landfill-capacity-1996

              Illinois August 1998
Environmental
Protection Agency
Bureau of Land
1021 North Grand Ave. East
Box 19276
Springfield, Ill. 62794-9276
IEPA/BOL/98-008
Nonhazardous
Solid Waste
Management
And
Landfill Capacity
In Illinois
1996
Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency
Nonhazardous
Solid Waste Management
And Landfill Capacity
In Illinois: 1996
This report has been prepared for Gov. Jim Edgar and the 90th General Assembly
in accordance with Section 4 of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Bureau of Land
Division of Land Pollution Control
Solid Waste Management Section
1021 North Grand Ave. East
Box 19276
Springfield, Ill. 62794-9267
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Reporting period for waste disposal: Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1996
Reporting period for landfill capacity: Jan. 1, 1997
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Acknowledgements
This document is produced by the Illinois Environmen-tal
Protection Agency; Mary A. Gade, director; and is
published by the Agency’s Office of Public Information,
Dennis McMurray, manager.
Illinois EPA Bureau of Land personnel contributed their
time and expertise to the development of this publica-tion.
Especially diligent in checking and rechecking
thousands of details and endless minutia was Ellen
Gambach, of the Solid Waste Management Section.
The Office of Public Information also wishes to thank
the Bureau of Air for providing computer hardware and
software support essential to the successful completion
of this publication.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vv
Preface
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1970, THE ILLINOIS EPA
has overseen the development and operation of a
productive system of modern sanitary landfills. The
Agency sees to it that these facilities meet the strictest
disposal standards in history, and that they are engi-neered
to be fully protective of human health and the
environment, especially where it concerns any possibility
of groundwater contamination.
Although the number of active landfills in Illinois dipped
to 57 in 1996, and their total capacity declined during
that year, their ability to absorb municipal wastes
remained at a level ensuring there will be no landfill
capacity crisis in Illinois, either now or in the foreseeable
future.
This is the Agency’s 10th annual report on landfill dispos-al
and available landfill capacity in Illinois. And I am
happy to tell you that even if landfill development and
expansion were to come to a halt (a truly unlikely
prospect), sufficient capacity exists to handle the state’s
requirements for landfill disposal of nonhazardous solid
waste for the next 10 years.
Additionally, state government, seeking to avoid potential
crises, has asked all Illinois counties to adopt well-con-ceived
plans to accommodate their future disposal needs.
All of these activities are reflected in this publication.
We hope you will find this information useful and instruc-tive,
and we welcome your comments and suggestions as
to how we may improve upon this effort.
Mary A. Gade
Director
Contents
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vvii
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Region One: Northwestern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R1.1
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R2.1
Region Three: Peoria/Quad Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R3.1
Region Four: East Central Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R4.1
Region Five: West Central Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R5.1
Region Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R6.1
Region Seven: Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R7.1
Appendix A:Solid Waste Landfill Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by Facility . . . . . . . . . . A1
Appendix B:Solid Waste Landfill Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by County . . . . . . . . . . B1
Appendix C:Solid Waste Landfills Ranked by Wastes Received: 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C1
Appendix D:Solid Waste Landfills Ranked by Remaining Capacities; as of Jan. 1, 1997 . . . . D1
Appendix E:Solid Waste Transfer Station Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by Facility . . . E1
Appendix F: Solid Waste Transfer Station Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by County . . . F1
Appendix G: Landscape Waste Compost Facility Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by County . .G1
Appendix H:Contact List for Solid Waste Management Plans: Alphabetic by County . . . . . . H1
Appendix I: Adoption Dates and Updates for Solid Waste Management Plans:
Alphabetic by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I1
Tables
Illinois Landfills: Wastes Accepted in 1996 Versus 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Illinois Landfills: Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997, Versus Jan. 1, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Wastes Disposed and Landfill Capacity Per Capita; Landfill Life Expectancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Landfill Capacity Is Abundant Despite Dwindling Number of Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Potential Capacity Increases Since Jan. 1, 1997: Expansions at Existing Facilities . . . . . . . . . .9
Potential Capacity Increases Since Jan. 1, 1997: New or Reopened Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Solid Waste Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Landscape Waste Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Inspections Conducted in 1996 by Delegated Counties and City of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Regions (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Region One: Landfills and Transfer Stations (map depicting capacity gains or losses) . . . . R1.2
Region One: Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997 . . . . . . R1.3
Region One: Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R1.4
Region One: Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R1.5
Region One: Municipal Wastes Recycled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R1.5
Region Two: Landfills and Transfer Stations (map depicting capacity gains or losses) . . . . R2.2
Region Two: Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997 . . . . . . R2.3
Region Two: Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R2.4
Region Two: Cook County Transfer Stations (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R2.5
Region Two: Chicago Transfer Stations (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R2.6
Region Two: Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R2.7
Region Two: Municipal Wastes Recycled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R2.8
Region Three: Landfills and Transfer Stations (map depicting capacity gains or losses) . . . R3.2
Region Three: Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997 . . . . R3.3
Region Three: Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R3.4
Region Three: Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R3.5
Region Three: Municipal Wastes Recycled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R3.5
Region Four: Landfills and Transfer Stations (map depicting capacity gains or losses) . . . . R4.2
Region Four: Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997 . . . . . R4.3
Region Four: Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R4.4
Region Four: Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R4.4
Region Four: Municipal Wastes Recycled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R4.5
Region Five: Landfills and Transfer Stations (map depicting capacity gains or losses) . . . . R5.2
Region Five: Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997 . . . . . . R5.3
Region Five: Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R5.4
Region Five: Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R5.4
Region Five: Municipal Wastes Recycled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R5.5
Region Six: Landfills and Transfer Stations (map depicting capacity gains or losses) . . . . . R6.2
Region Six: Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997 . . . . . . . R6.3
Region Six: Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R6.4
Region Six: Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R6.5
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Tables
Region Six: Municipal Wastes Recycled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R6.5
Region Seven: Waste Disposal and Remaining Capacity Compared, 1996 vs. 1995 . . . . . R7.2
Region Seven: Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997 . . . . R7.3
Region Seven: Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R7.4
Region Seven: Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R7.4
Region Seven: Municipal Wastes Recycled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R7.5
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vxi
Executive Summary
THIS IS THE ILLINOIS EPA’S 10TH ANNUAL REPORT
describing the management of nonhazardous munic-ipal
solid waste by the state’s solid-waste landfills
and transfer stations. The report is divided into sections
representing Illinois EPA administrative regions.
Each regional section includes newly designed specifica-tion
pages describing the chief physical characteristics of
each landfill; its location and hours of operation; tipping
fee; quantities of wastes received (in gate cubic yards,
tons and tons per day) for the last three years; the land-fill’s
certified remaining capacity (in gate cubic yards and
tons) for the last two reporting periods; solid waste man-agement
fees paid in 1996; which Agency regional field
office or delegated local authority inspects the facility;
and the name, address and phone number of the landfill’s
owner and operator.
Similar but scaled-down specification pages are included
for each transfer station. In all, this report includes
details of 77 landfills and 66 transfer stations.
Illinois municipal solid waste landfills are required to
report to the Illinois EPA the quantities of solid wastes
they receive each year, and to calculate and report the
amount of remaining capacity existing on the first day of
the following year.
During 1996, 57 landfills reported receiving 46,134,206
gate cubic yards of waste. This volume was 989,956 gate
cubic yards less than the total received during 1995, or a
2.1-percent decline.
As of Jan. 1, 1997, 57 landfills reported having a com-bined
remaining capacity of 411,909,000 gate cubic yards,
or 61,903,000 gate cubic yards less than on Jan. 1, 1996,
a drop of 13.1 percent.
Dividing wastes disposed during 1996 by capacity
remaining on Jan. 1, 1997, indicates a landfill life
expectancy in Illinois of 8.9 years, at 1996 disposal rates,
barring capacity adjustments, until capacity is depleted.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996v 1
Introduction
Nonhazardous
Solid Waste Management
And Landfill Capacity
1996
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IS THE TERM USED TO
describe all the garbage that’s discarded by
America’s households, stores, offices, factories,
restaurants, schools and other institutions. Included in
the definition of solid waste are semisolid, liquid or con-tained
gaseous materials generated by industrial, com-mercial,
mining or agricultural operations. Sludges from
water-supply or waste-treatment plants or air-pollution-control
facilities are examples of semisolids.
Whether it’s called garbage or solid waste, we Americans
generate a lot of it — about 208 million tons a year,
according to U.S. EPA statistics. That much waste equals
the combined weight of the 130 million passenger cars
registered in the United States in 1996.
In Illinois, about 18.5 million tons
How much municipal solid waste do Illinoisans generate?
In 1996, Illinois landfills accepted nearly 14 million net
tons of solid waste. We say net because county recycling
coordinators claim about a quarter of all wastes were
recycled, meaning this portion was not landfilled.
Recycling coordinators place total generated wastes at
about 13.4 million tons. But this total does not take recy-cling
into account. What’s needed is a higher generated-waste
total combined with a recycling rate that will yield
about 14 million tons of solid waste going to landfills.
Several combinations are possible. A conservative, yet
reasonable, estimate suggests that Illinoisans likely gen-erated
about 18.5 million tons of solid waste, of which
maybe 18 percent was recycled, in 1996.
Wastes entering and leaving the state are not believed to
affect this equation. Of all solid wastes landfilled in
Illinois in 1996, 9.6 percent, or about 1.3 million tons,
came from out of state.We know this because Illinois
landfills must report these quantities to the Illinois EPA.
However, waste haulers need not report how much
Illinois waste they transport to landfills in other states.
So based on many years of observation, the Agency esti-mates
that solid-waste exports are probably in the same
range as imports, resulting in a wash.
Most of it is landfilled
Where does most solid waste go? Into landfills. The U.S.
EPA’s Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste Man-agement:
1995 Update says that nationwide 61 percent of
solid waste was landfilled, 24 percent was recycled or
2vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Introduction
America produced
some 208 million tons
of solid waste
in 1996. . . a weight
equal to 130 million
passenger cars
Introduction
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996v3
“Subtitle D Rules” Caused
Drop in Number of Landfills
Federal authority to regulate dispos-al
of municipal solid waste is based
on provisions in Subtitle D of the
Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). The federal
Clean Air and Clean Water Acts also
affect disposal of these wastes.
In October 1991, the U.S. EPA
developed new and revised landfill
rules that became mandatory for all
state landfill regulatory and permit-ting
programs. These are some-times
known as Subtitle D rules.
Illinois subsequently enacted strict
solid-waste landfill regulations: Parts
807 and 810 through 815 of Title 35
of the Illinois Administrative Code.
Landfills that were operating when
the Subtitle D rules were implement-ed
were forced to choose between
complying with stricter regulations or
closing in the prescribed manner.
Whether it was the effect of tougher
Subtitle D rules, the result of other
business considerations, or a combi-nation
of both, one thing is clear:
between 1992 and 1994, the num-ber
of active landfills in Illinois fell
from 106 to 59 — a drop of 44 per-cent,
as illustrated on page 8.
composted and 15 percent was incinerated. However, in
Illinois, less than 1 percent of solid waste was incinerated,
hence the percentage landfilled was much higher.
OPPONENTS OF LANDFILLING WORRY THAT FACILITIES
will eventually leak, contaminating drinking sup-plies.
Those who design, own or operate landfills
claim they are safe because they must meet the most
stringent construction and operating standards in history.
Early this decade, the U.S. EPA developed regulations
that sought to make landfills as leakproof as current
technology can provide. The regulations also pressed own-ers
to demonstrate their financial ability to safely operate
a landfill over its typical 20-year lifetime, and to assure
the landfill will be properly maintained for at least 30
years following its closure.
In addition to stricter standards, modern landfills come
under the scrutiny of federal, state and local authorities,
the media and many environmental groups. If problems
occur, they are likely to attract much public attention.
A modern sanitary landfill can be likened to an enormous
bathtub into which garbage is placed, and from which
contaminants cannot escape to pollute air or water.
Safe containment of garbage and its byproducts begins
with the landfill liner, which can consist of impermeable
plastic or compacted clay, or both. Depending on local
geology, compacted clay liners can be up to 10 feet thick.
