Trash & Recycling in Wisconsin (2026)

Appleton residents must place solid waste, recyclables, yard waste and brush at the curb no earlier than 5 p.m. the day…

Ashwaubenon requires solid waste to be set out at the curbline, not in the alley or on private property, and rear-yard…

Burlington's refuse ordinance sets the container, timing and placement rules for weekly trash pickup: garbage must go…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, tells residents exactly where to place carts, what containers are allowed, and…

Madison residents may not set trash or recycling at the curb more than 12 hours before their designated collection day…

In Milwaukee, carts left at the curb or alley for recycling pickup must be pulled back to their storage spot by 10 p.m…

Waukesha residents cannot leave carts at the curb whenever they like. Municipal Code Section 13.055(7)(c) fixes exact…

Waukesha County Code Sec. 14-264(c)-(e) sets the mechanics behind pickup once collection is mandated: haulers must…

Wausau requires every resident to keep solid waste and recyclables inside the City-issued cart at curbside; loose trash…

Appleton requires trash and recycling carts to go out no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day before pickup and no later than…

Ashwaubenon issues every household a village-owned 65- or 95-gallon rollout cart under Ashwaubenon Municipal Code §…

Beloit residents must set collection carts out no earlier than noon the day before pickup and bring them back in by…

Burlington limits refuse to plastic bags or standard garbage cans of 30 gallons or less, capped at 60 pounds full, kept…

City Code section 82-4(a)(1) requires De Pere garbage and recycling polycarts to be set within three feet of the curb…

Between collection days, Green Bay requires trash and recycling carts to stay 15 feet clear of the right-of-way and be…

Kenosha's automated waste and recycling carts must go out in the street right-of-way between the sidewalk and curb…

Kenosha County zoning permits nonpermanent garbage containers only in the rear yard under County Code § 12.38.020(n)…

Little Chute residents must set polycarts out behind the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day, no more than 24 hours early…

MGO § 27.05(2)(cc) requires trash and recycling carts to be stored in the garage or adjacent to and behind the…

Middleton limits how long residents can leave collection carts at the curb: no more than twelve hours before pickup and…

Milton residents must set garbage and recycling out curbside, keep containers under 50 pounds combined weight, return…

Milwaukee requires garbage and recycling carts to sit immediately next to the alley (or the rear/side yard on alleyless…

Mosinee limits approved trash containers to 35-gallon metal or plastic cans with tightfitting covers, or tied plastic…

Neenah residents must set carts out no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before pickup and by 6:30 a.m. on collection day…

New Berlin requires residential refuse and recycling carts to sit between the sidewalk and curb, aligned with the…

Rothschild residents may not put garbage containers at the curb before the evening before collection day, and must pull…

Sun Prairie requires storage areas to stay nuisance- and odor-free under Code § 8.20.140(C), and its cart-positioning…

Walworth County regulates trash containers for short-term rentals in the unincorporated county under Code § 26-341…

Where you put your cart matters as much as when. Municipal Code Section 13.055(5)(b) requires Carts to sit adjacent to…

Waukesha County Code requires multi-family owners to supply enough recycling containers, meeting a…

Wausau carts can't sit at curbside more than 20 hours around collection day: not before 3 p.m. the day prior, and gone…

Wauwatosa's refuse carts must sit between the sidewalk and curb, at least three feet from other carts, trees, mailboxes…

West Allis bars putting refuse carts at the curb before 6 p.m. the day prior, requires removal by 8 p.m. on collection…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, keeps major appliances, waste tires, and lead-acid batteries out of curbside…

Appleton collects residential bulky overflow, like large furniture and rugs too big for a polycart, on a separate…

Ashwaubenon collects up to one cubic yard of bulky waste, furniture, mattresses and building debris free during the…

The City of Beloit collects oversized solid waste that will not fit in a standard cart only if a resident prepays and…

Burlington collects major appliances, tires and bulky furniture or building materials at the curb under City Code §…

De Pere sets curbside placement rules for brush, bulk refuse and yard waste under City Code § 82-5: brush must be…

