Republic Services Apollo Transfer Station

This is the Republic Services Apollo Transfer Station in Momence, a local transfer point where household and commercial loads get compacted and sent on to a landfill elsewhere. People from the town and nearby areas drop off trash here instead of driving all the way to a distant dump.

Drive up to an entrance booth and a scale where vehicles are weighed before and after unloading. After that, follow the flow of traffic to the unloading bays and compactors - there are typically big roll-off trucks and trailers moving through. The site is industrial-looking: concrete pads, metal walls, and piles or containers where materials are staged before loading. Weekends and spring cleanup times tend to be busier, so lines can form.