The liner system must ensure that groundwater in the
uppermost aquifer within a specified distance of the land-fill
will meet U.S. drinking-water standards for 24 organ-ic
and inorganic constituents.
Controlling garbage juice. . .
Placed in a bed of gravel atop the liner is a network of
pipes that collect garbage juice known as leachate, which
is pumped out of the landfill for treatment and disposal.
Leachate occurs from rainwater and snow melt seeping
through the garbage, and from compaction and decompo-sition
of solid wastes. Leak detectors placed beneath the
liner warn of any failure of the leachate collection system,
enabling prompt repairs to seal leaks.
Groundwater monitoring wells installed around the land-fill’s
perimeter assure the leachate collection system is
doing its job. The location and number of wells must be
sufficient to determine the background quality of the
groundwater.
Twice a year samples are collected and analyzed for 62
indicator pollutants; these samples are compared with
previously determined background concentrations.
Testing must continue throughout the active life of the
landfill and its postclosure-care period; this testing cycle
can total 50 years or more.
. . . and garbage gas
Provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) and the Clean Air Act require landfills to
monitor for methane gas atop the landfill and around its
perimeter. Large quantities of methane are produced
when organic materials in garbage decompose. Venting
systems are required to keep this explosive garbage gas
from diffusing undergound or from escaping through
openings in the landfill’s surface.
Sometimes the methane is burned or flared at the land-fill,
but increasingly it is being collected to fuel generators
creating electricity for on-site use or to be sold to local
utilities. (Some landfills have been known to produce
enough electricity to light 5,000 homes for a year.) Of the
77 landfills detailed in this report, 31 are planning, build-ing
or currently operating gas-to-energy systems.
Landfills are developed cell by cell
Landfills are divided into sections called cells, which are
developed as needed, filled systematically (so much so
that specific loads can be located weeks or months later),
and covered with earth or other materials to prevent the
spread of odors and vermin.
Trucks arriving at a landfill are inspected for prohibited
nonhazardous wastes (Illinois bans landfilling of liquid
motor oil, whole tires and landscape wastes), and for haz-ardous
wastes. Loads are weighed and details about them
are recorded. They are then taken to the currently
exposed portion of the active cell, which is known as the
working face.
Trucks empty their loads at the working face, where spe-cially
modified bulldozers spread and compact the waste,
crushing it to eliminate air pockets and squeezing it into
the smallest space possible.
LANDFILLS EARN REVENUES BY CHARGING HAULERS FOR
each ton or cubic yard of waste brought to the land-fill.
Landfills may have a single tipping fee, or sev-eral,
depending upon the type of waste and how much it
can be compacted.
Introduction
4vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
In Number of Landfills,
Illinois Is Just Average
The United States contains 2,893
landfills, according to a 1995 study
conducted by the Environmental
Industry Association, and 2 percent
of these landfills are in Illinois.
Dividing 2,893 by 50 finds the aver-age
number of landfills in each state
to be between 57 and 58.
That certainly makes Illinois aver-age,
as the state had 58 active land-fills
in 1995, and 57 in 1996.
Introduction
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996v5
The more waste that can fit in a cell, the more money the
landfill can earn. Airy wastes can often be compacted to
less than half their transport size; wastes of greater den-sity
may be compacted by only a third; and some wastes,
broken concrete for example, cannot be compacted at all.
In 1996, 57 Illinois landfills accepted more than 46 mil-lion
cubic yards of solid wastes valued at more than $437
million. A ranking of these facilities (Appendix C) finds
the top 11 landfills received 61 percent of wastes. This
unequal distribution of wastes creates a large difference
between an average landfill, which would have accepted
more than 809,000 cubic yards (about 245,000 tons) of
wastes, and a median (middle) landfill, which would have
received some 478,000 cubic yards (about 145,000 tons).
About $1 million per acre
Developing a landfill requires enormous investments in
land and equipment totaling millions of dollars, plus engi-neering
expenses, fees to state and local governments,
taxes, normal operating costs and further millions set
aside for post-closure care. One industry rule of thumb
says it takes about $1 million an acre to design, build,
permit and operate a landfill today.
Some of these expenditures become important sources of
revenue supporting various solid-waste and recycling pro-grams.
State law allows local governments to charge
landfills a solid-waste management fee of $1.27 per ton
on wastes landfilled within their borders. Because these
fees can be spent only on waste-related activities, some
counties have built large surpluses, which can buffer the
effect of future landfill closings.
Landfill Tipping Fees
Landfill tipping fees multiplied by
quantities of waste received provide
a rough measure of earnings of
Illinois landfills in 1996.
Total receipts of the 57 landfills that
accepted wastes in 1996 exceeded
$437 million, or an average of $7.7
million per facility. This total is an
approximation and is for landfilling
only; it does not include income
from other waste-handling opera-tions
or services.
The average tipping fee of 31 land-fills
charging by weight was $27.88
per ton. (Peoria Disposal Co., which
charges $100 a ton for disposal of
hazardous waste, was excluded
determining in this average.)
The average tipping fee of 22 land-fills
charging by volume was $10.75
per cubic yard.
Illinois Landfills: Wastes Accepted in 1996 Versus 1995
Landfills
Accepting 1996 Wastes
Wastes Wastes Accepted, Cu. Yds. Yearly Change Share of
Region 19961 19962 19953 Cu. Yds. Percent State Total
One: Northwestern Illinois 7 3,077,592 1,894,308 +1,183,284 +62.5% 6.7%
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 17 22,788,391 26,122,259 -3,333,242 -12.8 49.4
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 11 5,555,920 4,899,331 +656,589 +13.4 12.0
Four: East Central Illinois 10 5,947,129 5,897,222 +359,207 +6.4 12.9
Five: West Central Illinois 4 2,452,158 2,070,742 +381,416 +18.4 5.3
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 5 4,826,993 4,953,284 -126,291 -2.5 10.5
Seven: Southern Illinois 3 1,486,023 1,596,316 -110,293 -6.9 3.2
Totals 57 46,134,206 47,124,162 -989,956 -2.1
1 Includes facilities that accepted municipal waste for less than full year.
2 Includes 4,418,773 cubic yards of out-of-state wastes (9.6% of state total) accepted by 32 Illinois landfills during 1996.
3 Includes 4,331,520 cubic yards of out-of-state wastes (9.2% of state total) accepted by 35 Illinois landfills during 1995.
Demands for capital and increasing technology require-ments
are among the reasons for the increasing privatiza-tion
of the waste industry. Of the 77 landfills profiled in
this report, 82 percent are privately owned and 92 per-cent
are privately operated.
Section 4 of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act
requires the Agency to “publish a report regarding the
projected disposal capacity available for solid waste in
sanitary landfills. . . . Such reports shall present the data
on an appropriate regional basis. . . [and] shall include an
assessment of the life expectancy of each site.”
This legislative mandate explains why the main body of
this report is organized by seven Illinois EPA administra-tive
regions, and why landfill capacity and life expectancy
are emphasized in nearby tables and charts, and in text,
tables, map symbology and landfill specification pages in
the regional sections.
THE TABLE ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE SHOWS LANDFILLING
statewide dipped 2.1 percent between 1995 to 1996.
Landfills in Region Two (Metropolitan Chicago)
absorbed nearly half of the state’s municipal solid wastes,
while disposal there fell by more than 3.3 million cubic
yards, or nearly 13 percent. In sharp contrast, landfilling
in Region One (Northwestern Illinois) soared nearly 63
percent, or by 1.2 million cubic yards.
The table below compares landfills’ remaining capacities
in “snapshots” taken Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997. Total
capacity fell nearly 62 million cubic yards year to year;
58.5 million cubic yards of that loss is from Region Two.
This table also shows, at least at a cursory level, how
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6vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Illinois Landfills: Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997, Versus Jan. 1, 1996
Landfills
Reporting 1997Capacity
Capacity Reported Capacity, Cu. Yds. Yearly Change Share of
Region Jan. 1, 1997 Jan. 1, 1997 Jan. 1, 1996 Cu. Yds. Percent State Total
One: Northwestern Illinois 7 68,823,000 71,727,000 -2,904,000 -4.0% 16.7%
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 16 83,331,0001 141,836,000 -58,505,000 -41.2 20.2
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 11 66,436,000 75,964,000 -9,528,000 -12.5 16.1
Four: East Central Illinois 9 51,335,000 43,156,000 +8,179,000 +19.0 12.5
Five: West Central Illinois 5 68,169,0002 69,397,000 -1,228,000 -1.8 16.5
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 6 56,874,000 60,666,000 -3,792,000 -6.3 13.8
Seven: Southern Illinois 3 16,940,000 11,065,000 +5,875,000 +53.1 4.1
Totals 57 411,908,000 473,811,000 -61,903,000 -13.1
1 Includes 1,728,000 cu. yds. at Beecher Development Co. Landfill, which ceased taking waste July 18, 1996, but continues to report capacity.
2 Includes 11,542,000 cu. yds. at Sangamon Valley Landfill, which by court order issued Feb. 27, 1995, is prohibited from accepting wastes.
Gate Cubic Yards and Tons
Illinois landfills are required to report
to the Illinois EPA the quantities of
wastes received during each calen-dar
year. They must also calculate
how much capacity remains avail-able
for future waste disposal.
These figures are submitted to the
Agency on forms that call for
answers in gate cubic yards, or the
volume of waste entering the land-fill’s
gate. Remaining capacities are
expressed as certified gate cubic
yards, meaning that the calculations
have been certified as true and
accurate by a licensed professional
engineer. These numbers will be
found in the landfill specification
pages in each regional section.
The term in-place cubic yard is used
to indicate wastes that have been
compressed to a half or a third or a
quarter of their original volume,
depending on the degree of com-paction
achieved by the landfill.
Gate cubic yards can be difficult to
visualize. To aid reader comprehen-sion,
we have divided gate cubic
yards by an industry standard of 3.3
to achieve approximate tons.
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regional ups and downs bear on the total capacity drop.
One can see the capacity gain in Region Seven being nul-lified
by losses in Regions Five and Six; and similarly the
capacity gain in Region Four being erased by the capacity
loss in Region Three; and finally, how combining capacity
losses in Regions One and Two nearly match the almost
62-million-cubic-yard drop in statewide capacity.
Per capita views alter perspectives
Perhaps even more revealing is the table below, which
views wastes disposed and landfill capacities on a per-capita
basis. This table changes the perspective of Region
Two’s waste consumption from an exceptional 49 percent
to a reasonable fewest-cubic-yards-per-capita (nearly a
cubic yard below the statewide average). Region Two’s
landfill capacity per capita is the lowest of any region;
however, this table warns that the region could run out of
space by the turn of the century unless wastes are land-filled
elsewhere or new capacity is added, or both.
Just as important, this table reveals that remaining
capacities and landfill life expectancies in Illinois are gen-erally
good, especially in Regions One and Five. (Region
Five, even after subtracting 11.5 million gate cubic yards
of capacity tied up in a court-ordered closure of Spring-field’s
Sangamon Valley Landfill, would still lead the
state with 102 cubic yards of capacity per capita and 23
years of landfill life expectancy.)
The charts below illustrate there is no capacity crisis in
Illinois, nor is one likely to occur. They show that while
the number of active landfills fell sharply before leveling
off in 1994, average landfill capacity, with the exception
of the most recent year, has been growing, while quanti-ties
of wastes landfilled have remained in a narrow band
Wastes Disposed and Landfill Capacity Per Capita; Landfill Life Expectancy
Estimated Wastes Disposed, Cu. Yds. Remaining Capacity, Cu. Yds. Landfill Life
Region Population 1996 Per Capita Jan. 1, 1997 Per Capita Years1
One: Northwestern Illinois 770,000 3,077,592 4.0 68,823,000 89.4 22.4
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 7,743,000 22,788,391 2.9 83,331,000 10.8 3.7
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 763,000 5,555,920 7.3 66,436,000 87.1 12.0
Four: East Central Illinois 850,000 5,947,129 7.0 51,335,000 60.4 8.6
Five: West Central Illinois 556,000 2,452,158 4.1 68,169,000 122.6 27.8
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 707,000 4,826,993 6.8 56,874,000 80.4 11.8
Seven: Southern Illinois 438,000 1,486,023 3.4 16,940,000 38.7 11.4
Totals 11,827,000 46,134,206 3.9 411,908,000 34.8 8.9
1 Remaining capacity divided by wastes disposed. Tells how long a region may be served by
local landfills at current disposal rates, barring capacity adjustments, until capacity is depleted.
