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Iowa City moves forward with landfill compost pad expansion, cites EPA grant support

Iowa City Council · January 21, 2026
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Summary

Council approved project documents and bid notice for a compost-facility expansion at the Iowa City landfill to increase capacity and speed processing; engineering staff said construction begins in April with goals to reduce processing time and to expand annual throughput.

The City Council approved plans and directed staff to post notice to bidders for improvements and a two-acre expansion of the compost pad at the landfill, a project engineers said will improve stormwater management, replace failing pavement, add a new stormwater treatment unit, and add a new turner.

Joe Walter, the project engineer, said the…

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