Green Bay collects bulky waste, furniture, appliances, and similar large items, free twice a year up to two cubic yards…

Large items that do not fit inside a Kenosha waste cart, like mattresses, appliances or furniture, go out only through…

The Village of Little Chute collects bulky waste like furniture and appliances curbside once a month, on a day the…

The Streets Division runs curbside large-item pickup under a published Large Item Collection Policy, and property…

Middleton residents cannot mix tires, major appliances and other bulk items in with regular curbside trash. Municipal…

Milton's solid waste ordinance defines residential bulk items as furniture, mattresses, fencing, swing sets and similar…

Milwaukee's DPW hauls bulky waste under one cubic yard for free, charges $90 to $250 for loads up to six cubic yards…

Large furniture and similar bulky items, mattresses, couches, dressers, tables, can't go out with regular Neenah trash…

New Berlin's collection contractor will pick up one bulky item per week on the regular collection day, capped at 50…

Outagamie County has no curbside bulk pickup: major appliances like refrigerators and washers must be delivered to the…

Rothschild does not curbside-collect bulky items like furniture and major appliances. Village Code Section 464-5…

Bulky items in Sun Prairie are not curbside-on-demand: residents must individually schedule pickup at their own…

Large items don't go in the regular Cart in Waukesha. Municipal Code Section 13.055(4)(c) routes anything too big to…

Wausau defines bulk items as discarded residential items over 50 pounds or too large for a cart, from couches and…

Large items like furniture, lumber and household equipment need a scheduled special pickup and a per-item fee in…

West Allis lets residents set large items outside their cart for bulk pickup, but caps the pile at 1 cubic yard total…

The City of Mosinee picks up brush, branches and Christmas trees curbside during the third week of every month under…

Wisconsin universally bans designated recyclable materials from landfills and incinerators under Wis. Stat. § 287.07…

Wisconsin's statewide recycling law, Wis. Stat. § 287.07, bans landfilling or burning aluminum, glass, plastic and…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, requires every household and business to separate 19 categories of material from…

Appleton issues every single-family premise a dedicated recycling polycart under Section 15-28(a) of the Municipal Code…

Ashwaubenon Municipal Code § 18-2-27 makes curbside recycling mandatory for every residential property of up to four…

Beloit's Municipal Code makes recycling mandatory: Section 17.22 requires every person generating solid waste within…

Brown County limits its drop-off recycling centers to single-family and 2-4 unit households; multi-family and…

City Code Chapter 265, Article III requires every occupant of a single-family home, two- to four-unit residence…

Dane County bars any municipality from using its county-owned landfills unless the municipality first adopts an…

City Code section 82-4(c) requires every single- to four-unit residence in De Pere to separate collectable recyclables…

Green Bay makes curbside recycling mandatory for houses and buildings up to six units: co-mingled containers and paper…

Kenosha requires occupants of single-family and small residential buildings to separate aluminum, glass, paper, rigid…

Madison's Streets Division runs curbside trash and recycling collection under MGO § 10.18(3) for eligible small…

Marathon County bars depositing newspaper, aluminum cans, or glass bottles at the county landfill, and requires each…

Middleton requires every person who generates waste in the city to separate recyclables from trash and use the city's…

Milton requires every occupant, from single-family homes through non-residential properties, to separate 21 categories…

Milwaukee requires occupants of homes, condos, and businesses to separate standard recyclables, aluminum, glass, paper…

Mosinee requires every residential, commercial, industrial and institutional property to separate recyclables from…

Neenah requires every building, residential and non-residential, to separate aluminum, glass, paper, and plastic…

New Berlin bars homeowners and apartment dwellers from mixing recyclables with trash and requires the City-approved…

Oneida County requires every municipality using the county sanitary landfill to run an effective recycling program…

Outagamie County requires households, apartment buildings and businesses to separate 15 categories of recyclables…

Wisconsin law bans specific recyclables from the trash statewide, so Rock County residents must separate them. Wis…