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8vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Landfill Capacity Is Abundant Despite Dwindling Number of Facilities
At the end of each year, Illinois landfills calculate how much waste they can accept in the future. This volume is
known as remaining or available capacity, and is expressed in gate cubic yards, meaning waste received at the
landfill’s gate, before the waste is compacted. One industry rule of thumb says 10 gate cubic yards of waste can be
compressed into 5 compacted cubic yards. Obviously, the greater the compaction, the more waste can be buried.
Tight Regulations Force Cutbacks ...
Active landfills accepting waste each year
Pushing Survivors To Build Capacity
Available landfill space, millions of gate cubic yards
While Disposal Rates Stagnate
Wastes landfilled, millions of gate cubic yards
Average Landfill Capacity Grows ...
Millions of gate cubic yards
146
133
126
117
110
106
83
59 58 57
’87 ’88 ’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95 ’96
180
150
120
90
60
30
31% increase
Tougher laws
take force
51 50
45
44
42
41 41
47 47
46
’87 ’88 ’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95 ’96
60
50
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30
1.9
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274
380
390
351
361
372
362
474
412
’88 ’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95 ’96 ’97
500
440
380
320
260
200
363
for the past 10 years.
Still, it’s wise to remember, as with investments, past
performance is not an indicator of future results.
Capacity increases since Jan. 1, 1997
In a year that brought a 13-percent drop in landfill capac-ity,
it is not surprising that 46 of 57 Illinois landfills had
less space available on Jan. 1, 1997, than on Jan. 1, 1996.
But as we’ve seen, landfill capacity in Illinois for the most
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part has grown over the past 10 years, and that growth
has come from two sources: expansions of existing facili-ties
and development of new landfills.
To be added to the 411.9 million cubic yards of total
capacity reported by Illinois landfills on Jan. 1, 1997, is
273.8 million cubic yards of potential capacity; of this
total, 145.9 million cubic yards is attributable to expan-sions
at eight existing landfills and 127.9 million cubic
yards to seven new landfills and one reopened facility.
The word potential is emphasized because as you read
this only a fraction of total capacity could be considered
immediately available for waste disposal. Landfill cells
are developed over time, as needed, and as construction
seasons allow. Once this potential capacity becomes avail-able,
the landfills will report it as certified capacity.
The table below lists potential capacity increases at exist-inglandfills
that since Jan. 1, 1997, have received or will
soon receive expansion permits from the Agency.
The table at the bottom of the page 10 provides potential
capacity increases offered by new landfills; three of these
facilities opened in early 1998 and four plan to open in
late 1998 and early 1999.
Capacities listed in this table are for design airspace
since these facilities did not report certified capacity in
gate cubic yards on Jan. 1, 1997. (The lone exception is D
&L Landfill, which was inactive during 1995, 1996 and
most of 1997; its capacity is given in gate cubic yards.)
Airspace includes all wastes and all intermediate cover
(soil or alternative materials spread atop the wastes at
the end of each working day) and the landfill’s final clay
and topsoil cap.
Potential Capacity Increases Since Jan. 1, 1997: Expansions at Existing Facilities
In-Place
Region Landfill Municipality County Cu. Yds.
Two: Chicago Metropolitan Environtech Landfill Morris Grundy 13,000,000
Two: Chicago Metropolitan Morris Community Landfill1 Morris Grundy 1,000,000
Two: Chicago Metropolitan River Bend Prairie Landfill1 Dolton Cook 11,000,000
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities Spoon Ridge Landfill2 Fairview Fulton 75,000,000
Four: East Central Illinois Illinois Landfill Hoopeston Vermilion 15,000,000
Four: East Central Illinois Livingston Landfill Pontiac Livingston 29,000,000
Four: East Central Illinois Macon County Landfill Decatur Macon 1,500,000
Six: East St. Louis Metropolitan Salem Municipal Landfill #2 Salem Marion 404,000
Total 145,004,000
1 Permit review expected to be completed by end of 1998; expansion permits granted to all other landfills.
2 Temporarily ceased taking waste on June 30, 1998; facility expects to reopen in two or three years.
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10vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Closings cut capacity. . .
A total of nine landfills shut their gates from early 1996
through mid-1998. Six of these facilities closed with little
or no available capacity; three, however, did not.
Beecher Development Co. Landfill, in Will County, closed
in July 1997; but on Jan. 1, 1997, the facility reported
having 1.7 million cubic yards of capacity remaining.
Henry County Landfill #2 stopped taking wastes in
August 1997, but reported having 1.1 million cubic yards
of capacity, which may never become available should the
facility elect to close permanently.
The operating permit of Watts Landfill, in Rock Island
County, was revoked by the Illinois Pollution Control
Board on Feb. 5, 1998, and the facility ceased accepting
wastes on March 20, 1998. Watts may have had as much
as 1 million cubic yards of capacity remaining, or as little
as 500,000 cubic yards; in either event, it appears unlike-ly
the facility will reopen.
So while most landfills attempt to close only after deplet-ing
all their available capacity, these recent experiences
indicate this is not always so. As we have just seen, three
landfills ceased operations, but it appears they contain
from 3.3 million to 3.8 million cubic yards of available
capacity.
From mid-1998 through the end of 2000, based on projec-tions
reported by the landfills themselves, 14 facilities
expect to close. These closings, by EPA Region, are:
uRegion One — two
uRegion Two — seven
Potential Capacity Increases Since Jan. 1, 1997: New or Reopened Facilities
Design
Opening Airspace1
Region Landfill Municipality County Date Cu. Yds.
One: Northwestern Illinois LandComp Landfill Ottawa LaSalle 1998-992 11,400,000
One: Northwestern Illinois Lee County Landfill Dixon Lee 1998-992 13,000,000
One: Northwestern Illinois Orchard Hills Landfill Davis Junction Ogle 1-12-98 28,000,000
Two: Chicago Metropolitan Zion Landfill Zion Lake 1998-992 12,000,000
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities Peoria City/County Landfill #2 Edwards Peoria 3-9-98 7,500,000
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis Cottonwood Hills RDF Marissa St. Clair 1998-992 42,000,000
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis D & L Landfill Greenville Bond 10-31-973 9,000,000
Seven: Southern Illinois Lawrence County Disposal Bridgeport Lawrence 4-1-98 5,000,000
Total 127,900,000
1 Includes space for waste, intermediate or daily cover and cap.
2 Planned
3 Reopened; facility was inactive during 1995 and 1996; capacity is in gate cubic yards.
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uRegion Three — three
uRegion Four — two.
No landfills in Regions Five, Six and Seven expect to
close until 2001 or later.
. . . but the capacity glut continues to grow
While it’s never safe to predict future events, it is possible
to say that projections of capacity losses resulting from
on-going waste disposal and premature landfill closures
— offset by capacity gains coming from landfill expan-sions
and the opening of new facilities — suggest that by
early 1999, available capacity in Illinois could be as high
as 480 million to 500 million cubic yards.
Sharp increases in waste disposal, or premature landfill
closings, or slowdowns in landfill expansions and open-ings
could lower this projection by many millions of cubic
yards.
There currently exists a glut of landfill space that is caus-ing
contractions among the waste industry’s major play-ers.
One of the more surprising examples recently
occurred in Fulton County in west-central Illinois:
Spoon Ridge Landfill, near Fairview, is owned and oper-ated
by a unit of Browning-Ferris Industries Inc. In
December 1997, the Illinois EPA granted Spoon Ridge a
development permit that could allow it to become the
state’s largest landfill. Six months later, Browning-Ferris
announced plans to temporarily close Spoon Ridge for a
period of one to three years as part of a nationwide effort
to control costs.
Company officials said they would use this time to devel-op
necessary infrastructure and waste-hauling contracts
in northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin.
Success in these efforts could lead to the reopening of
Spoon Ridge, and its eventual profitability.
Metro Chicago has two-thirds of state’s transfer stations
Key to Spoon Ridge’s return to business is the continued
development of waste transfer stations in Region Two
(Chicago Metropolitan) and elsewhere. Of the state’s 60
active transfer stations, 40 are in Region Two, and 35 of
these are in Cook County.
In 1996, Region Two’s transfer stations handled 6.2 mil-lion
tons of waste; 6.9 million tons of waste was landfilled
in the region that year.
Unlike landfills, transfer stations need not report wastes
Who to Call for Help With
Specific Waste Problems
The Illinois EPA supports a number
of waste-disposal and -recycling
efforts aimed at helping households
and selected institutions safely dis-pose
of household hazardous
waste, scrap tires, leftover paint,
used motor oil, educational haz-ardous
waste, and more.
To obtain the latest information
about these programs, or to learn
the dates, times and locations of
drop-off collections, please call one
of the following:
wDan Rion, at 217-782-9294, con-cerning
household-hazardous-waste
collections and what to do
with waste paint;
wRhett Rossi, at 217-782-9283,
concerning used motor oil and
educational hazardous waste;
wTap Hefley, at 217-524-4655, con-cerning
scrap tires;
wKathleen Davis, at 217-782-9187,
concerning used fluorescent and
high-intensity-discharge lamps.
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12vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
handled to the Illinois EPA; however, as a public service,
the Agency surveyed these facilities to determine the
level of their waste-handling activities.
The role of transfer stations becomes more important
every year, especially in Region Two, where the number
of active landfills is expected to fall from 17 in 1996, to as
few as eight after the turn of the century. By then the
Active
Region Facilities Tons
One: Northwestern Illinois 5 110,826
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 40 6,179,539
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 2 11,170
Four: East Central Illinois 5 142,230
Five: West Central Illinois 3 164,864
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 2 87,435
Seven: Southern Illinois 3 80,910
Total 60 6,776,974
Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996
Active
Region Facilities Tons
One: Northwestern Illinois 7 48,634
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 20 164,603
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 6 19,292
Four: East Central Illinois 5 18,034
Five: West Central Illinois 3 7,001
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 8 55,971
Seven: Southern Illinois 2 1,536
Total 51 315,071
Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996
ratio of transfer stations to landfills in the region is likely
to grow to 5:1, or to 6:1 or more.
In 1996, transfer stations handled 6.8 million tons of
trash, or nearly 49 percent of wastes landfilled statewide.
As the number of active landfills falls from 57 in 1996 to
the mid-40s, or even the upper-30s, over the next decade,
the number of transfer stations can be expected to grow,
as will the portion of wastes they will handle.
Composting is growing by 13 percent a year
Landscape wastes were banned from Illinois landfills
beginning July 1, 1990. Since then the number of active
compost facilities has begun to approach the number of
active landfills, and will exceed them in a few years.
As might be expected, composting is most popular in
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Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996v13
Region Two, where 52 percent of the state’s landscape
wastes were processed.
Compost facilities report to the Agency each year the
quantities of wastes accepted. In 1996, the state’s com-post
facilities processed 315,071 tons of landscape wastes,
a 13.4-percent gain over 1995’s total of 277,804 tons.
Landscape wastes processed in 1996 represent only about
2 percent of total wastes landfilled in Illinois that year.
While this percentage is small, it is important to note
that composting kept more than 315,000 tons of wastes
out of landfills; and a ton of waste not landfilled is a ton
of landfill capacity preserved.
Delegated inspection program
The Illinois EPA has delegated inspection authority to 18
counties and the city of Chicago. This program takes
advantage of additional manpower at the local level.
