Neenah, WI Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Max brush diameter
- 3 inches
- Excluded
- Grass clippings, stumps, root balls
- Cart use
- Not allowed for yard waste
- Alternative
- City-designated drop-off site
Summary
Neenah defines yard waste as leaves, garden debris and brush up to three inches thick: grass clippings, stumps, roots and shrubs with root balls don't count. It can't go in refuse or recycling carts; set it out on the Department's schedule or haul it to the City drop-off site.
Yard waste means leaves, yard and garden debris, and brush including clean woody vegetative material no greater than three inches in diameter. This term does not include yard and garden debris and brush in excess of three inches in diameter, grass clippings stumps, roots, or shrubs with intact root balls...(j)Yard waste and brush shall not be allowed in the refuse or recycling carts. Yard waste and brush may be set out for curbside collection on the schedule established by the Department...and may also be deposited at the City-designated collection site as yard waste.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 12-1 defines yard waste as leaves, yard and garden debris, and brush no thicker than three inches in diameter: grass clippings, stumps, roots and shrubs with intact root balls are excluded from the term entirely. Sec. 12-10(j) then bars putting any of it in the refuse or recycling carts; instead it must be set out for curbside collection on the schedule the Department publishes, or hauled to the City-designated yard-waste drop-off site. Backyard composting is a separate, permitted alternative under Sec. 12-10(k), subject to its own siting and size limits.
Violations & Fines
Yard waste bagged in a refuse or recycling cart gets tagged and left uncollected under Sec. 12-10(t) until sorted correctly; broader noncompliance draws the Code's general forfeiture of $10 to $1,000 plus costs (§ 1-20).
Frequently Asked Questions
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