Facility details
- Address
- 3 Providence Way
Des Plaines, IL 60016 - Phone
- (847) 724-9205
- Website
- swancc.org
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110018263136, 110018421162
Programs on file: ACES 170000455022 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler ILR000155861 · ACES 170000065765 · ACES 170000448549 · AIR IL000031823AAJ · Air program 1703102552 · Emissions inventory 2752011
Interest types: AIR MINOR
EPA record updated 2017-06-01
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
- Glenview Wheeling Township Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.3 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- Des Plaines Landfill Landfill 1.3 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- Maine Scrap Metal LLC Metals 1.4 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- Mid-States Recycling & Refining Recycling 2.4 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- Des Plaines Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.9 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- WM Northwest Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Wheeling, IL
- Waste Management Of Illinois, Inc. Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Wheeling, IL
- Brooks Disposal Service Veolia TS Transfer Station 3.8 mi · Northbrook, IL
- LRS Northbrook Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.8 mi · Northbrook, IL
- C&D Recycling Recycling 4.3 mi · Northbrook, IL
Nearest landfill: Des Plaines Landfill, Des Plaines — 1.3 mi
Area served
Serves Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Glenview, Wheeling, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Arlington Heights, Niles, Golf, Morton Grove, Chicago.
County context
One of 84 transfer stations in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60016 population 60,520.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)