4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Verified from official government sources
Madison Streets Division provides weekly curbside trash and biweekly recycling (MGO §10.18). Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Middleton, Verona contract Pellitteri, Waste Management, or operate municipal service. Carts out by 7 AM; snow delays common with 45+ inch snow belt.
Madison MGO §10.185 requires carts placed at curb lid-closed by 7 AM, returned to storage within 24 hours. Carts must be 3 feet apart and clear of mailboxes, hydrants, parked cars. Winter snow piles complicate placement; carts on plowed path not in street.
Madison Streets offers large item collection by appointment (MGO §10.188) for furniture, mattresses, appliances. Appliances with refrigerant need CFC removal. Dane County Rodefeld Landfill (Verona) handles household hazardous waste drop-off.
Wisconsin §287.07 mandates residential recycling statewide — Dane County has one of the strongest compliance cultures. Madison MGO §10.18 requires paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastics #1-#7. No plastic bags in single-stream. Contaminated carts skipped.
1 cities in Dane County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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