Kenosha, WI Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Spring collection
- 6 weeks curbside each spring
- Fall collection
- 8 weeks curbside each fall
- Bag requirement
- City-approved biodegradable bags only
- Off-season option
- Drop off at 1001 50th Street facility
- Brush limit
- Bundles under 40 lbs, under 6 inches diameter
Summary
Kenosha collects yard waste, leaves, grass clippings and garden debris, curbside for six weeks each spring and eight weeks each fall under Sec. 5.119(L)(4). Bags must be City-approved biodegradable bags set out between 6:30 p.m. the night before and 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day; outside those windows, residents haul yard waste to the drop-off facility themselves.
Yard Waste means leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden debris. ... 4.Yard Waste must be taken to the Yard Waste Drop off Facility. For six (6) weeks in the Spring and eight (8) weeks in the Fall, Yard Waste will be collected curbside under the following regulations:a.Standards for Curbside Collection. Curbside Yard Waste collection will be collected six (6) weeks in the Spring and eight (8) weeks in the Fall.b.Biodegradable Bags. All Yard Waste must be placed within a City of Kenosha approved biodegradable bags.c.Location. Yard Waste must be deposited for collection in the area of the street right-of-way between the sidewalk and the curb abutting the premises served.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 11 Update 1 | Zoning Ordinance: Supplement 9).
Full Breakdown
4 spells out how Kenosha collects it. Yard Waste is collected curbside for six weeks in the spring and eight weeks in the fall; outside those windows, residents must take it to the City's Yard Waste Drop Off Facility at the Waste Division, 1001 50th Street. During curbside weeks, all Yard Waste must be placed in a City of Kenosha-approved biodegradable bag and set out in the right-of-way between the sidewalk and the curb abutting the property; it is unlawful to deposit Yard Waste for collection anywhere else.
the following day. Brush, defined as clean woody material no more than six inches in diameter, is handled separately: it can be dropped at the Yard Waste facility or picked up curbside only with a prearranged Special Pickup, bundled and bound with string or twine in bundles of no more than forty pounds, under six inches in diameter and under three feet long. 119(G).
Violations & Fines
Setting out Yard Waste in anything other than an approved biodegradable bag, placing it outside the sidewalk-to-curb right-of-way area, or putting it at the curb outside a curbside collection week is unlawful under Section 5.119(L)(4), and unbundled or oversized Brush left for pickup without a prearranged Special Pickup violates Section 5.119(L)(5). Violations of Chapter 5.119 are enforced the same as other Section 5.06 waste violations, with citations issued by an authorized City officer.
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