Facility details
- Address
- 170th Street
Lansing, IL 60438 - 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
- Ownership
- Public · Prairie Preservation
- Waste in place
- 1,300,000 tons (as of 1999)
- 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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- Jupiter Aluminum Corp Metals 3.3 mi · Hammond, IN
- Scrap International Recycling 3.4 mi · Hammond, IN
- Lake Iron and Metal Recycling 3.5 mi · Hammond, IN
- Omnisource Corporation Metals 3.6 mi · Munster, IN
- Scrap Metal Services LLC Metals 3.8 mi · Burnham, IL
- Munster Landfill Landfill 3.9 mi · Munster, IN
- Allied Metal Co Metals 4.1 mi · Chicago, IL
- Industrial Plastic Recycling Recycling 4.1 mi · South Holland, IL
- Cantero recycling inc Recycling 4.2 mi · South Holland, IL
Nearest other landfill: Munster Landfill, Munster — 3.9 mi
Area served
Serves Lansing, Calumet City, Hammond, IN, South Holland, Thornton, Munster, IN, Dolton, Glenwood, Chicago, Highland, IN, Harvey, Chicago Heights.
County context
One of 13 landfills in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60438 population 28,802.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)