Facility details
- Address
- 1311 N Estes
Gurnee, IL 60031 - Phone
- (847) 336-9340
- Website
- swalco.org
- 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: 110018449455
Programs on file: ACES 170000627659
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
- Paper Tiger Document Solutions Recycling 0.1 mi · Gurnee, IL
- Suburban Scrap Metal Company Recycling 0.6 mi · Gurnee, IL
- Midwest Computer Recycling Recycling 0.7 mi · Gurnee, IL
- Focus Material Recycling Recycling 0.7 mi · Gurnee, IL
- GoGreen Recycling LLC Recycling 0.7 mi · Gurnee, IL
- Plast-Ex USA Recycling 0.8 mi · Gurnee, IL
- ARCOA Group Recycling 1.5 mi · Waukegan, IL
- Aspen Valley LSW Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.2 mi · Park City, IL
- Ecologic Inc Recycling 3.7 mi · Waukegan, IL
- American Recycling Systems Inc Recycling 4.0 mi · Wadsworth, IL
Nearest landfill: Advanced Disposal Services Zion Landfill, Zion — 7.4 mi
Area served
Serves Gurnee, Waukegan, North Chicago, Wadsworth, Great Lakes, Zion, Libertyville, Lake Bluff, Russell, Winthrop Harbor, Grayslake, Lake Villa.
County context
One of 8 transfer stations in Lake County, IL.
ZIP 60031 population 37,208.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)