Rothschild requires every household and business to separate 17 categories of recyclables from the trash, from…

Sun Prairie requires every single-family home, duplex, four-unit building, multi-family property and nonresidential…

Waukesha runs its curbside recycling program as a City utility, not an opt-in service: Municipal Code Section 13.055(2)…

State law, not just county ordinance, bans landfilling, burning or converting into fuel eleven everyday recyclables…

Every Wausau residential unit gets one 65-gallon trash cart and one 95-gallon recycling cart from the City's collector…

Wauwatosa's curbside recycling cart is picked up every other week, year round, by fully automated truck, capped at 200…

When one of six recognized holidays falls in a collection week, Burlington delays that week's trash and recycling…

When a Wausau trash day falls on New Year's, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, collection…

The City of Beloit bans dumping garbage, dead animals, refuse or recyclable material in streets, waterways, or public…

De Pere bans depositing, throwing, placing or leaving solid waste anywhere in the city except a place the code sets…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bans dumping refuse or recyclables anywhere in the city outside a licensed sanitary landfill. City…

Dumping solid waste on property you don't own, control, lease, or have the owner's permission to use is banned citywide…

Dumping waste of any kind on someone else's property in Middleton without the owner's or lessee's permission violates…

Wisconsin's littering statute, Wis. Stat. § 287.81, bans depositing solid waste on any public or private property, with…

Operating a private dump anywhere in the City of Mosinee is unlawful under Code of Ordinances Sec. 66-34, a flat…

Dumping solid waste on any lot or property in Neenah is unlawful unless it complies with every federal, state and local…

New Berlin bars anyone from dumping unauthorized waste at a City-operated recycling center and limits it to City…

It's unlawful to dump garbage on any county street, alley or public place, or on private property without the owner's…

Racine County Code Sec. 16-4 bans dumping garbage, refuse, yard waste or hazardous waste on county-owned property, with…

Dumping refuse anywhere in Waukesha without the property owner's consent is flatly prohibited under Municipal Code §…

Wauwatosa flatly bans public dumping grounds within the city and declares any such site a nuisance under § 8.24.080…

Dumping garbage, tires, appliances, or other unacceptable materials at a Brown County drop-off recycling center, or…

Madison General Ordinances § 10.19 makes it unlawful to dump rubbish or refuse in any street, alley or public place…

Dumping refuse on public or private property without a permit is banned in Milwaukee; violators face a mandatory $5,000…

Oneida County defines illegal dumping broadly and bans depositing solid waste anywhere except the county landfill or a…

Sun Prairie flatly bans operating a private dump anywhere in city limits and makes it unlawful to place solid waste on…

Wisconsin's littering statute, Wis. Stat. 287.81, bars dumping solid waste anywhere in Waukesha County's unincorporated…

Appleton bars dumping or abandoning used building or fill material on any city lot that can't be leveled, and requires…

Ashwaubenon bans throwing, depositing or dumping glass, refuse, tires, grass clippings, construction waste or any other…

Burlington bans dumping litter, trash, debris or garbage on any public or private property outside a lawful container…

Fond du Lac County bans dumping solid waste on highways, in waters of the state, or on any public or private property…

Kenosha treats illegal dumping as disorderly conduct: Section 11.02.U bars throwing, placing or depositing debris…

Dumping rubbish, construction waste, or other refuse on any Little Chute street, sidewalk, alley, or someone else's…

Marathon County makes it illegal to deposit garbage, refuse or litter anywhere in the county -- on a highway, in a lake…

The City of Milton bans dumping glass, rubbish, waste, dirt, gravel or any other refuse on streets, alleys, parks…

Illegal dumping is a state crime everywhere in Rock County. Under Wis. Stat. 287.81, depositing solid waste on any…

Dumping solid waste or recyclable material in a Rothschild street, alley or public place is unlawful under Village Code…

In unincorporated Walworth County, dumping solid waste on streets, parks, private property or into any waters of the…

