Facility details
- Address
- 11549 S Austin
Alsip, IL 60482 - Phone
- (708) 422-2225
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- WM (Waste Management)
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110018277096
Programs on file: ACES 170000437999
EPA record updated 2014-12-29
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 - Alsip Transfer Station Transfer Station same site · Aslip, IL
- Resource Plastics Inc. PlasticsRecycling 0.4 mi · Alsip, IL
- ACI Enterprises Inc Recycling 1.3 mi · Alsip, IL
- ClearStream Recycling, Inc. Recycling 1.5 mi · Palos Heights, IL
- Great Lakes Recycling Recycling 1.5 mi · Worth, IL
- AVA E-Recycling Pick Up and Data Shredding Recycling 1.7 mi · Palos Heights, IL
- Mhbc Recycling 1.7 mi · Alsip, IL
- Waste Management South Suburbs Transfer Station 1.9 mi · Chicago Ridge, IL
- Resource Management Company International Recycling 2.2 mi · Chicago Ridge, IL
- Keywell Metals LLC Metals 2.2 mi · Palos Heights, IL
Nearest landfill: Atkinson Landfill Co, Bedford Park — 6.2 mi
Area served
Serves Worth, Chicago Ridge, Alsip, Palos Heights, Oak Lawn, Crestwood, Palos Hills, Chicago, Hometown, Robbins, Midlothian, Burbank.
County context
One of 84 transfer stations in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60482 population 10,878.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)