Wisconsin law bans specific recyclables from the trash statewide, so Rock County residents must separate them. Wis. Stat. 287.07 prohibits disposing of aluminum, glass, steel and plastic containers, cardboard, newspaper, magazines and office paper in a landfill or incinerator.
Recycling is not optional in Wisconsin. Under Wis. Stat. 287.07(4), effective January 1, 1995, no one may landfill or burn a defined list of recyclables. Municipalities provide the program: Janesville gives every single-family and 2-to-4-unit home a recycling cart plus drop-off sites. Separately, Wisconsin's e-waste law (Wis. Stat. 287.17) bans TVs, computers, monitors and desktop printers from landfills as of September 1, 2010 — take those to E-Cycle Wisconsin collectors. So residents must keep listed containers, paper, cardboard and electronics out of the garbage and use curbside recycling or a drop-off.
Landfilling or burning the banned materials violates Wis. Stat. 287.07; the DNR enforces the disposal bans against generators and facilities, and municipal recycling ordinances add local penalties.
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