Trash & Recycling in Marathon County, WI (2026)
2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Verified from official government sources
Recycling Requirements
Marathon County bars depositing newspaper, aluminum cans, or glass bottles at the county landfill, and requires each municipality using it to enforce its own ordinance separating those recyclables from other solid waste.
Marathon County Recyclables Landfill Ban
Some RestrictionsMarathon County Code § 11.04
Each municipality which desires to afford its residents, businesses, commercial, retail and industrial enterprises the opportunity to deposit in the County landfill any solid waste ... shall first adopt and provide an effective program, including local ordinances, requiring landfill users located within the municipality to separate newsprint, aluminum cans and glass bottles from all other solid...
Illegal Dumping
Marathon County makes it illegal to deposit garbage, refuse or litter anywhere in the county -- on a highway, in a lake or river, on the ice, or on anyone else's public or private property -- including throwing trash from a moving vehicle.
Marathon County Illegal Dumping Ban
Some RestrictionsMarathon County Code § 9.52
(2)No person shall deposit or discharge any garbage, refuse, or litter on or along any highway, in any body of water in the county, on the ice of any body of water of the county, or on any other public or private property.(3)No person shall permit any garbage, refuse, or litter to be thrown from a vehicle operated by the person.
Trash & Recycling by City in Marathon County
2 cities in Marathon County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
All Marathon County ordinances
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