Rothschild, WI Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Village Code § 464-25
- Prohibited act
- Dumping solid waste/recyclables in street, alley, public place
- Forfeiture range
- $10 to $1,000 per violation
- Issuing agency
- Rothschild Police Department
- State law incorporated
- Wis. Stat. § 287.81
Summary
Dumping solid waste or recyclable material in a Rothschild street, alley or public place is unlawful under Village Code Section 464-25. Most violations of the Village's recycling article carry a forfeiture of $10 to $1,000, and citations come from the Rothschild Police Department.
§ 464-25. Dumping and littering. ... It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of or dump any recyclable materials or solid waste in any street, alley, or other public place within the Rothschild Village limits. ... § 464-27. Enforcement; violations and penalties. ... C. Penalties for violating this Article may be assessed as follows: ... (2) Any person who violates a provision of this Article, except Code § 464-24, shall be subject to § 1-2 of this Code, except that applicable forfeiture amounts shall be not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 for each violation.
Full Breakdown
81 of the Wisconsin Statutes, by reference as part of the same prohibition. This sits within Article II of Chapter 464, the recycling article, alongside a broader dumping and scavenging rule in Section 464-8 that separately bars leaving garbage, refuse or recyclables on any street, vacant lot, house yard or body of water, and bars anyone from turning over or upsetting a waste or recycling container set out on public property. Enforcement runs through Section 464-27: any authorized Village officer, employee or representative may inspect recyclable materials, waste set out for collection, collection sites and vehicles, and collection areas at multifamily and nonresidential properties at any time, and no one may refuse access or interfere with that inspection.
0119 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Violators are issued a citation by the Rothschild Police Department to collect the forfeiture, and issuing a citation does not preclude the Village from also proceeding under any other applicable ordinance or law for the same conduct.
Violations & Fines
A first violation of the dumping and littering rule in Section 464-25, like other Article II violations aside from the separated-recyclables ban in Section 464-24, carries a forfeiture of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 under Section 464-27. The Rothschild Police Department issues the citation, and separate proceedings under other ordinances, such as the general nuisance chapter, can run alongside it.
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