Washington County bans depositing solid waste on highways, in state waters or on any public or private property, and…

Wausau bans dumping waste on public streets, parks and vacant lots, and separately bans dumping on someone else's…

West Allis bans vehicles from dumping, spilling, or depositing debris, construction waste, mud, dirt, gravel, onto any…

Dane County bans grass clippings and leaves from every county-owned landfill outright, and Chapter 41's…

Appleton collects residential yard waste and brush separately from regular trash on a schedule set by the Department of…

The Village of Ashwaubenon bans curbside pickup of grass clippings and vegetable vines from April through September…

Beloit requires a prepaid sticker on yard waste set out for collection, limits brush bundles to under 4 feet long and 4…

City Code § 265-4 bars mixing leaves, grass or brush into regular curbside garbage and instead routes yard waste to the…

City Code section 82-5 requires brush, refuse and yard waste to be prepared for pickup exactly as specified: brush…

Green Bay requires brush cut into three- to eight-foot lengths at least half an inch thick for pickup, and won't…

Kenosha collects yard waste, leaves, grass clippings and garden debris, curbside for six weeks each spring and eight…

Little Chute collects leaves and grass clippings as compost material with village stickers, but requires stumps, roots…

Madison bans mixing yard waste or brush into your trash cart or hauling it to a landfill, but you can compost it, drop…

Homeowners bundling their own brush for city pickup must stack it separately with the cut ends facing the street, but…

Milton runs a scheduled brush collection program under § 26-81: branches must be under eight inches in diameter…

Milwaukee does not collect yard waste at the curb. Residents must haul grass clippings, leaves and garden debris to…

Neenah defines yard waste as leaves, garden debris and brush up to three inches thick: grass clippings, stumps, roots…

Oneida County bans dropping yard waste or natural woody waste at the County Transfer Station. Leaves, brush and grass…

Yard waste in Outagamie County must go through the county's yard waste recycling program or be delivered to the…

Rothschild does not collect yard waste curbside. Village Code Section 464-19 requires it to go to the designated…

Sun Prairie bars yard waste from the regular trash cart entirely. Residents must compost on-site, use the city's yard…

In the towns under Walworth County zoning, the county does not run curbside yard waste pickup; that is a town or hauler…

Waukesha County bars landfilling or burning yard waste without energy recovery, matching the statewide ban in Wis…

Wausau residents must take yard waste to the City's Chellis Street drop-off site or pay the collector for curbside…

During curbside season, Wauwatosa collects leaves and brush in marked reusable containers or paper yard waste bags…

West Allis collects leaves, garden debris, and brush from eligible properties on a set schedule, but caps loose brush…

Mosinee does not curbside-collect grass clippings, garden waste or spring leaves under Code of Ordinances Sec. 66-107…

New Berlin's solid waste contractor offers yard waste pickup, covering leaves, grass clippings and yard and garden…

Neenah bans rear-loading dumpsters citywide except on municipal property; households and businesses must use…

Appleton's zoning code requires refuse containers and dumpster enclosures on non-residential and multifamily properties…

Any Village-permitted construction job in Ashwaubenon must keep a dumpster or other suitable container on site at all…

Beloit requires multifamily and nonresidential properties to fully screen dumpsters from public view under Code of…

Placing a dumpster, roll-off container, or construction vehicle in a Burlington street or right-of-way requires a…

De Pere allows only one portable storage container per property at a time under City Code § 54-13, capping use at 30…

Green Bay requires dumpsters and trash receptacles to sit at least 20 feet from any public street or sidewalk and be…

Placing a construction or demolition dumpster in a Kenosha street requires a Street Opening/Occupying Permit from…

Kenosha County requires dumpsters and other trash receptacles on reviewed commercial and industrial sites to be…

Little Chute's zoning code requires commercial and industrial trash dumpsters to be screened from view of adjoining…

Multi-family, commercial, institutional and industrial dumpsters in Middleton must sit inside a six-foot enclosure with…

Commercial, multi-family, institutional, mixed-use, and industrial dumpsters in Milton must sit inside a six-foot-tall…

