling
2742 E Market St, Des Moines, IA 50317