Quad Cities Landfill

Quad Cities Landfill is the local Princeton landfill where trash gets buried rather than hauled off to a transfer station. Folks from homeowners clearing out garages to commercial haulers use it, and it feels like the typical mid‑sized rural landfill rather than a busy Chicago‑area site.

Drive up Peggy Lane to a small entrance area with a scale house and a booth; vehicles stop at the scale and usually drive up onto it both coming and going since tipping fees are weight‑based. The site is open, mostly gravel and compacted dirt, with active working faces and piled cover material in view; there’s not much in the way of fancy signage beyond directional arrows and the scale. After the scale you’ll be waved past the booth to a dumping area; expect to double‑back to the scale to record the outbound weight, and there may be a short wait at peak times like weekends or spring cleanups.