Delegation agreements authorize these agencies to con-duct
many of the duties that would otherwise have to be
performed by the Illinois EPA field office: investigating
suspected violations of land-pollution laws and reports of
open dumping, and inspecting landfills, transfer stations
and compost facilities permitted through the Agency’s
Bureau of Land. Inspections can also include industrial
landfills and monofills (private facilities that do not
accept municipal solid waste).
Nearly 1,200 inspections of pollution-control facilities and
other sites were completed by delegated agencies during
1996. These efforts at the local level stimulate the regu-lated
community to take all necessary steps to comply
with environmental regulations. Also, prompt response by
local authorities does much to curtail open dumping.u
Inspections Conducted in 1996 by Delegated Counties and City of Chicago
Local Active Closed Transfer Compost
Region Agencies Landfills Landfills Stations Facilities Other Total
One: Northwestern Illinois 2 34 16 15 7 21 93
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 6 183 47 149 111 78 568
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 1 61 16 0 10 0 87
Four: East Central Illinois 2 5 1 0 3 0 9
Five: West Central Illinois 3 62 40 27 39 26 194
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 2 45 52 2 24 7 130
Seven: Southern Illinois 4 83 9 7 0 0 99
Totals 20 473 181 200 194 132 1,180
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Introduction
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Regions
Region Two:
Chicago Metropolitan
Region One:
Northwestern Illinois
Region Three:
Peoria/
Quad Cities
Region Five:
West Central
Illinois
Region Four:
East Central Illinois
Region Six:
Metropolitan
East St. Louis
Region Seven:
Southern Illinois
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CARROLL
B U R E A U
L A S A L L E
O G L E
DEKALB
LIVINGSTON
I R O Q U O I S
F O R D
M c L E A N
D e W I T T
M A C O N
PIATT
CHAMPAIGN
DOUGLAS
E D G A R
MOULTRIE
S H E L B Y
CHRISTIAN
MONTGOMERY
MACOUPIN
GREENE
JERSEY
M A D I S O N
ST. CLAIR
MONROE
RANDOLPH
B O N D
C L I N T O N
WASHINGTON
MARION
JEFFERSON
HAMILTON
GALLATIN
SALINE
C L A Y
RICHLAND
LAWRENCE
P E R R Y
U N I O N
MASSAC
JOHNSON
POPE
HARDIN
WILLIAMSON
W H I TE
JACKSON
FRANKLIN
W A Y N E
P I K E
SCOTT
MORGAN S A N G A M O N
MENARD
M A S O N L O G A N
C A S S
SCHUYLER
A D A M S
BROWN
CUMBERLAND
EFFINGHAM
FAYETTE
JASPER
CRAWFORD
WARREN
C O L E S
VERMILION
ROCK ISLAND
M E R C E R
H E N R Y
STARK
MARSHALL
WOODFORD
K N O X
P E O R IA
TAZEWELL
F U L T O N
WARREN
HANCOCK
McDONOUGH
L A K E
McHENRY
K A N E
KENDALL
GRUNDY
K A N K A K E E
W I L L
DUPAGE
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STEPHENSON
PUTNAM
WINNEBAGO
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Region One: Northwestern Illinois
Landfills
Transfer Stations
Compost Facilities
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LANDFILLING IN REGION ONE ROSE 62.5 PERCENT
between 1995 and 1996 — the greatest percentage
increase by far among the four regions recording
increases. (Three regions recorded declines.) Statewide,
landfilling fell 2.1 percent during the same period.
Region One’s seven active facilities received 3.1 million
gate cubic yards of wastes in 1996 — or 1.2 million gate
cubic yards more than in 1995.
Winnebago Reclamation Service, Rockford, and Prairie
Hill Recycling and Disposal Facility (RDF), Morrison,
absorbed 46 percent of Region One’s wastes. This percent-age
would likely have been higher had Prairie Hill RDF
been open for the entire year; this facility only began
accepting wastes in August 1996.
DeKalb County Landfill and Freeport Municipal Landfill
do not accept out-of county-wastes; these facilities showed
decreases of 16 percent and 13 percent respectively in
wastes received from 1995 to 1996.
number of landfills
unchanged
total capacity
- 2,904,000 cu. yds.
- 4%
Region One: Northwestern Illinois
wastes received
+ 1,183,284 cu. yds.
+ 62.5%
Landfills and Transfer Stations: Active, Closed, Under Development
J O D A V I E S S
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WINNEBAGO
BOONE
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C A R R O L L
W H I T E S I D E L E E
L A S A L L E
B U R E A U
PUTNAM
Dixon/GROP Landfill #2
Rochelle Municipal Landfill #2
DeKalb County Landfill
Winnebago Reclamation Service
BFI-Davis Junction Landfill
(closed 5-4-95)
Orchard Hills Landfill
(opened 1-12-98)
Prairie Hill RDF
(opened 8-26-96)
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Whiteside County Landfill
#2 Transfer Station
(closed in August 1996)
Peru Municipal Landfill #2
(closed 4-4-94)
Oglesby Municipal
Landfill (closed 10-1-94)
States Land Improvement #2
(closed 9-18-97)
LandComp Landfill
(under development)
Capacity Increase
Capacity Decrease
Lee County Landfill
(under development)
1996 vs. 1995
Region One landfills have not accepted any out-of-state
wastes since BFI-Davis Junction Landfill closed in 1995.
Capacity declined slightly in 1996
Despite the 62.5-percent increase in wastes received, the
region suffered only a mild 4 percent decline in remaining
capacity, thanks to the opening of Prairie Hill RDF.
Prairie Hill reported 50.5 million cubic yards of space
available as of Jan. 1, 1997, making it first in the state in
capacity rankings on that date.
Total capacity for the region’s seven landfills reporting on
Jan. 1, 1997, was 68.8 million gate cubic yards, which is
2.9 million gate cubic yards less than the amount report-ed
on Jan. 1, 1996.
Three new landfills will boost Region One’s capacity
Orchard Hills Landfill, Davis Junction, began taking
wastes on Jan. 12, 1998. Although Orchard Hills did not
submit a capacity certification form, its permit indicates a
design capacity of 28 million airspace cubic yards. Air-space
includes all wastes, all intermediate cover (soil
spread atop wastes at the end of each working day) and
the landfill’s final clay and topsoil cap. Orchard Hills
replaces BFI-Davis Junction Landfill.
LandComp Landfill, Ottawa, plans to open in the second
half of 1998, or in the first half of 1999. It replaces, in
terms of permitted disposal area, a facility one-fourth its
size: States Land Improvement #2, also of Ottawa, which
Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997
Wastes Capacity Disp. Area Close
Municipality County Cu. Yds. Rank1 Cu. Yds. Rank2 Acres Year
BFI-Davis Junction LF Davis Junction Ogle 0 NA 0 NA 63 1995
DeKalb County Landfill DeKalb DeKalb 241,659 42 3,448,000 28 64 2011
Dixon/GROP Landfill #2 Dixon Lee 897,793 13 1,794,000 35 49 1998
Freeport Municipal Landfill #4 Freeport Stephenson 126,245 50 246,000 55 17 1998
LandComp Landfill Ottawa LaSalle 0 NA 102 2027
Lee County Landfill Dixon Lee 0 NA 142 2022
Oglesby Municipal LF Oglesby LaSalle 0 NA 0 NA NA 1994
Orchard Hills Landfill Davis Junction Ogle 0 NA 175 2028
Peru Municipal LF #2 Peru LaSalle 0 NA 0 NA NA 1994
Prairie Hill RDF Morrison Whiteside 431,263 31 50,538,000 1 229 2037
Rochelle Municipal Landfill #2 Creston Ogle 225,700 44 2,615,000 33 NA 2009
States Land Improv. #2 Ottawa LaSalle 156,292 47 145,000 56 25 1997
Winnebago Reclamation Service Rockford Winnebago 998,640 12 10,037,000 12 43 2007
Totals 3,077,592 68,823,000
1 Standing among 57 landfills that accepted wastes during 1996. 2 Standing among 57 landfills that reported capacity as of Jan. 1, 1997.
Region One: Northwestern Illinois
Counties 12
Area (square miles) 7,371
Population (est.) 770,000
Landfill life expectancy
Years remaining 22.4w
Landfills
Active in 1996 7
Closed in 1994 2
Closed in 1995 1
Closed in 1997 1
Opened in 1998 1
Under Development 2
Transfer Stations
Active in 1996 6
Closed in 1996 1
Compost facilities
Active in 1996 7
wTotal remaining capacity (from table below)
divided by total wastes accepted. Tells how
long the region may be served by local land-fills
at current disposal rates, barring capacity
adjustments, until capacity is depleted.
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CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED
NEW — OPENED 1-12-98
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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ceased accepting wastes on Sept. 18, 1997.
Lee County Landfill, Dixon, is another new facility under
development; it expects to receive an Agency permit
allowing it to begin construction in the summer of 1998
and accepting wastes by late 1998 or early 1999. This
facility will replace Dixon/GROP Landfill #2, which
expects to be filled to capacity in the latter half of 1998.
Freeport Municipal Landfill #4 also anticipates reaching
capacity and closing by the end of 1998.
Delegated inspections in LaSalle and Ogle counties
The Illinois EPA has delegated inspection authority to
the LaSalle County Department of Environmental Ser-vices
and Land Use,and to the Ogle County Solid Waste
Management Department.
Delegation agreements authorize these agencies to con-duct
many of the duties that would otherwise have to be
performed by the Illinois EPA field office: investigating
suspected violations of land-pollution laws and reports of
open dumping, and inspecting landfills, transfer stations
and compost facilities permitted through the Agency’s
Bureau of Land. (Inspections also include industrial land-fills,
or monofills, and landfills that closed prior to 1994;
these facilities are not included in this report.)
Rockford dominated regional transfer station activity. . .
An Agency survey determined six transfer stations han-dled
nearly 111,000 tons of municipal wastes in 1996, an
Questions and Complaints
Illinois EPA Region One field office
personnel investigate reports of sus-pected
illegal waste disposal, and
inspect the region’s landfills, transfer
stations and compost facilities,
except in LaSalle and Ogle coun-ties,
where such activities have
been delegated to local authorities.
Questions or complaints concerning
pollution-control facilities, open
dumping or other incidents should
be directed to the office having juris-diction
over the site:
Illinois EPA
4302 N. Main St.
Rockford, Ill. 61103
Phone: 815-987-7706
Fax: 815-987-7005
LaSalle County Department of Envi-ronmental
Services and Land Use
LaSalle County Courthouse
119 W. Madison, Room 400
Ottawa, Ill. 61350
Phone: 815-434-8666
Fax: 815-433-9303
Ogle County Solid Waste Manage-ment
Department
104 S. Fifth St.
Oregon, Ill. 61061
Phone: 815-732-4020
Fax: 815-732-3709
amount equivalent to some 12 percent of the wastes land-filled
in the region. Waste Management’s facility in Rock-ford
processed 51 percent of the regional total.
. . . and composting, too
Region One’s compost facilities reported processing more
than 48,000 tons of landscape wastes in 1996. Disposal of
landscape waste mixed with municipal waste in Illinois
landfills has been prohibited since July 1, 1990; however,
compost facilities are commonly located at landfills.
Region One: Northwestern Illinois
Municipality County Tons
MDI Env. Systems Lanark Carroll 21,000
Mendota Solid Waste Mendota LaSalle NA
Princeton Solid Waste Princeton Bureau 13,000
Savanna Solid Waste Savannah Carroll 1,232
Waste Mgt.–Rockford Roscoe Winnebago 56,594
Whiteside Co. Landfill #2 Morrison Whiteside 19,000
Total 110,826
Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996
Region One: Northwestern Illinois
Average regional recycling rate remains healthy
The Agency does not regulate recycling nor is it required
to obtain statistics. Nevertheless, as a public service, the
Agency sought this information from county recycling
coordinators, who reported recycling rates ranging from 7
to 44 percent.
