De Pere, WI Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 82-2(b)
- Garbage frequency
- Once weekly
- Recycling frequency
- Once every 2 weeks
- Single-family cap
- 2-3 polycarts, 200 lbs each
- Multifamily
- No city collection (§ 82-2(c))
- Construction debris
- Excluded from city pickup (§ 82-2(g))
Summary
De Pere collects residential garbage once a week and collectable recyclables once every two weeks under City Code section 82-2(b), capping single-family pickup at two 200-pound garbage polycarts on a garbage-only week or three polycarts, one of them recycling, on a combined week.
(a)Frequency. Except as provided herein, the city shall not collect garbage or collectable recyclables for parcels which create in excess of two large polycarts on a garbage only collection cycle or three large polycarts on garbage recycling collection cycle. ... (b)Residential source. Garbage from a residential source shall be collected by the city once each week. Collectable recyclables from a residential source shall be collected once every two weeks.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9).
Full Breakdown
Section 82-2 sets both how often the city collects and how much it will take. Subsection (a) caps collection at two large polycarts on a garbage-only cycle or three large polycarts on a combined garbage-and-recycling cycle, and the city will not collect at all from a parcel that already receives private hauling.
Subsection (b) fixes the residential schedule: garbage is collected once each week, and collectable recyclables once every two weeks. Within that schedule, a single-family residence may set out two garbage polycarts at up to 200 pounds each on a garbage-only week, or three polycarts (at least one a recycling-designated cart) at up to 200 pounds each on a combined week; a two-, three- or four-unit residence gets one garbage polycart per unit on a garbage-only week, or two polycarts per unit, one of which must be a recycling cart, on a combined week. Subsection (c) bars any collection at all from multifamily sources, whose owners must arrange their own hauling. Subsection (d) sets a parallel weekly garbage and biweekly recycling schedule for commercial, institutional and manufacturing sources, with the same two-or-three-polycart caps, except that subsection (e) lifts the cap to five polycarts a week for specified downtown blocks including Mission Square, Perrot Square and Marquette Square. Subsection (g) excludes construction debris from city pickup entirely, leaving disposal to the owner or contractor.
Section 82-10(b) enforces the chapter's collection limits the same way as its other requirements: by municipal citation, with the forfeiture set by common council resolution and each 24-hour period of a violation, such as exceeding the polycart cap, counted as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the polycart limits or otherwise violating the collection-cycle rules in section 82-2 is enforced under section 82-10(b) by municipal citation, with the forfeiture set by resolution of the common council. The street superintendent can also decline to collect from a parcel that repeatedly exceeds its cycle's weight or cart limits, per section 82-9(b) and (c).
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