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Wausau, WI Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)

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Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Recognized holidays
6: New Year's, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
Default shift
Collection moves to next business day
Alternate notice
Collector may publish a different date in Wausau Daily Herald
Recycling
Shifts with trash on the same schedule
General penalty range
$10.00 to $1,000.00 per violation

Summary

When a Wausau trash day falls on New Year's, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, collection shifts to the next business day or to whatever date the collector publishes ahead of time in the Wausau Daily Herald.

Holiday means New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (4th of July), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. ... If a scheduled collection day falls on a holiday, collection shall be made on the following business day or as provided by in a schedule published by the collector in the Wausau Daily Herald in advance of the holiday.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 12 Update 2).

Full Breakdown

010 defines 'Holiday' for solid waste purposes as New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4th), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day, six holidays in all. ' In practice a resident's regular weekly cart day moves to the next business day by default, unless the collector has announced a different makeup date in the newspaper ahead of the holiday, in which case that published date controls instead of the automatic next-business-day rule. 020(a), shifts along with the trash day whenever a holiday pushes the schedule.

earliest start time, all part of the residential collection schedule the Common Council's authorized collector runs under City approval. 44 by Ord. No. 61-6011, § 1, adopted March 24, 2026.

Violations & Fines

The holiday-shift provision lives inside § 6.44.020(a), which is not one of the subsections carrying the enhanced penalty schedule of § 6.44.140(c)(1). A related violation, such as improperly placing waste on a day other than the collector's published or shifted schedule, falls under the chapter's general forfeiture in § 6.44.140(c)(2): not less than $10.00 nor more than $1,000.00 per violation.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens to my Wausau trash pickup on a holiday week?
It shifts. Wausau Municipal Code § 6.44.020(a) moves a collection day that falls on a recognized holiday to the following business day, unless the collector publishes a different makeup date in advance.
Which holidays affect Wausau's trash schedule?
Section 6.44.010 lists six: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Only those six trigger the schedule shift in § 6.44.020(a).
Where does Wausau announce a changed holiday pickup date?
In the Wausau Daily Herald. Section 6.44.020(a) lets the collector publish an alternate schedule there in advance of the holiday, and that published date overrides the default next-business-day shift.
Does recycling shift on holiday weeks too?
Yes. Recycling runs on the same day as trash under § 6.44.020(a), so when a holiday pushes the trash day to the next business day, the recycling pickup moves with it.

Sources & Official References

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