Region One’s overall recycling rate of 27 percent is a mul-tiyear
average rather than an average for 1996, because
Boone County’s data are for 1992 and Stephenson Coun-ty’s
data are for 1995.u
Waste
Latest Generated Waste Recycled
County Data Tons Tons Percent
Boone 1992 23,248 5,207 22%
Bureau 1996 19,564 3,603 18%
Carroll1 1996 9,238 2,298 25%
DeKalb 1996 89,797 39,470 44%
JoDaviess1 1996 11,967 1,485 12%
LaSalle 1996 120,000 46,400 39%
Lee 1996 32,491 8,029 25%
Ogle 1996 38,405 9,595 25%
Putnam 1996 4,070 286 7%
Stephenson 1995 39,000 4,888 16%
Whiteside 1996 36,237 12,670 26%
Winnebago 1996 315,655 64,973 21%
Totals 739,672 198,904 27%2
1 Has residential recycling ordinance.
2 Regional average
Municipal Wastes Recycled
Municipality County Tons
DeKalb County Landfill DeKalb DeKalb 12,816
Dixon/GROP Landfill #2 Dixon Lee 937
Freeport Municipal LF #4 Freeport Stephenson 3,077
Peru Municipal Landfill #2 Peru LaSalle 987
Rockford Composting Rockford Winnebago 20,944
South Meridian Composting Rockford Winnebago 8,903
States Land Improvement Ottawa LaSalle 970
Total 48,634
Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996
Details concerning Region One
landfills and transfer stations follow
on pages R1.6 through R1.23.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR1.5
Municipal Waste
Management Plans
The Solid Waste Planning and
Recycling Act requires all Illinois
counties and the city of Chicago to
develop, adopt and implement 20-
year municipal waste management
plans.
Plans include programs and recom-mendations
to achieve solid waste
management goals, which typically
include waste reduction, recycling,
incineration and landfilling as pro-gram
options.
The law requires each plan to
include a program to recycle 15 per-cent
of municipal wastes by the end
of the third year of the program and
25 percent of municipal wastes by
the end of the fifth year.
Every five years each plan must
identify changes in planning areas,
evaluate progress in plan implemen-tation
and, if necessary, revise plan
recommendations and goals. The
county also has the option of updat-ing
its solid-waste generation rate.
The plan is then submitted to the Illi-nois
EPA for review and comment.
Questions concerning these plans
and their availability should be
directed to the appropriate local
administrators listed in Appendix H.
R1.6vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
BFI-Davis Junction Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Ogle
Davis Junction
8900 Highway 251
NA
Municipal, nonhazardous special
NA
BFI of Illinois Inc.
BFI of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining
Date opened – date closed
141 821 0001
NA
158
63
785
9
32
Gas-to-energy
NA
12-31-76 – 5-4-95
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 338,705 102,638 395 1,798 545 <1
1995 87,150 26,409 102 710 215 <1
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
BFI of Illinois Inc.w
8900 Highway 251
Davis Junction, Ill. 61020
( 815-874-9000
Operator
BFI of Illinois Inc.
8900 Highway 251
Davis Junction, Ill. 61020
( 815-874-9000
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
0
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department
wA subsidiary of Browning-Ferris Industries Inc., 757 N. Eldridge, Houston, Texas 77079 l 281-870-8100
wReplaced by adjacent Orchard Hills Landfill in January 1998. See page R1.13.
DeKalb County Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
DeKalb
DeKalb
18370 Somonauk Road
Mon. – Fri.: 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.; 2nd Sat.: 7 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Municipal, nonhazardous specialw
$31 per ton
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Waste Management of Illinois Inc..
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Year permitted – year expected to close
037 802 0001
NA
245
64
945
2
17
Flares
14
1974 – 2011
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 278,285 84,329 324 0 0 0
1995 288,143 87,316 336 0 0 0
1996 241,659 73,230 282 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
2 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1000
Westchester, Ill. 60154
( 708-409-0700
Operator
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
2 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1000
Westchester, Ill. 60154
( 815-758-6906
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
4,478,000 (1,357,000)
3,448,000 (1,045,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$80,783
6-25-96
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR1.7
wGenerated within county; does not accept out-of-county wastes.
R1.8vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Dixon/GROP Landfill #2w
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Lee
Dixon
1279 N. Bataan Road
Mon. – Fri.: 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sat.: 6 a.m. – noon
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$21.50 per ton
City of Dixon
Allied Waste Industries of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Year opened – year expected to close
103 801 0002
1,901,300
90
48.6
859
3
35
Flares
1
1980 – 1998
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 541,471 164,082 631 0 0 0
1995 706,773 214,174 824 0 0 0
1996 897,793 272,059 1,046 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
City of Dixon
121 W. Second St.
Dixon, Ill. 61021
( 815-288-1485
Operator
Allied Waste Industries of Illinois Inc.w
1279 N. Bataan Road
Dixon, Ill. 61021
( 815-288-4607
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
2,639,000 (800,000)
1,794,000 (544,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$244,902
5-21-96
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
wA subsidiary of Allied Waste Industries Inc., 15880 N. Greenway Hayden Luke, Suite 1000, Scottsdale, Ariz.
85260 l 602-423-2946. Regional office: 3837 W. 127th St., Alsip, Ill. 60803 l 708-824-3060
wTo be replaced by Lee County Landfill, which plans to open in 1998 or 1999; see page R1.11.
Freeport Municipal Landfill #4
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Stephenson
Freeport
2133 S. Walnut Road
Mon. – Fri.: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Sat.: 7 a.m. – noon
Municipal, nonhazardous specialw
$35 per ton
City of Freeport
City of Freeport
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Year opened – year expected to close
177 020 0015
NA
33
17
855
2
10
None
1
1987 – 1998
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 139,123 42,158 162 0 0 0
1995 145,519 44,097 170 0 0 0
1996 126,245 38,256 147 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
City of Freeport
230 W. Stephenson St.
Freeport, Ill. 61032
( 815-235-8204
815-232-3821
Operator
City of Freeport
230 W. Stephenson St.
Freeport, Ill. 61032
( 815-235-8204
815-232-3821
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
567,000 (172,000)
246,000 (75,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$25,000
12-2-97
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR1.9
wGenerated within county; does not accept out-of-county wastes.
R1.10vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
LandComp Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
LaSalle
Ottawa
Buffalo Rock Road
NA
Municipal, nonhazardous special
NA
LandComp Corp.
LandComp Corp.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Year expected to open – close
099 080 8103
11,400,000
185
102
670
13
34
Gas-to-energy (planned)
29 w
1998 – 2027w
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
LandComp Corp.
Box 520
Ottawa, Ill. 61350
( 815-434-1808
Operator
LandComp Corp.
Box 520
Ottawa, Ill. 61350
( 815-434-1808
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
0
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
LaSalle Co. Dept. of Environmental Services & Land Use
wDevelopment permit issued September 1997; lifetime based on 1998 opening; facility may not open until 1999.
Lee County Landfillw
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Lee
Dixon
1229 N. Bataan Road
NA
Municipal, nonhazardous special
NA
Lee County Landfill Inc. ww
Lee County Landfill Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Year expected to open – close
103 020 5220
13,000,000
223
142
869
NA
NA
None, will monitor for methane gas
21 w
1998 – 2022w
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Lee County Landfill Inc.w
935 W. 175th St.
Homewood, Ill. 60430
( 708-957-4600
Operator
Lee County Landfill Inc.w
1279 N. Bataan Road
Dixon, Ill. 61021
( 815-288-4607
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
0
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
wDevelopment permit expected in mid-1998; facility expects to begin accepting waste in 1998 or 1999.
wReplaces Dixon/GROP Landfill; see page R1.8. wwA subsidiary of Allied Waste Industries of Illinois Inc.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR1.11
wA subsidiary of Allied Waste Industries of Illinois Inc., a subsidiary of Allied Waste Industries Inc., 15880
N. Greenway Hayden Luke, Suite 1000, Scottsdale, Ariz. 85260 l 602-423-2946
R1.12vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Oglesby Municipal Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
LaSalle
Oglesby
1200 E. Walnut St.
NA
Municipal
NA
City of Oglesby
City of Oglesby
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining
Year opened – date closed
099 070 0001
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
7
None
NA
1975 – 10-1-94
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 6,498 1,969 8 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
City of Oglesby
128 W. Walnut St.
Oglesby, Ill. 61348
( 815-883-3389
Operator
City of Oglesby
128 W. Walnut St.
Oglesby, Ill. 61348
( 815-883-3389
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
0
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
LaSalle Co. Dept. of Environmental Services & Land Use
Orchard Hills Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Ogle
Davis Junction
8290 Highway 251
Mon. – Fri.: 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sat.: 6 a.m. – noon
Municipal, nonhazardous special
NA
BFI of Illinois Inc.
BFI of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Year opened – year expected to close
141 017 5005
28,000,000
333
175
881.5
9
42
None
30
1998 – 2028
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
BFI of Illinois Inc.w
8290 HIghway 251
Davis Junction, Ill. 61020
( 815-874-9000
Operator
BFI of Illinois Inc.
8290 HIghway 251
Davis Junction, Ill. 61020
( 815-874-9000
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
0
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
Ogle County Health Department
wBegan taking wastes on 1-12-98; replaces BFI-Davis Junction Landfill, which closed 5-4-95 (page R1.6).
wA subsidiary of Browning-Ferris Industries Inc., 757 N. Eldridge, Houston, Texas 77079 l 281-870-8100
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR1.13
R1.14 vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Peru Municipal Landfill #2
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
LaSalle
Peru
Route 251 and Ben Samek Road
NA
Municipal
NA
City of Peru
City of Peru
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining
Date opened – date closed
099 085 0002
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
8
None
NA
11-30-74 – 4-4-94 (closure certified 10-8-94)
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 49,485 14,996 58 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
City of Peru
706 Putnam St.
Peru, Ill. 61354
( 815-223-2962
Operator
City of Peru
706 Putnam St.
Peru, Ill. 61354
( 815-223-2962
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
0
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
LaSalle Co. Dept. of Environmental Services & Land Use
Prairie Hill Recycling and Disposal Facility
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Whiteside
Morrison
18762 Lincoln Road
Mon. – Fri.: 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sat.: 7 a.m. – noon
Municipal
$19 per ton
Whiteside County
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
195 035 0014
28,300,000
423
229
877
31
41
None
40
8-26-96 – 2037
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 431,263 130,686 1,452 w 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Whiteside County
200 E. Knox St.
Morrison, Ill. 61270
( 815-772-7654
Operator
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
18762 Lincoln Road
Morrison, Ill. 61270
( 815-772-7308
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
49,808,000 (15,093,000)
50,538,000 (15,315,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$113,891
12-16-97
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
wBegan accepting waste 8-26-96; tons/day based on 90 days of operation, not industry standard 260 days.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR1.15
R1.16 vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Rochelle Municipal Landfill #2
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Ogle
Creston, Dement Township
6513 Mulford Road
Mon. – Fri.: 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.; Sat.: 7 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$45 per ton
City of Rochelle
Rochelle Waste Disposal LLC
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
141 803 0020
NA
81
NA
873
6
14
None
12
6-30-72 – 2009
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 266,194 80,665 310 0 0 0
1995 137,591 41,694 160 0 0 0
1996 225,700 68,394 263 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
City of Rochelle
Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue
Rochelle, Ill. 61068
( 815-562-6772
Operator
Rochelle Waste Disposal LLC
1101 S. Seventh St.
Rochelle, Ill. 61068
( 815-384-4251
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
3,554,000 (1,077,000)
2,615,000 (792,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$51,635
5-7-96
Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department
States Land Improvement #2
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
LaSalle
Ottawa
Koenig Road
NA
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$9.70 per cubic yard
States Land Improvement Corp.
States Land Improvement Corp.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining
Date opened – date closed
099 080 0017
NA
38
25
584
2
9
Gas-to-energy (installation planned for early 1998)
NA
10-31-84 – 9-18-97
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 251,014 76,065 293 0 0 0
1995 153,608 46,548 179 0 0 0
1996 156,292 47,361 182 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
States Land Improvement Corp.
Box 520
Ottawa, Ill. 61350
( 815-434-1808
Operator
States Land Improvement Corp.
