Facility details
- Address
- 9800 West Central Road
Des Plaines, IL 60016 - Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA LMOP Sep 2024
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Closed
- Opened / Closed
- 1963 / 1983
- Ownership
- Private · Archdiocese of Chicago
- Waste in place
- 6,914,370 tons (as of 1983)
- Design capacity
- 6,914,371 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 18,779 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- Yes
- LFG energy project
- Shutdown: Electricity (Reciprocating Engine)
Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024
About this facility
A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.
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- LRS Northbrook Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.9 mi · Northbrook, IL
- RePower Cellular Recycling 3.5 mi · Glenview, IL
- C&D Recycling Recycling 3.5 mi · Northbrook, IL
- Lake LF Landfill 3.7 mi · Northbrook, IL
Nearest other landfill: Lake LF, Northbrook — 3.7 mi
Area served
Serves Des Plaines, Glenview, Mount Prospect, Niles, Prospect Heights, Park Ridge, Northbrook, Golf, Morton Grove, Wheeling, Chicago, Winnetka.
County context
One of 13 landfills in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60016 population 60,520.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)