A temporary dumpster in a Milwaukee street or alley needs a public-way permit, ID markings, and reflective safety tape…

Every dumpster in New Berlin must be screened from public right-of-way view under the zoning code's landscaping and…

Sun Prairie's approved-container rule requires nonresidential bulk dumpsters to be watertight, made of heavy-gauge…

Placing a dumpster, dump cart, or storage container on a Waukesha street or public right-of-way requires a permit from…

Wausau businesses must supply their own watertight, fly-proof dumpsters with tight covers, since the City provides no…

Wauwatosa bars trash dumpsters, compactors and loading areas at large-format retail sites, 50,000+ square feet, from…

West Allis zoning bars refuse container enclosures, the screened structures built around dumpsters and shared trash…

Winnebago County requires manufactured and mobile home communities to provide a properly sized dumpster enclosure…

Appleton picks up residential solid waste once a week and recycling every two weeks on a route schedule the Director of…

The Village of Ashwaubenon's Department of Public Works collects residential and commercial solid waste once a week at…

The City of Beloit requires every residential property to use City curbside collection for garbage and recyclables…

Burlington City Code requires weekly curbside refuse collection for every residential dwelling of four units or fewer…

De Pere collects residential garbage once a week and collectable recyclables once every two weeks under City Code…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, has the department of public works and its contracted hauler set collection…

The Department of Public Works collects Green Bay residential waste once a week at no charge, up to one 96-gallon cart…

The City of Kenosha collects residential waste once a week and recycling once every two weeks from every building of…

Little Chute requires trash and garbage carts to be curbside no more than 24 hours before, and by 6:00 a.m. on, the…

Middleton requires every household to use City curbside carts for trash and recycling, mandates separation of…

Every residential unit in Milton, single-family through four-family, must have solid waste and recycling collected…

Milwaukee's Department of Public Works collects mixed domestic solid waste from residences under city ordinance; owners…

The City of Mosinee requires every property to use the city's collection system under Code of Ordinances Sec. 66-31…

Neenah collects single-family garbage weekly in a 95-gallon cart and recycling bi-weekly, set out by 6:30 a.m. on…

New Berlin requires every residential unit to use the City's contracted solid waste service, billed as a special charge…

Rothschild's Solid Waste chapter puts garbage collection under Village Board supervision, run day-to-day by the Public…

The City of Sun Prairie collects residential solid waste from single-family and two- to four-unit homes once a week…

The City of Waukesha collects residential solid waste once a week on a set weekday, Monday through Friday, assigned by…

Waukesha County Code Sec. 14-264 requires each member municipality, meaning a town for which the county is the…

Wausau collects residential solid waste at least once a week on a schedule set by the City-authorized collector, with…

Wauwatosa collects domestic solid waste weekly through its public works operations division, but only if it is prepared…

West Allis collects solid waste on a schedule set by the Board of Public Works, but only from eligible one- to…

Madison's Streets Division runs curbside trash and recycling collection only for certain smaller residential and…

Appleton makes it unlawful for anyone other than authorized city employees or county recycling contractors to go…

Ashwaubenon Municipal Code § 18-3-11 requires every occupant, single-family, multi-family and commercial alike, to pull…

Beyond simply separating recyclables, Burlington's ordinance tells residents exactly how to prep each material for…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin tells single-family and small multi-unit households exactly how each recyclable must be prepared…

Madison General Ordinances § 10.18(5) requires everyone who disposes of recyclable materials in the city, single-family…

Milwaukee requires households and businesses to separate recyclables from trash, with special charges for repeated…

Waukesha keeps its recycling stream clean by law: Municipal Code Section 13.055(7)(b) bans putting anything but…

Waukesha County requires occupants of single-family homes, two-to-four unit residences, multifamily buildings and…

Wausau requires households to separate 15 categories of recyclables, from lead-acid batteries to waste tires, from…

Every household and business in Wauwatosa must separate fifteen categories of recyclables, from yard materials and…