Facility details
- Address
- 21488 N Milwaukee
Wheeling, IL 60015 - Phone
- (708) 720-5100
- Website
- wm.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- County
- Lake County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110005916740
Programs on file: ACES 170000298951 · AIR IL000097812AAG · Air program 1709700568 · BR ILD984904961 · Emissions inventory 7847911 · NPDES permit ILR001840 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler ILD984904961
Interest types: AIR MINOR, HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER, ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, STORM WATER INDUSTRIAL
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
- Land and Lakes Wheeling Landfill Landfill 0.3 mi · Buffalo Grove, IL
- Genesis Electronics Recycling Recycling 1.4 mi · Buffalo Grove, IL
- Lake County Scrap Metal Recycling 2.2 mi · Prairie-View, IL
- Orange Crush LLC Recycling 2.9 mi · Wheeling, IL
- Belmont Trading Company Inc. Recycling 3.9 mi · Northbrook, IL
- Waste Management Of Illinois, Inc. Transfer Station 4.0 mi · Wheeling, IL
- WM Northwest Transfer Station 4.0 mi · Wheeling, IL
- D & M Roll off Service Transfer Station 4.3 mi · Northbrook, IL
- Highland Park LSW Transfer Station Transfer Station 5.3 mi · Highland Park, IL
- Azcon Metals Metals 5.5 mi · Arlington Heights, IL
Nearest landfill: Land and Lakes Wheeling Landfill, Buffalo Grove — 0.3 mi
Area served
Serves Lincolnshire, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Wheeling, Vernon Hills, Prospect Heights, Arlington Heights, Lake Forest, Northbrook, Highland Park, Palatine, Highwood.
County context
One of 8 transfer stations in Lake County, IL.
ZIP 60015 population 27,720.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)