Republic Services Planet Recovery Transfer Station

Republic Services Planet Recovery Transfer Station is a Chicago transfer station on W Carroll Ave that locals use when they don’t want to haul trash all the way out to a landfill. It’s the kind of place mostly used by homeowners doing cleanouts and by local haulers moving loads to be compacted and shipped out of town.

The site feels industrial - big roll‑off trucks and compactors, concrete slabs and piles of sorted material. There’s usually a small entry booth and a scale where trucks stop before and after dumping, so expect to pull up, wait a moment, then be directed where to back in and unload. After dumping, vehicles typically drive back over the scale and head out; lines form most often on weekends and during seasonal cleanups. The yard is noisy and dusty, so keep windows up and pets secured while stopped.