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IA Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency Board September 20, 2026

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency Data Center Construction Waste Policy

In September 2026, the Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency enacted mandatory construction waste diversion rules after massive volumes of recyclable materials from Google and QTS hyperscale data center builds in southwest Cedar Rapids strained county landfill capacity.

Jurisdiction Cedar Rapids, IA
Governing Body Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency Board
Meeting Date September 20, 2026
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Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency Data Center Construction Waste Policy

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency Board · September 20, 2026

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  1. Clip 1 · 0:28 Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency Official Board & Planning Staff Questioning transcribed from the official recording
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    Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency adopts new landfill diversion policies in response to massive hyperscale data center construction waste.

    "that increase, the biggest change was waste coming from data center construction. Load after load included recyclable things like clean wood pallets and scrap metal, but cardboard was the biggest concern. >> Cardboard has been banned from our landfill since 1999. And the way that the ban is written is if the load contains cardboard, their tipping fee doubles. And so, they were getting fined for it, but it wasn't slowing it down. So, we really realized we had to take another step."

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Statement and primary filing Cedar Rapids & Linn County, IA Hearing Record → Project Dossier: qts-cedar-rapids-ia → Project Dossier: cedar-rapids-third-data-center-southwest-side-ia → Project Dossier: google-cedar-rapids-data-center-ia →
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Column A · Dated Statement
Southwest Cedar Rapids Hyperscale Data Center Developers Hyperscale Operators
Venue: Cedar Rapids Economic Development & Sustainability Briefings
"Promised zero waste construction practices and high environmental diversion rates for the 1.3 billion dollar southwest Cedar Rapids hyperscale campuses."
Column B · Primary Government Record
Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency Mandatory Construction Waste Diversion Policy
Linn County Solid Waste Agency Landfill Policy (Sept 20, 2026)
Agency or Venue: Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency
"In September 2026, the Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency enacted mandatory landfill bans on recyclable construction materials after inspecting massive volumes of unrecycled wood, metal, and cardboard dumped from data center construction sites."
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