Facility details
- Address
- 5050 W Lake St
Melrose Park, IL 60160 - Phone
- (708) 345-7050
- Website
- republicservices.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
About this facility
A transfer station is a staging point in the solid-waste system. Collection trucks, roll-off haulers and in many places residents with a pickup load drop waste on a tipping floor, where it is consolidated into larger transfer trailers or rail containers and moved to a landfill, waste-to-energy plant or recycling facility. Haulers use transfer stations to keep route trucks working locally instead of driving to a distant disposal site. Some transfer stations are open to the public, while many municipal sites are restricted to residents with a permit or sticker. Larger sites weigh loads and charge by the ton; smaller ones charge per bag or per item. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead, especially for bulky items, construction debris, tires, appliances or anything that may be restricted.
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- WM - Melrose Park Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.2 mi · Melrose Park, IL
- Cozzi Recycling - Public Metal Recycling Center Recycling 1.7 mi · Melrose Park, IL
- Cozzi Recycling Recycling 1.8 mi · Bellwood, IL
- All Metal Recycling Recycling 1.9 mi · Franklin Park, IL
- Congress Development Company LF Landfill 2.0 mi · Hillside, IL
- Northlake Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.1 mi · Northlake, IL
- Midwest Industrial Metals MetalsRecycling 2.2 mi · Northlake, IL
- American Waste Processing Ltd Transfer Station 2.4 mi · Maywood, IL
- Site Recovery Services Inc Recycling 2.9 mi · Elmhurst, IL
- Tdc Supply Recycling 3.2 mi · River Grove, IL
Nearest landfill: Congress Development Company LF, Hillside — 2.0 mi
Area served
Serves Stone Park, Berkeley, Melrose Park, Bellwood, Hillside, Elmhurst, Franklin Park, Maywood, River Grove, Westchester, Broadview, River Forest.
County context
One of 84 transfer stations in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60160 population 24,513.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)