Service Area of the Boone County Landfill: The State of Iowa uses solid waste planning areas as a strategy to proactively manage solid wastes generated within Iowa. Planning areas consist of a grouping of cities and counties formed around the use of a municipal solid waste landfill. The Boone County Landfill and its service area are partners with the City of Ames Resource Recovery System Together, these service areas form the Central Iowa Waste Management Planning Area.

The Boone County Landfill serves as the primary disposal facility for all of Boone County (except Sheldahl); Greene County (except the City of Jefferson); the Cities of Bouton, Granger and Woodward in Dallas County; and the Cities of Farnhamville, Lohrville and Somers in Calhoun County. We refer to these as per capita users.

The Boone County Landfill serves as the secondary disposal facility for Ames and Story County (except Collins, Colo and Sheldahl). Residents and businesses located in Story County must first call the Landfill at (515) 433-0591 to receive authorization prior to delivering a load. Authorization will only be given if the load is first rejected by the waste facilities located in Story County. We refer to these as non per-capita users.