Sheboygan, WI Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Facility
- At least one resident dropoff site (§ 102-47(a))
- Who can use it
- Residents of buildings with four or fewer living units in Sheboygan
- Items and schedule
- Set by the department of public works
- Oversight
- Public works committee
- Waste oil
- Deposit in collection containers at the site
- Grass and small branches
- Accepted at the site under § 102-90(d)
Summary
Sheboygan provides at least one resident dropoff site for noncommercial noncollectible refuse and noncollectible recyclables. Only persons living in buildings of four or fewer living units in the city can use it, and the department of public works sets the accepted items and schedules under the direction of the public works committee.
(a) The city shall provide at least one resident dropoff site to which residents may haul and dispose of certain noncommercial noncollectible refuse or noncollectible recyclables. (b) The facility shall be regulated by schedules and regulations, including regulations regarding items accepted by the resident dropoff site, as provided for and deemed necessary by the department of public works under the direction of the public works committee. (c) The facility shall be restricted to use by persons living in buildings of four or fewer living units in the City of Sheboygan. The department of public works may verify residence to restrict the use of this facility to only those residents of the city.
Full Breakdown
Section 102-47 is the Sheboygan ordinance for material the weekly cart route does not take. Subsection (a) commits the city to provide at least one resident dropoff site to which residents may haul and dispose of certain noncommercial noncollectible refuse or noncollectible recyclables. Section 102-1 defines noncollectible refuse as items that are residential in origin, nonrecyclable, and not collectible refuse. It defines noncollectible recyclables as lead acid batteries, major appliances, waste oil, yard waste, plastic containers made of something other than PETE, HDPE, PVC, LDPE, or PP, foam polystyrene packaging, waste tires, and any other material prohibited by state law from landfills that is not covered by a variance and is not a collectable recyclable.
Subsection (b) leaves the details to the department. The facility is regulated by schedules and regulations, including regulations regarding items accepted, as provided for and deemed necessary by the department of public works under the direction of the public works committee. Section 102-47 itself prints no hours and no item list. Subsection (c) restricts use to persons living in buildings of four or fewer living units in the City of Sheboygan, and the department of public works can verify residence to keep the facility to city residents only.
Other sections point to the site or to private channels. Section 102-90(c) lets occupants of single-family and two- to four-unit residences deposit waste oil in collection containers at the resident dropoff site, and section 102-90(d) lets them deposit grass and small branches there. Major appliances under section 102-90(b) shall be recycled by delivering them to, or arranging pick-up by, private appliance dealers or scrap dealers, some of whom charge a fee for accepting them.
Section 102-46(b) bars any person from depositing at the curb or alley any commercial refuse, noncollectible recyclables, noncollectible refuse, or prohibited materials. Section 102-1 lists prohibited materials as explosives, toxic metals and chemicals, asbestos products and wastes, solvents, thinners, and oil- or lead-based paint, fuel oils, gasoline tanks or cans and liquid storage containers five gallons or larger, automobile, truck, and tractor tires, animal carcasses, infectious and other hazardous wastes, and construction, demolition, and remodeling debris. Section 102-10 makes it illegal to dump or abandon any such material at any household, business, industry, government facility, church, school, or public or private land.
Violations & Fines
Leaving noncollectible refuse, noncollectible recyclables, or prohibited materials at the curb or alley breaks section 102-46(b). Section 102-2(c) sets a forfeiture of $50.00 to $250.00 plus costs of prosecution and collection and disposal expenses for a first offense, then $100.00 to $500.00 plus cleanup costs and up to six months without city collection services for each later violation. Illegal dumping under section 102-10 falls under section 102-2(b): $50.00 to $250.00 for a first offense in 12 months, rising to $250.00 to $2,000.00 for a third and subsequent offense.
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