Facility details
- Address
- 1220 W Carroll Ave
Chicago, IL 60607 - Phone
- (312) 829-5741
- 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
- Midtown Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.1 mi · Chicago, IL
- Secure Asset & Hard Drive Recycling Recycling 0.2 mi · Chicago, IL
- Imperial Recycling Recycling 0.7 mi · Chicago, IL
- National Waste Services Inc Transfer Station 0.7 mi · Chicago, IL
- Republic Services Planet Recovery Transfer Station Transfer StationRecycling 0.8 mi · Chicago, IL
- City of Chicago HHW Collection Facility Transfer Station 1.0 mi · Chicago, IL
- Household Chemicals and Computer Recycling Facility Recycling 1.0 mi · Chicago, IL
- Waste Management Of Illinois, Inc. Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Chicago, IL
- STS Electronic Recycling Recycling 1.2 mi · Chicago, IL
- Chicago Electronics Recycling Recycling 1.2 mi · Chicago, IL
Nearest landfill: Atkinson Landfill Co, Bedford Park — 10.4 mi
Area served
Serves Chicago, Cicero, Oak Park, Berwyn, Elmwood Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Lincolnwood, Riverside, Hines, Maywood, River Grove.
County context
One of 84 transfer stations in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60607 population 30,197.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)