Milwaukee provides weekly curbside garbage and recycling collection managed by the Department of Public Works. Residents must place carts at the curb no earlier than 4:00 PM the day before collection or by 6:00 AM on collection day. Carts must be returned to storage by 10:00 PM on collection day. All garbage must be in the city-issued cart with the lid closed. Loose bags or overflow items next to the cart are not collected. The city provides a schedule tool online where residents can look up their specific collection days.
Milwaukee contracts with waste haulers or operates municipal trash collection on a weekly schedule. Residents receive assigned pickup days. Bins must be placed curbside by the designated morning time, typically 6 to 7 AM. Holiday delays shift pickup one day. Contaminated recycling bins may be skipped. Oversized or overweight bins will not be collected. Contact Milwaukee public works for schedule changes or missed pickup reports.
Failure to follow schedule may result in missed pickup. Repeated violations of bin rules may incur $50 to $200 fines from code enforcement.
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