Box 520
Ottawa, Ill. 61350
( 815-434-1808
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
355,000 (108,000)
145,000 (44,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$25,827
3-12-96
LaSalle Co. Dept. of Environmental Services & Land Use
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR1.17
R1.18 vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Winnebago Reclamation Service
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Winnebago
Rockford
8403 Lindenwood Road
Mon. – Fri.: 6:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.; Sat.: 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$58 per ton
Winnebago Reclamation Service Inc.
Winnebago Reclamation Service Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
201 808 0001
NA
235
43 (seeking expansion to 70)
865
6
45
Gas-to-energy
10
4-30-72 – 2007
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 276,840 83,891 323 0 0 0
1995 375,524 113,795 438 0 0 0
1996 998,640 302,618 1,164 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Winnebago Reclamation Service Inc.
8403 Lindenwood Road
Rockford, Ill. 61109
( 815-874-4806
Operator
Winnebago Reclamation Service Inc.
8403 Lindenwood Road
Rockford, Ill. 61109
( 815-874-4806
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
10,327,000 (3,129,000)
10,037,000 w(3,042,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$258,914
8-6-96
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
wIncludes 1.8-million airspace-cubic-yard expansion; permit issued 8-22-96.
MDI Environmental Systems Transfer Station
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Carroll
Lanark
Route 64 and Shannon Road
Mon. – Fri.: 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Municipal, recyclables
$40 per ton
Moring Disposal Inc.
MDI Environmental Systems
Facility Facts
Identification number
Opened, year
Facility inspected by
015 010 0001
1994
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
Wastes Received: 1996
Tons per year
Tons per day (average)
Contacts
Owner
Moring Disposal Inc.
104 S. Ash St.
Forreston, Ill. 61030
( 815-938-3602
Operator
MDI Environmental Systems
Rural Route 1, Box 204A
Lanark, Ill. 61046
( 815-493-6331
21,000
81
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R1.20 vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Mendota Solid Waste Transfer Station
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
LaSalle
Mendota
First Avenue, behind fairgrounds
Mon. – Sat.: 6 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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NA
City of Mendota
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Opened, year
Facility inspected by
099 055 0013
1991
LaSalle Co. Dept. of Environmental Services & Land Use
Wastes Received: 1996
Tons per year
Tons per day
Contacts
Owner
City of Mendota
607 Eighth Ave.
Mendota, Ill. 61342
( 815-539-7459
Operator
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
2 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1000
Westchester, Ill. 60154
( 708-409-0700
NA
NA
wCity-generated wastes only.
Princeton Solid Waste Transfer Station
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Bureau
Princeton
101 Peggy Lane
Mon. – Fri.: 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.; Sat.: 8 a.m. – noon
Municipal, recyclables
$40 per ton
City of Princeton
Princeton Solid Waste Management
Facility Facts
Identification number
Opened, year
Facility inspected by
011 085 0012
1993
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
Wastes Received: 1996
Tons per year
Tons per day
Contacts
Owner
City of Princeton
2 S. Main St.
Princeton, Ill. 61356
( 815-875-2631
Operator
City of Princeton
2 S. Main St.
Princeton, Ill. 61356
( 815-875-1682
13,000
50
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R1.22 vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Savanna Solid Waste Transfer Station
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Carroll
Savanna
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Park, Portland Avenue
Tue. – Wed.: 8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; Sat.: 8 a.m. – noon
Municipal, landscape, recyclables
$43 per ton
City of Savanna
City of Savanna
Facility Facts
Identification number
Opened, year
Facility inspected by
015 025 0005
1990
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
Wastes Received: 1996
Tons per year
Tons per day
Contacts
Owner
City of Savanna
101 Main St.
Savanna, Ill. 61074
( 815-273-2251
Operator
City of Savanna
101 Main St.
Savanna, Ill. 61074
( 815-273-2251
1,232
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Waste Management-Rockford Transfer Station
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Winnebago
Roscoe
13125 N. Second St.
Mon. – Sat.: 4:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Municipal, landscape
NA
Waste Management of Wisconsin Inc.
Waste Management of Wisconsin Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Opened, year
Facility inspected by
201 040 0008
1984
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
Wastes Received: 1996
Tons per year
Tons per day
Contacts
Owner
Waste Management of Wisconsin Inc.
West 124 North, 8925 Boundary Road
Menomonee Falls, Wis. 53051
( 414-251-4000
Operator
Waste Management of Wisconsin Inc.
13125 N. Second St.
Roscoe, Ill. 61073
( 815-389-6180
56,594
218
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR1.23
R1.24 vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Whiteside County Landfill #2 Transfer Station
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Whiteside
Morrison
18525 Lincoln Road
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Municipal
$25 per ton
Whiteside County
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Opened, year
Facility inspected by
195 814 0003
1983
Illinois EPA, Rockford Regional Office
Wastes Received: 1996
Tons per year
Tons per day
Contacts
Owner
Whiteside County
18819 Lincoln Road
Morrison, Ill. 61270
( 815-772-7308
Operator
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
18525 Lincoln Road
Morrison, Ill. 61270
( 815-772-7308
19,000
73
wFacility closed in August 1996.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.1
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan
Landfills
Transfer Stations
Compost Facilities
R2.2vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Landfills and Transfer Stations: Active, Closed, Under Development w
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Countryside Landfill
Land & Lakes/Wheeling
Landfill (closed 5-30-95)
Winnetka Municipal Landfill (closed 3-31-94)
Winthrop Harbor/BFI #1
Landfill (closed 7-19-96)
Lake County Grading Co. Landfill (closed 8-22-95)
Zion Landfill (under development)
Woodland RDF
Settler’s Hill RDF
Greene Valley Landfill
(closed 8-31-96)
Mallard Lake Landfill
Environtech Landfill Beecher Development Co.
Landfill (closed 7-18-96)
CDT Landfill
Wheatland Prairie RDF
Kankakee RDF
Laraway RDF
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TCD Services Transfer Station
Speedway Disposal & Recycling
Apollo Disposal Service Transfer Station
United Disposal of Bradley Transfer Station
CDT Transfer MRF
Banner-Western Transfer & Recycling Center
Citiwaste Transfer Station
DuPage Yard Waste Transfer Station
Congress Development Co. Landfill
River Bend Prairie Landfill
CID RDF #3
CID RDF #4 (inactive since 1994)
Land & Lakes #3/Harbor View Landfill
Land Restoration ProductsTransfer Station
EVEN THOUGH THE VOLUME OF SOLID WASTES BURIED IN
Region Two dipped nearly 13 percent from the pre-vious
year, landfilling remained big in metropolitan
Chicago in 1996: The region’s 17 landfills received 22.8
million gate cubic yards of wastes (about 6.9 million tons)
— which amounted to nearly half of all wastes landfilled
in Illinois that year.
Significantly, four-fifths of these wastes were deposited in
just six landfills in Region Two. But look at what is hap-pening
to four of these high-volume facilities: Greene Val-ley
Landfill (Naperville) closed in 1996; and Mallard Lake
Landfill (Hanover Park), Congress Development Co.
Landfill (Hillside), and Woodland RDF (South Elgin) are
expected all to close by the end of the year 2000.
Expansions of existing facilities and development of new
landfills are becoming increasingly difficult if not impossi-ble
in Region Two, causing disposal numbers to continue
to fall, and capacity numbers to continue to drop as well.
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan
number of landfills
- 5
total capacity
- 58,505,000 cu. yds.
- 41.2%
wastes received
- 3,333,242 cu. yds.
- 12.8%
Morris Community Landfill
wFor Cook County transfer stations, see page R2.5; for Chicago transfer stations, see page R2.6.
Capacity Increase
Capacity Decrease
1996 vs. 1995
Landfills: Wastes Accepted 1996; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 1997
Wastes Capacity Disp. Area Close
Municipality County Cu. Yds. Rank1 Cu. Yds. Rank2 Acres Year
Beecher Devel. Co.w Beecher Will 539,395 26 1,728,000 37 143 1996
CDT Landfill Joliet Will 764,000 16 1,080,000 47 50 1998
CID RDF #3w Calumet City Cook 549,000 25 1,675,000 38 173 2000
CID RDF #4 Calumet City Cook 0 NA 1,209,000 45 13 2023
Congress Development Co. LF Hillside Cook 1,682,700 7 2,752,000 32 55 1999
Countryside Landfill Grayslake Lake 1,328,669 9 36,177,000 3 73 2024
Environtech Landfill Morris Grundy 506,463 27 776,000 49 78 1998
Greene Valley Landfill Naperville DuPage 6,586,306 1 0 NA 198 1996
Kankakee RDF Chebanse Kankakee 397,162 32 3,454,000 27 NA 2006
Lake County Grading Libertyville Lake 0 NA 0 NA NA 1995
Land &Lakes #3/Harbor Vieww Chicago Cook 724,274 17 4,979,000 22 NA 2004
Land & Lakes/Wheeling Deerfield Lake 0 NA 0 NA NA 1995
Laraway RDFw Elwood Will 133,861 49 962,000 48 NA 2004
Mallard Lake Landfill Hanover Park DuPage 4,520,040 2 6,075,000 20 230 1998
Morris Community Landfill Morris Grundy 297,988 38 1,775,000 36 95 2003
River Bend Prairie Landfillw Dolton Cook 279,114 41 317,000 53 52 1998
Settler’s Hill RDFw Batavia Kane 2,473,276 5 13,162,000 10 179 2004
Wheatland Prairie Landfill Plainfield Will 326,898 34 2,469,000 34 NA 2001
Winnetka Municipal LF Winnetka Cook 0 NA 0 NA NA 1994
Winthrop Harborw Zion Lake 231,379 43 0 NA 10 1996
Woodland RDFw South Elgin Kane 1,447,866 8 4,741,000 23 103 2000
Zion Landfill Zion Lake 0 NA 110 2018
Totals 22,788,391 83,331,000
wEight landfills accepted out-of-state wastes totaling 172,253 cubic yards, or 0.76% of the region’s total.
1 Standing among 57 landfills that accepted wastes during 1996. 2 Standing among 57 landfills that reported capacity as of Jan. 1, 1997.
Accurate reflections of available capacity occur only once
a year, when landfills take their Illinois EPA-required
“capacity snapshot” each New Year’s Day.
On Jan. 1, 1996, Region Two had 141.8 million gate cubic
yards of available landfill space. By Jan. 1, 1997, that
capacity had plunged 41.2 percent to 83.3 million gate
cubic yards.
Such a steep decline is likely to moderate, if for no other
reason than it has less distance to fall.
Half the landfills after 2000
Returning to the subject of near-term landfill closings,
seven facilities plan to shut their gates by the end of
2000. When they do, their combined capacity — 17.4 mil-lion
gate cubic yards as of Jan. 1, 1997 — a volume
greater than the capacity of Region Seven (Southern Illi-nois)
will be lost forever.
With the region operating from a much smaller base in
the years ahead, it appears that as few as eight landfills
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.3
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED
CLOSED
INACTIVE SINCE 1994
Counties 9
Area (square miles) 5,109
Population (est.) 7,743,000
Landfill life expectancy
Years remaining 3.7w
Landfills
Active in 1996 17
Closed in 1994 1
Closed in 1995 2
Closed in 1996 3
Under Development 1
Transfer Stations
Active in 1996 40
Compost facilities
Active in 1996 20
wTotal remaining capacity (from table on
page R2.3) divided by total wastes accepted.
Tells how long the region may be served
by local landfills at current disposal rates,
barring capacity adjustments, until capacity
is depleted.
R2.4vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan
may remain open for business after 2000 (disregarding,
for now, efforts to build a new landfill in Will County).
Zion Landfill to open by late 1998
The only landfill currently under development in Region
Two is Zion Landfill, which plans to open by late 1998.
This facility replaces, and even shares some acreage with,
Winthrop Harbor/BFI #1, which closed in July 1996.
Transfer stations vital to Region Two
Region Two is home to 44 of the state’s 66 transfer sta-tions.
