Mosinee, WI Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Mandatory compliance
- Sec. 66-31 requires use of the city's collection system
- Placement rule
- Approved containers immediately behind the curb
- Winter rule
- No waste on snow banks or in the roadway
- First-offense fine
- $25.00
- Repeat offense fine
- $100.00 within two years
Summary
The City of Mosinee requires every property to use the city's collection system under Code of Ordinances Sec. 66-31, making it unlawful to store, collect or dispose of solid waste contrary to the article. Section 66-32 sets the collection method: residential waste in approved containers must sit immediately behind the curb, with special rules for snow and winter placement.
It shall be unlawful to store, collect, transport, transfer, recover, incinerate or dispose of any solid waste within the boundaries of this city contrary to the provisions of this article. ... Residential solid waste shall be accessible to collection crews. Residential solid waste in approved containers shall be placed immediately behind the curb of the public street for collection. Yard and bulky wastes from residential units shall likewise be placed in neat, orderly fashion behind the curb. During winter months, solid waste shall not be placed on top of the snow bank, nor shall it be placed in the roadway. ... Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be subject to a forfeiture of $25.00 for the first offense and $100.00 for the second and subsequent offenses within two years.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 66, Article II of the Mosinee Code of Ordinances governs residential solid waste collection citywide. Section 66-31 makes it unlawful to store, collect, transport, transfer, recover, incinerate or dispose of solid waste within city limits contrary to the article, establishing mandatory compliance with the city's collection system rather than private disposal. Section 66-32(a) sets the placement rule: residential solid waste in approved containers must be accessible to collection crews and placed immediately behind the curb of the public street, with yard and bulky wastes placed in the same neat, orderly fashion.
During Wisconsin winters, waste cannot be set on top of a snow bank or left in the roadway; the owner must shovel out a curbside spot or use the driveway instead. Collection crews will not enter structures to remove waste except by written agreement with the owner, and if a garbage can cannot be emptied by normal handling, crews will leave it at curbside for the owner to arrange collection the following pickup day. The city's collectors, and the city itself, may inspect and refuse to collect waste and recyclables that are not placed in compliance with Chapter 66 under Sec.
66-44(a). Violations of the collection article carry a forfeiture under Sec. 66-44(b), separate from the Code's general penalty, reflecting the city's enforcement priority on keeping curbside collection orderly and sanitary in the small river city.
Violations & Fines
Failing to place solid waste for collection as Sec. 66-31 and Sec. 66-32 require is enforced under Sec. 66-44: a forfeiture of $25.00 for a first offense and $100.00 for a second or subsequent offense within two years. The city and its licensed collectors may also simply refuse to pick up noncompliant waste, leaving the owner to correct placement before the next collection day.
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