Waste Management - Prairie Lakes Transfer Station
Matteson, IL
Facility details
- Address
- 21860 Central Ave
Matteson, IL 60443 - Phone
- (844) 492-9414
- 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
- WM - Prairie Lakes Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.2 mi · Matteson, IL
- Star Disposal Service Transfer Station 4.3 mi · Park Forest, IL
- Organix Recycling Recycling 5.7 mi · Mokena, IL
- EZ Recycling Corp Recycling 5.7 mi · Tinley Park, IL
- C & L LSW TS Skyline Disposal Transfer Station 6.3 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- Greener Future LLC Recycling 6.3 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- Gaby Iron and Metal MetalsRecycling 6.4 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- Brookfield Resource Management Recycling 6.7 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- Intercon Solutions LKG Heavy Truck ARSCO Metals 7.0 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- Got Scrap Recycling 7.0 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
Nearest landfill: Beecher Landfill, Beecher — 9.3 mi
Area served
Serves Matteson, Richton Park, Olympia Fields, Park Forest, University Park, Country Club Hills, Frankfort, Flossmoor, Monee, Tinley Park, Homewood, Hazel Crest.
County context
One of 84 transfer stations in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60443 population 20,606.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)