Of this total, Cook County has 35 (with 15 in the
city of Chicago); Will County has four; DuPage, Kane and
Lake counties each have one; and Grundy, Kendall and
McHenry counties have none.
Transfer stations consolidate locally collected wastes for
efficient shipment to distant landfills. Some transfer sta-tions
separate and remove recyclables from the municipal
waste stream.
In 1996, Region Two’s transfer stations handled 6.2 mil-lion
tons of wastes, which was only about 700,000 tons
shy of total wastes entering the region’s landfills that
year. No other region comes close to Region Two’s 90-per-cent
ratio of wastes-handled-to-wastes-landfilled. In
Municipality County Tons
CDT Landfill Joliet Will 18,213
Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe Cook 31
Crystal Lake Composting Crystal Lake McHenry 3,584
DK-Lake Bluff Lake Bluff Lake 721
Elgin Compost Facility Elgin Kane 3,314
Environtech Inc. Morris Grundy 106
Hazel Crest Composting Hazel Crest Cook 2,369
James Park Leaf Compost Evanston Cook 3,150
Lake Bluff Municipal #2 Lake Bluff Lake 449
Lake Forest Recycling Lake Forest Lake 3,639
Land & Lakes #1 & #2 Chicago Cook 3,371
Land & Lakes/Willow Ranch Romeoville Will 10,231
Land & Lakes/Wheeling Deerfield Lake 30,592
LDK Compost North Chicago Lake 12,959
Meadowview Yard Waste Grayslake Lake 14,372
Mundelein Disposal Inc. Mundelein Lake 1,728
Scotts Composting Bristol Kendall 14,964
Thelen Sand & Gravel Antioch McHenry 22,115
Willow Ranch Composting Bolingbrook Will 15,347
Winnetka Municipal Winnetka Cook 3,348
Woodstock Yard Waste Woodstock McHenry NA
Total 164,603
Compost Facilities: Wastes Accepted 1996
Region Five, the next highest region, this ratio was 22
percent.
The region’s transfer stations are noted in the maps on
pages R2.2, R2.5 and R2.6, and in the table on page R2.7.
Some Region Two transfer stations handled more waste
than the state’s busiest landfills. For example, Waste
Management’s Metro/Chicago Transfer Station, at 1500
N. Hooker St., processed 417,600 tons of garbage in 1996.
This tonnage exceeded wastes accepted by Countryside
Landfill, in Lake County, which ranked ninth among the
state’s 57 landfills that accepted wastes that year.
When Metro/Chicago’s tonnages are combined with those
of two other Chicago transfer stations — Groot Indus-tries/
Chicago, at 6747 N. Elmhurst Road, and Medill
Material Recovery & Recycling Facility, at 1633 W.
Medill Ave. — the total exceeds one million tons.
Nearly 165,000 tons of landscape wastes composted
Twenty composting facilities handled nearly 165,000 tons
of landscape wastes in 1996. This tonnage is equivalent to
some 2.4 percent of total wastes landfilled in the region.
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan
Cook County Transfer Stations
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USA Waste Services Crestwood
Transfer Station
Homewood Scavenger Service
Transfer Station
Waste Management-South
Suburbs/Recycle America
Waste Management-Metro/Stickney
Transfer Station
Waste Management-Northwest/Wheeling
Transfer Station
Star Disposal Service Transfer Station
Liberty Waste McCook Transfer Station
West Cook Transfer Station
Groot Industries/McCook Transfer Station
Frank F. Kucera Co. Transfer Station
BFI-Evanston Transfer Station
BFI-NorthbrookTransfer Station
American Wood Recycling
Transfer Station
Arc Disposal Co. Transfer Station
SWANCC Transfer Station #1
Best Lawns Transfer Station
Mr. K’s Garden & Material Center Transfer Station
Wheeling Township Transfer Station
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.5
Questions and Complaints
Illinois EPA Region Two field office
personnel investigate reports of sus-pected
illegal waste disposal, and
inspect the region’s landfills, transfer
stations and compost facilities,
except in DuPage, Kankakee,
Lake, McHenry and Will counties
and the city of Chicago, where
such activities have been delegated
to local authorities.
Questions or complaints concerning
pollution-control facilities, open
dumping or other incidents should
be directed to the office having juris-diction
over the site:
Continued on page R2.7
R2.6vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan
Chicago Transfer Stations
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National/Planet Transfer Station
National/Speelman Transfer Station
Northwest Material Recovery & Recycling Facility
D & D Disposal Services Transfer Station
Ravenswood Disposal Service Transfer Station
Waste Management-Metro/Chicago Transfer Station
Shred-All Recycling Systems
Transfer Station
Groot Industries/Chicago
Transfer Station
City Transfer Systems
CID Material Recovery &
Recycling Facility
BFI Waste Systems of North America
Transfer Station
Medill Material Recovery &
Recycling Facility
34th Street Material Recovery & Recycling Facility
USA Waste Services
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Six agencies hold delegation agreements
The Illinois EPA has delegated inspection authority to
the the following agencies in Region Two:
wDuPage County Solid Waste Department
wKankakee County Health Department
wLake County Health Department
wMcHenry County Health Department
wWill County Land Use Department
wChicago Department of Environment.
Delegation agreements authorize these agencies to con-duct
many of the duties that would otherwise have to be
performed by the Illinois EPA field office: investigating
suspected violations of land-pollution laws and reports of
open dumping, and inspecting landfills, transfer stations
and compost facilities permitted through the Agency’s
Bureau of Land. (Inspections also include industrial land-fills,
or monofills, and landfills that closed prior to 1994;
these facilities are not included in this report.)
DuPage County contains two landfills (one closed and one
expected to close in 1998)and one transfer station.
Municipality County Tons
American Wood Recyc. Hoffman Estates Cook 24,000
Apollo Disposal Service Momence Kankakee 0
Arc Disposal Co. Mount Prospect Cook 123,975
Banner-Western Rockdale Will 52,200
Best Lawns Streamwood Cook 15,488
BFI-Evanston Evanston Cook 182,700
BFI-Northbrook Northbrook Cook 93,960
BFI-Waste Systems Chicago Cook 200,000
CDT Transfer MRF Joliet Will 123,975
Chicago Disposal Chicago Cook 60,000
CID Mat’l. Recovery Chicago Cook 293,625
Citiwaste Joliet Will 20,880
City Transfer Systems Chicago Cook 52,000
D & D Disposal Services Chicago Cook 313,200
DuPage Yard Waste West Chicago DuPage 0
Great Lakes Disposal Blue Island Cook 65,250
Groen Waste Blue Island Cook 235,419
Groot Industries/Chicago Chicago Cook 339,300
Groot Industries/McCook McCook Cook 143,550
Homewood Scavenger East Hazel Crest Cook 104,400
Frank F. Kucera Co. Cicero Cook 78,300
Land Restoration Products Lake Bluff Lake 4,644
Liberty Waste-McCook McCook Cook 0
Medill Mat’l. Recovery Chicago Cook 244,035
Mr. K’s Garden & Mat’l. Park Ridge Cook 85,800
National Recovery Chicago Cook 234,900
National/Speelman Chicago Cook 104,400
Northwest Material Recov. Chicago Cook 302,350
Ravenswood Disposal Chicago Cook 260,000
Shred-All Recycling Chicago Cook 342,000
Speedway Disposal Elburn Kane 52,200
Star Disposal Service Park Forest Cook 91,350
Rolling Meadows Rolling Meadows Cook 3,000
TCD Services Wilmington Will 13,833
34th Street Material Recov. Chicago Cook 317,637
United Disposal of Bradley Bradley Kankakee 16,965
USA Waste Serv. Chicago Chicago Cook 195,750
Suburban Crestwood Cook 114,400
Waste Mgt.-Metro/Chicago Chicago Cook 417,600
Waste Mgt.-Metro/Stickney Stickney Cook 313,200
Waste Mgt. NW-Wheeling Wheeling Cook 261,000
Waste Mgt.-South Suburbs Alsip Cook 91,350
West Cook Forest View Cook 0
Wheeling Township Glenview Cook 250,038
Total 6,179,539
Transfer Stations: Wastes Handled 1996
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.7
Questions and Complaints
Continued from page R2.5
Illinois EPA
1701 First Ave.
Maywood, Ill. 60153
Phone: 708-338-7900
Fax: 708-338-7930
DuPage County Solid Waste Dept.
421 N. County Farm Road
Wheaton, Ill. 60187
Phone: 630-862-7373
Fax: 630-682-7374
Kankakee County Health Department
1115 Riverlane Drive
Bradley, Ill. 60915
Phone: 815-937-7860
Fax: 815-937-3568
Lake County Health Department
3010 Grand Ave.
Waukegan, Ill. 60085
Phone: 847-360-6742
Fax: 847-249-4972
McHenry County Health Department
2200 N. Seminary Ave., Route 47 N.
Woodstock, Ill. 60098
Phone: 815-334-4585
Fax: 815-338-7661
Will County Land Use Department
313 N. Chicago St.
Joliet, Ill. 60432
Phone: 815-727-8834
Fax: 815-722-3410
Chicago Department of Environment
30 N. LaSalle Blvd., 25th Floor
Chicago, Ill. 60602
Phone: 312-742-0150
Fax: 312-744-6451
Kankakee County has one active landfill, two transfer
stations, and one compost facility that accepted no land-scape
wastes in 1996.
Lake County has one active and three closed landfills, a
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan
Waste
County or Latest Generated Waste Recycled
Other Unit Data Tons Tons Percent
Cook 1996 704,665 177,324 25%
Chicago1 1996 3,720,819 1,060,206 29%
SSMMA2 1996 257,143 51,111 20%
SWANCC3 1996 1,030,531 292,359 28%
WCCSWA4 1996 603,856 180,464 30%
DuPage 1996 926,895 238,214 26%
Grundy5 1996 47,168 13,462 29%
Kane1 1996 561,881 211,096 38%
Kankakee 1996 126,639 19,123 15%
Kendall5 1996 48,583 9,030 18%
Lake 1995 727,131 214,755 29%
McHenry5 1996 245,485 60,227 25%
Will 1996 412,943 70,584 17%
Totals 9,413,739 2,597,955 28%6
1 Has commercial and residential recycling ordinances.
2 SSMMA is the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association.
3 SWANCC is the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County.
4 WCCSWA, the West Cook County Solid Waste Agency, has a multifamily residential
recycling ordinance that affects 15 communities.
5 Has residential recycling ordinance.
6 Regional average
Municipal Wastes Recycled
Details concerning Region Two
landfills and transfer stations follow
on pages R2.9 through R2.74.
new landfill expected to open in 1998, one transfer sta-tion,
and eight compost facilities (one of which is closed).
McHenry County contains four compost facilities — two
open and two closed.
Will County has four landfills, including one that closed
in 1996, four transfer stations, and four compost facilities,
one of which is closed.
Chicago Department of Environment is responsible for
inspecting three landfills, 11 transfer stations and one
compost facility, as well as other sites that are not listed
in this report.
Recycling rates ranged from 15 to 38 percent
The Agency does not regulate recycling; however, it does
survey recycling coordinators statewide. Coordinators in
Region Two reported recycling rates ranging from 15 to
38 percent, giving the region an average recycling rate of
28 percent. Lake county failed to provide data for 1996.u
R2.8vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Municipal Waste
Management Plans
The Solid Waste Planning and
Recycling Act requires all Illinois
counties and the city of Chicago to
develop, adopt and implement 20-
year municipal waste management
plans.
Plans include programs and recom-mendations
to achieve solid waste
management goals, which typically
include waste reduction, recycling,
incineration and landfilling as pro-gram
options.
The law requires each plan to
include a program to recycle 15 per-cent
of municipal wastes by the end
of the third year of the program and
25 percent of municipal wastes by
the end of the fifth year.
Every five years each plan must
identify changes in planning areas,
evaluate progress in plan implemen-tation
and, if necessary, revise plan
recommendations and goals. The
county also has the option of updat-ing
its solid-waste generation rate.
The plan is then submitted to the Illi-nois
EPA for review and comment.
