Burlington, WI Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 265-3A(4) folds large, hard-to-handle items into the household solid waste definition, but sets a distinct procedure for each. Major appliances, including units containing Freon such as refrigerators and air conditioners, are collected on a reasonable basis only after the resident makes prior arrangements directly with the collection contractor's office, because the pickup needs special handling. Tires go out at the curb under a user-pay program: the hauler charges a pickup fee collected on delivery, billed to the resident according to the contractor's own payment schedule.

Furniture and building materials cover televisions, couches, tables and other large items, plus building materials such as lumber or plasterboard, as long as state law does not already ban the item from landfill disposal and one person can manage it. Small quantities of building material are only accepted if bagged into a standard garbage can weighing no more than 60 pounds, and any lumber has to be cut into pieces no longer than four feet; loose building material set out on its own is not collected at all.

The subsection added in 2022 by Ordinance No. 2088(9) also caps the whole category: household solid waste means only what a residence generates from typical residential use, not material from an off-site operation, a business, or any other nontypical use, so contractors and landlords cannot use residential bulk pickup to clear commercial job sites.