Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 G1
Tons
Transfer Station Name Municipality County Tons Per Day 1 Rank Remarks Page
Veolia ES SW MW LLC/MP Melrose Park Cook 730,000 2,000 1 Inter-company waste only R2.79
Groot Industries/Chicago TS Elk Grove Village Cook 540,086 2,077 2 R2.43
Planet Recovery Transfer Station Chicago Cook 490,298 1,796 3 R2.64
Waste Management/J Joliet Will 366,328 1,174 4 R2.83
Waste Mgt.-Northwest/W Wheeling Cook 353,758 1,252 5 R2.85
AW/Groen Waste Services Crestwood Cook 344,300 1,100 6 Formerly Groen Svs. R2.20
Calumet Transfer Station Chicago Cook 330,554 1,211 7 AKA Liberty Waste R2.28
Northwest Mat'l. Rec. & Recy. Chicago Cook 325,230 1,296 9 Blue Bag participant R2.61
Loop Transfer - 64th Street Chicago Cook 321,176 1,176 10 R2.55
Waste Mgt.-Metro/S Stickney Cook 313,000 1,000 11 R2.84
Wheeling Twp. TS Glenview Cook 306,080 1,050 8 R2.88
ARC Disposal & Recycling Mt. Prospect Cook 302,045 965 12 R2.23
West Cook Transfer Station Forest View Cook 275,000 1,000 13 R2.87
Veolia ES SW MW LLC/RM Rolling Meadows Cook 220,259 713 14 R2.81
Shred-All Recycling Systems TS Chicago Cook 207,221 757 15 Assoc. with SRS N. Lot R2.72
Waste Management/E Elburn Kane 195,744 0 16 R2.82
Medill Mat'l. Rec. & Recy. Chicago Cook 190,716 760 17 Blue Bag participant R2.56
Groot Industries/McCook TS McCook Cook 187,800 600 18 R2.44
Homewood Scavenger Service TS East Hazel Crest Cook 187,800 600 18 New building, 8-29-06 R2.47
Veolia ES SW MW LLC/E Evanston Cook 180,000 706 20 Inter-company waste only R2.78
Midtown Transfer Chicago Cook 168,743 657 21 R2.58
Riverdale Recycling Inc. Riverdale Cook 165,867 580 22 New Own./Op., 12-13-05 R2.70
34th Street Mat'l. Rec. & Recy. Chicago Cook 155,826 621 23 Blue Bag participant R2.19
Veolia ES SW MW LLC/N Northbrook Cook 144,000 565 24 R2.80
Liberty Waste McCook Cook 125,200 400 25 R2.54
Star Disposal Service TS Park Forest Cook 117,450 450 26 New owner, 12-13-04 R2.75
Waste Mgt./Springfield Springfield Sangamon 108,334 328 27 R5.12
Apollo Disposal Service TS Momence Kankakee 106,000 400 28 R2.22
Central Waste Services & Recycling Facility Urbana Champaign 103,300 378 29 R4.16
SRS North Lot Chicago Cook 71,061 260 30 Assoc. with Shred-All R2.73
Banner-Western Trans. & Recy. Rockdale Will 61,068 231 31 Inter-company waste only R2.24
CID Transfer Station Chicago Cook 59,289 223 32 New name, 5-20-04 R2.29
Kucera Disposal Company Cicero Cook 56,340 180 33 R2.50
Citiwaste Transfer Station Joliet Will 42,881 137 34 R2.30
MDI Env. Systems TS #1 Lanark Carroll 35,674 138 35 R1.14
Marion Transfer Station Marion Williamson 34,849 122 36 R7.13
Mt. Vernon Transfer Station Mt. Vernon Jefferson 27,839 108 37 Improvements, 5-25-05 R7.14
Randolph County TS Sparta Randolph 23,699 92 38 R6.14
Freeport Transfer Station Freeport Stephenson 14,580 135 39 New, 7-25-06 R1.12
Montgomery Trucking Elizabeth JoDaviess 12,520 40 40 R1.16
American Wood Recycling TS Hoffman Estates Cook 10,400 65 41 Open nine months only R2.21
JKS Ventures Inc. Melrose Park Cook 9,720 210 42 R2.49
DK (LSW) Transfer Station Lake Bluff Lake 9,628 0 43 Closed, 5-24-07 R2.35
Wilmette Village Yard Wilmette Cook 8,754 219 44 R2.90
Kewanee Solid Waste TS Kewanee Henry 8,540 35 45 R3.14
Star Disposal Service LSW TS Park Forest Cook 8,034 39 46 Open, 12-13-04 R2.74
Waste Transfer & Mat'l. Recovery Champaign Champaign 8,000 31 47 R4.22
Paris Transfer Station Paris Edgar 7,986 31 48 R4.20
Eco Materials Waukegan LSW TS Waukegan Lake 7,809 28 49 New, 10-24-05 R2.39
Peoria City/Co. Comp. LSW TS Brimfield Peoria 7,714 27 50 R3.16
Shelbyville Disposal Service TS Shelbyville Shelby 5,115 15 51 R4.21
Montgomery Landscape Wst. Coll. Montgomery Kane 3,523 14 52 Fall leaf collection R2.59
Winnetka Municipal LSW Trans. Winnetka Cook 2,556 13 53 R2.91
Mr. K's Garden & Mat'l. Center TS Park Ridge Cook 2,349 9 54 R2.60
Bloomington Bulk Transfer Station Bloomington McLean 2,300 8 55 R4.15
Lee Co. LF LSW TF Dixon Lee 2,297 8 56 R1.13
Monmouth Municipal Trans. Stn. Monmouth Warren 1,480 4 57 R3.15