Facility details
- Address
- 11800 S Ewing Ave
Chicago, IL 60609 - Phone
- (312) 744-4580
- Website
- udcchicago.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
- Reserve Management Group Metals 0.6 mi · Chicago, IL
- Regency Technologies-Chicago Recycling 0.6 mi · Chicago, IL
- Reserve Iron Ohio Metals 0.6 mi · Chicago, IL
- Reserve Marine Terminals Recycling 0.6 mi · Chicago, IL
- Calumet TS Transfer Station 1.1 mi · Chicago, IL
- Cronimet Corp Metals 1.3 mi · Chicago, IL
- Liberty Waste (Allied) Transfer Station 1.5 mi · Chicago, IL
- Lake County SWMD Transfer Station 1.6 mi · Hammond, IN
- Paxton LF Corporation #2 Landfill 1.9 mi · Chicago, IL
- ELG Metals Inc Metals 2.0 mi · Chicago, IL
Nearest landfill: Paxton LF Corporation #2, Chicago — 1.9 mi
Area served
Serves Whiting, IN, Chicago, Hammond, IN, Calumet City, East Chicago, IN, Dolton, Riverdale, South Holland, Blue Island, Harvey, Lansing, Thornton.
County context
One of 84 transfer stations in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60609 population 64,268.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)