Questions concerning these plans
and their availability should be
directed to the appropriate local
administrators listed in Appendix H.
Beecher Development Co. Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Will
Beecher
1055 W. Goodenow Road
NA
Municipal, nonhazardous special
NA
Beecher Development Co.
John Sexton Contractors Co.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining
Date opened – date closed
197 801 0003
NA
183
143
780
2
25
Gas-to-energy (under construction)
NA
12-31-72 – 7-18-96
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 1,138,748 345,075 1,327 94,777 28,720 8
1995 713,536 216,223 832 23,717 7,187 3
1996 539,395 163,453 629 7,819 w 2,369 1
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Beecher Development Co.
1815 S. Wolf Road
Hillside, Ill. 60162
( 708-449-1250
Operator
John Sexton Contractors Co.
1815 S. Wolf Road
Hillside, Ill. 60162
( 708-946-2554
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
2,159,000 (654,000)
1,728,000 (524,000)w
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$96,413
4-30-96
Will County Land Use Department
wState of origin: Indiana
wFacility has ceased taking wastes but continues to report capacity.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.9
CDT Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Will
Joliet
2851 Mound Road
Mon. – Fri.: 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sat.: 6 a.m. – noon
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$11.85 per cubic yard
CDT Landfill Corp.
CDT Landfill Corp.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
197 817 0006
NA
55
50
641
9
32
Gas-to-energy
1
8-31-84 – 1998
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 1,543,404 467,698 1,799 0 0 0
1995 1,534,404 464,971 1,788 52 16 <1
1996 764,000 231,515 890 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
CDT Landfill Corp.
2851 Mound Road
Joliet, Ill. 60436
( 815-741-0736
Operator
CDT Landfill Corp.
2851 Mound Road
Joliet, Ill. 60436
( 815-741-0736
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1,433,000 (434,000)
1,080,000 (327,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$224,210
3-5-96
Will County Land Use Department
R2.10vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
CID Recycling and Disposal Facility #3
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Cook
Calumet City and Chicagow
138th and Calumet Expressway (I-94)
Mon. – Fri.: 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Nonhazardous special
$20 per cubic yard
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
031 600 0030
NA
175
173
746
13
38
Gas-to-energy
3
12-31-67 – 2000
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 1,394,518 422,581 1,625 170,979 51,812 12
1995 400,903 121,486 467 4,188 1,269 1
1996 549,000 166,364 640 6,373 w 1,931 1
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
2 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1000
Westchester, Ill. 60154
( 708-409-0700
Operator
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
138th and Calumet Expressway
Calumet City, Ill. 60409
( 773-646-3099
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
2,777,000 (842,000)
1,675,000 (508,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$137,101
9-17-96
Chicago Dept. of Env. & Illinois EPA, Maywood Reg. Office
wStates of origin: Indiana, Wisconsin
wFacility lies in both jurisdictions.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.11
wFacility lies in both jurisdictions. wwHolds permit to accept hazardous waste but is currently on standby status.
CID Recycling and Disposal Facility #4
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Cook
Calumet City and Chicagow
138th and Calumet Expressway (I-94)
Mon. – Fri.: 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Nonhazardous special, hazardous ww
$20 per cubic yard
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Year opened – year expected to close
031 039 0001
NA
115
13
629
11
23
None
26
1974 – 2023
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 30 9 <1 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
2 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1000
Westchester, Ill. 60154
( 708-409-0700
Operator
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
138th and Calumet Expressway
Calumet City, Ill. 60409
( 773-646-3099
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1,210,000 (367,000)
1,209,000 (366,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
Illinois EPA, Maywood Regional Office
R2.12vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Congress Development Co. Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Cook
Hillside
4100 W. Frontage Road
Mon. – Fri.: 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Municipal, construction & demolition debris
$40.10 per ton
Congress Development Co.
Sand & Gravel Corp.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
031 817 0002
NA
72
55
700
25
9
Gas-to-energy (under construction)
2
12-31-80 – 1999
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 1,557,063 471,837 1,815 0 0 0
1995 1,326,369 401,930 1,546 0 0 0
1996 1,682,700 509,909 1,961 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Congress Development Co.
1815 S. Wolf Road
Hillside, Ill. 60162
( 708-449-1250
Operator
Sand & Gravel Corp.
1815 S. Wolf Road
Hillside, Ill. 60162
( 708-544-5195
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
4,786,000 (1,450,000)
2,752,000 (834,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$453,492
9-4-96
Illinois EPA, Maywood Regional Office
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.13
Countryside Landfill
County
Nearest municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Lake
Grayslake, in unincorporated Lake County
31725 N. Route 83
Mon. – Fri.: 6 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.; Sat.: 7 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$12 per cubic yard
USA Waste Services Inc.
USA Waste Services Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
097 025 0003
14,400,000
201
153
930
9
42
Operational; flares and gas-to-energy (planned)
23
12-7-76 – 2020
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 1,145,190 347,027 1,335 0 0 0
1995 1,215,599 368,363 1,417 0 0 0
1996 1,328,669 402,627 1,549 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
USA Waste Services Inc.w
31725 N. Route 83
Grayslake, Ill. 60030
( 847-223-2722
Operator
USA Waste Services Inc.
31725 N. Route 83
Grayslake, Ill. 60030
( 847-223-2722
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
37,596,000 (11,393,000)
36,177,000 (10,963,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$524,680
9-10-96
Lake County Health Department
wHeadquarters: USA Waste Services Inc., 1001 Fannin, Suite 4000, Houston, Texas 77002 l 713-512-6200
R2.14vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Environtech Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Grundy
Morris
1800 N. Ashley Road
Mon. – Fri.: 6 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$25 per ton
Environtech Inc.
Environtech Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
063 814 0002
NA
169
78
592
1
11
None
1 w
9-5-87 – 1998
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 675,074 204,568 787 0 0 0
1995 892,263 270,383 1,040 0 0 0
1996 506,463 153,474 590 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Environtech Inc.
1800 N. Ashley Road
Morris, Ill. 60450
( 815-942-1800
Operator
Environtech Inc.
1800 N. Ashley Road
Morris, Ill. 60450
( 815-942-1800
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1,295,000 392,000)
776,000 (235,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$173,407
8-5-97
Illinois EPA, Maywood Regional Office
wPermit for 13-million-in-place-cu.-yd. expansion approved 11-26-97; could delay closing until 2017 or 2018.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.15
Greene Valley Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
DuPage
Naperville
9 S. 610 Greene Road
NA
Municipal, nonhazardous special
NA
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining
Year opened – date closed
043 803 0001
NA
258
198
894
6
25
Gas-to-energy
NA
1974 – 8-31-96
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 8,442,938 2,558,466 9,840 0 0 0
1995 7,455,868 2,259,354 8,690 0 0 0
1996 6,586,306 1,995,850 7,676 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
185 Spring Road
Glen Ellyn, Ill. 60138
( 630-942-6063
Operator
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
9 S. 610 Greene Road
Naperville, Ill. 60540
( 630-232-7664
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
5,895,000 (1,786,000)
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$1,519,025
6-11-96
DuPage County Solid Waste Department
R2.16vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Kankakee Recycling and Disposal Facility
County
Nearest municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Kankakee
Chebanse, in unincorporated Kankakee County
180 E. 6000 South Road
Mon. – Fri.: 6:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$10 per cubic yard (loose)
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
091 055 0006
NA
83
55
709
13
20
Gas-to-energy
8
12-31-74 – 2005
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 416,215 126,126 485 0 0 0
1995 357,006 108,184 416 0 0 0
1996 397,162 120,352 463 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
2 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1000
Westchester, Ill. 60154
( 708-409-0700
Operator
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
180 E. 6000 South Road
Chebanse, Ill. 60922
( 815-937-5539
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
3,855,000 (1,168,000)
3,454,000 (1,047,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$106,097
8-27-96
Kankakee County Health Department
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.17
R2.18vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Lake County Grading Co. Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Lake
Libertyville
Southeast corner, intersection of Routes 21 and 120
NA
Construction & demolition debris
NA
Bank of Waukegan Trust #173
Lake County Grading Co.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining
Date opened – date closed
097 090 0001
NA
57
NA
695
0
5
None
NA
4-24-72 – 8-22-95
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 84,597 25,635 99 0 0 0
1995 50,177 15,205 59 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Bank of Waukegan Trust #173
1601 N. Lewis Ave.
Waukegan, Ill. 60085
( 708-362-2590
Operator
Lake County Grading Co.
Routes 21 and 120, Box 1
Libertyville, Ill. 60048
( 847-362-2590
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
16,000 (5,000)
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
Lake County Health Department
Land&Lakes #3/Harbor View Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Cook
Chicago
2000 E. 122nd St.
Mon. – Fri.: 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.; Sat.: 5:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$11.50 per cubic yard
Stony Island Reclamation Co.w
Land & Lakes Co.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Date opened – year expected to close
031 600 0034
NA
79
69
667.5
NA
18
Gas-to-energy
7
12-31-78 – 2004
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 796,836 241,465 929 54,851 16,622 7
1995 707,872 214,507 825 53,660 16,261 8
1996 724,274 219,477 844 55,906 w 16,941 8
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Stony Island Reclamation Co.w
123 N. Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, Ill. 60068
( 847-825-5000
Operator
Land & Lakes Co.
2000 E. 122nd St.
Chicago, Ill. 60633
( 773-646-1138
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
5,933,000 (1,798,000)
4,979,000 (1,509,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$143,999
7-22-97
Chicago Department of Environment
wState of origin: Indiana
wAn affiliate of Land & Lakes Co.
wAn affiliate of Land & Lakes Co.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.19
Land&Lakes/Wheeling Landfill
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Lake
Deerfield
21488 N. Milwaukee
NA
Construction and demolition debris
NA
Prairie Recreational Development Inc.
Land & Lakes Co.
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining
Year opened – date closed
097 812 0004
NA
60
NA
671
None
6
None
NA
1981 – 5-30-95
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 34,161 10,352 40 0 0 0
1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Owner
Prairie Recreational Development Inc.
123 N. Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, Ill. 60068
( 847-823-1187
Operator
Land & Lakes Co.
123 N. Northwest Highway
Park Ridge, Ill. 60068
( 847-825-5000
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
0
0
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
NA
NA
Lake County Health Department
R2.20vNonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996
Owner
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
2 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1000
Westchester, Ill. 60154
( 708-409-0700
Laraway Recycling and Disposal Facility
County
Municipality
Location
Hours of operation
Wastes accepted
Tipping fee
Owner
Operator
Will
Elwood
21101 W. Laraway Road
Mon. – Fri.: 6:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Municipal, nonhazardous special
$23.50 per cubic yard
Waste Management of Illinois Inc.
Laraway Recycling and Disposal Facility
Facility Facts
Identification number
Design capacity, airspace cu. yds.
Total permitted landfill area, acres
Permitted disposal area, acres
Highest permitted elevation, feet (msl)
Leachate monitoring stations
Groundwater monitoring wells
Methane collection system
Years remaining, estimated by landfill
Year opened – year expected to close
197 045 0002
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
None
7
1972 – 2004
Wastes Received: 1994, 1995, 1996
Remaining Capacities: Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 1, 1997
TOTAL WASTES ACCEPTED OUT-OF-STATE WASTES ACCEPTED
gate cu. yds. tons tons/day gate cu. yds. tons % of total
1994 108,802 32,970 127 45,376 13,750 42
1995 121,408 36,790 142 51,159 15,503 42
1996 133,861 40,564 156 67,317 w 20,399 50
Contacts
Audits and Inspections
Operator
Laraway Recycling and Disposal Facility
21101 W. Laraway Road
Elwood, Ill. 60421
( 815-727-6148
1996 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1997 certified gate cu. yds. (tons)
1,146,000 (347,000)
962,000 (292,000)
Solid Waste Mgt. Fees paid in 1996
Last audited by Illinois EPA
Facility inspected by
$6,120
5-7-96
Will County Land Use Department
wState of origin: Indiana, Minnesota
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 1996vR2.21
Mallard Lake Landfill
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