Landfills and Compost Sites

Name of Facility

Phone

Municipal Waste

Special Waste

Landscape Waste, Comments

Freeport Transfer Station
2133 S. Walnut Rd.
Freeport, IL

815-233-0742

$65/ton

$35 min/1st 1,000 lbs.

No

Drop off for landscape waste and recyclables
$4 a bag (no bulk)
No electronics

Lee County Landfill
1214 S. Bataan Rd.
Dixon, IL

815-288-4607

45.15/ton plus fees
Min. chg. plus fees

Call for rates

Landscape waste allowed

Orchard Hills Landfill
8290 Hwy. 251
Davis Junction, IL

815-874-9000

$60/ton
plus taxes & fees

Call for rates

Drop-off recycling bin,
No electronics.
Will accept landscape waste in future – call first

MDI Environmental Systems Transfer Station

815-493-6331

$60/ton
$30/min

No

No landscape waste
Drop off recycling area
No electronics

Prairie Hill Landfill
18762 Lincoln Rd.
Morrison, IL

815-772-7308

$28/ton
$56/min

No

Recycling drop off for residents
Yard waste accepted

Rochelle Municipal #2 Landfill
6513 Mulford Rd.
Rochelle, IL

815-384-4251

$50/ton
$100 min.

Call first

Brush – $40/ton
Leaves & grass – $30/ton
Wood chips – $30/ton

Rock River Valley Composting
6200 Baxter Rd.
Cherry Valley, IL

815-874-5870

No

No

Yard waste $50/ton with 1 ton min.
Branches no longer than 6 ft or 6 in diameter. 

Finished compost
$20 ton with 1 ton min.

Winnebago Landfill
8315 Lindenwood Rd.
Rockford, IL

815-874-7375

$70/ton
min. charge

Call first

No landscape waste