Little Chute, WI Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out time
- By 6:00 a.m., collection day
- Earliest set-out
- 24 hours before pickup
- Removal deadline
- Within 24 hrs after pickup
- Winter rule
- No cart on snowbank/roadway
Summary
Little Chute residents must set polycarts out behind the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day, no more than 24 hours early, and pull them back within 24 hours after pickup.
Receptacles and containers for refuse and rubbish shall be placed in collection locations as designated in subsection (a) of this section prior to 6:00 a.m. of the scheduled collection day, but not more than 24 hours prior to such time... All receptacles, bags and containers for refuse and garbage disposal shall be removed from the curbside collection point within 24 hours after the regular collection time.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Code § 38-27(a) requires residential and commercial solid waste containers to be placed immediately behind the curb of the public street, or immediately adjacent to the alley for alley-access properties; in winter, carts can't sit on a snowbank or in the roadway. Section 38-27(b) sets the clock: containers must be out by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day but no more than 24 hours before, and must be pulled back from the curb within 24 hours after the regular collection time. No garbage container may be stored in the street or alley right-of-way outside those windows without public works authorization.
Violations & Fines
Leaving polycarts at the curb outside the set-out and removal windows, or storing them in the right-of-way, is a solid waste chapter violation subject to the penalty in § 1-12 plus prosecution costs under § 38-62.
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