Madison Streets Division provides weekly curbside trash and biweekly recycling (MGO §10.18). Sun Prairie, Fitchburg, Middleton, Verona contract Pellitteri, Waste Management, or operate municipal service. Carts out by 7 AM; snow delays common with 45+ inch snow belt.
Madison Streets Division operates municipal trash collection under MGO §10.18 on a weekly schedule with biweekly single-stream recycling. Residents receive assigned pickup days mapped by quadrant. Carts must be at the curb by 7 AM (earlier during winter). Sun Prairie uses Pellitteri Waste Systems; Fitchburg and Middleton contract with Waste Management or Pellitteri; Verona, Stoughton, Monona, Waunakee, DeForest, Oregon, and McFarland each have private haulers or municipal operations. Wisconsin's Recycling Law (WI Stat. §287.07) mandates residential recycling statewide. Dane County operates the Rodefeld Landfill in Verona and provides regional drop-off sites. Holiday collection shifts: Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's Day, and Memorial Day typically push pickup one day. Heavy snow or blizzard conditions (common mid-December through mid-March) cause route delays; Madison posts real-time updates at cityofmadison.com/streets. Contaminated or frozen carts may be skipped.
Late cart placement: missed pickup with no credit. Repeated bin rule violations: $50 to $200 citations under local code enforcement.
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