Peoria County officials celebrated the opening of a new transfer and recycling station that will play a key role in handling the county’s waste for years to come. Officials held a ribbon cutting and open house at the Peoria Transfer and Recycling Station at 4349 W. Southport Road in Pottstown.
The facility officially opened June 8 after receiving permission to operate from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency earlier that month. The transfer station helps fill the gap left by the closure of Peoria City/County Landfill #2, which stopped accepting waste in April 2025 after operating since 1998.
91TV brought to the facility can be consolidated before being transported for final disposal. A regional official at the event said the facility is expected to serve the area for more than a decade. Peoria County has previously estimated the station will handle residents’ waste needs for about 10 years while work continues on Landfill #3.