Mosinee, WI Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Section 66-34 of the Mosinee Code of Ordinances, part of Chapter 66's Article II on collection and disposal, states simply that it is unlawful for any person to use or operate a dump within the City of Mosinee. The provision works alongside related bans in the same article: Sec. 66-41 separately makes it unlawful to place solid waste on roads, streets or public or private property contrary to the article, and Sec. 66-43 bars bringing in waste generated outside city limits for local disposal. Together these sections close off informal or private dumping as an alternative to the city's licensed collection system described in Sec.

66-31 and Sec. 66-32. The rule also intersects with the city's nuisance provision at Sec. 66-42, which declares an accumulation of garbage or putrescible matter that draws flies, mosquitoes, rodents or other pests, or otherwise threatens public health, a public nuisance subject to abatement. Enforcement of Sec. 66-34 falls under the article-wide penalty at Sec. 66-44, which authorizes the city and its authorized solid waste and recycling collectors to inspect and refuse noncompliant waste in addition to imposing a forfeiture. Because dumping bypasses that inspection and collection system entirely, it is treated as its own violation rather than a placement problem, and the penalty section notes explicitly that its listed forfeitures do not preclude the city from pursuing other enforcement methods under city ordinances or state law.