Garbage & Recycling

Garbage is picked up every Tuesday of each month.

Orange City Sanitation requires all garbage containers to be placed at the curb by 7:00 am on the morning of pickup. There are no exceptions.

Please Note - Commercial customers must contact Orange City Sanitation to set up their account for garbage pickup.

Recycling is picked up on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month.

There is no charge for recycling.  Every resident in town receives a 95-gallon recycling bin from Orange City Sanitation.

Primghar Iowa Solid Waste:
* The fee for solid waste collection and disposal service used or available shall be:

  1. For each residential premise the fee for garbage collection shall be set at the following rates:
    1. $19.00 for a 64 Gallon Container
    2. $25.00 for a 95 Gallon Container
  2. If you currently have a 64 gallon container and would like a bigger one, please contact City Hall at 712-957-2435.
  3. Commercial garbage fees shall be billed and collected by the contractor and the contractor shall determine such fees.

* LATE PAYMENT PENALTY. Fees not paid when due shall be deemed delinquent, and a payment penalty of one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the amount due shall be added thereto.

Primghar City Dump & Landfill:
The City of Primghar maintains a dump site located in the southeast corner of town (south of the Airport). Weather permitting, this location is open and accessible during the Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons.

  • Permitted disposal items: Yard Waste (grass, leaves, branches, etc.) and Rock/Stone/Gravel materials.
  • Unpermitted items: Appliances, Electronics, Household & Industrial waste.

These regulations are itemized in the Primghar City Code (Permissible Sanitary Disposal Project, Title II, Chapter 1) as approved by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Following inclement weather, causing fallen and broken branches, they city crew provides a city-wide combing and pick-up of such waste. This is usually held on Friday mornings. It is requested that you contact City Hall to provide your address and have your items for pick-up located at the curb.