Facility details
- Address
- 1225 Gifford Rd
Elgin, IL 60120 - Phone
- (866) 676-7150
- Website
- wm.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- WM (Waste Management)
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- 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
- Redline Metals Recycling 0.2 mi · Elgin, IL
- Waste Management Bluff City Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.2 mi · Elgin, IL
- Cloverleaf Farms Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.5 mi · Elgin, IL
- Bluff City Metal Recycling Recycling 0.9 mi · Elgin, IL
- Falcon Green Resources, Inc. Recycling 0.9 mi · Bartlett, IL
- Bens Global Recycling Inc. Recycling 0.9 mi · Elgin, IL
- Ben's Global Recycling Recycling 1.6 mi · Elgin, IL
- Woodland Landfill Landfill 2.7 mi · Elgin, IL
- Lockport Metal Recycling Recycling 3.0 mi · Bartlett, IL
- Elgin Recycling Recycling 3.9 mi · Elgin, IL
Nearest landfill: Woodland Landfill, Elgin — 2.7 mi
Area served
Serves Elgin, Bartlett, Streamwood, South Elgin, Wayne, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Saint Charles, Schaumburg, Dundee, Roselle, Carpentersville.
County context
One of 84 transfer stations in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60120 population 50,774.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)