Streets & Urban Forestry
Look up your Collection Schedule
Find your next trash, recycling, brush, and yard waste days.
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Trash and Recycling
Trash and recycling are following regular schedules.
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Yard Waste
Fall leaves & yard waste collection is ongoing.
Get your set out dates on the yard waste website. You can take yard waste to a drop-off site, too.
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Food Scraps
Farmers' market food scraps drop-off closed for 2025.
Use a Dane County Scraps Stop to drop off scraps in the winter.
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Large Items
Submit a work order to schedule your large item pickup.
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Brush
Brush collection is over for 2025. Collection resumes in spring 2026.
Drop-off Sites
Sycamore & South Point: On Winter Hours until April 11, 2026
Olin Ave Drop-off: Permanently Closed
More details about drop-off sites, visit the drop-off site page.
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Winter Information
Winter information hub, including Streets Division plowing information.
Updates
Brush Collection Over
Take your brush to a drop-off site.
Guaranteed brush collection will return in the spring of 2026.
Free Resources
We have many free resources available from paper copies of the Recyclopedia to word finds. We will mail out printed copies to you if you request them.
Online Recyclopedia
Need help disposing of something? Search here.
Recycle More. Recycle Right.
Be sure you are following recycling guidelines.
Large Item Changes for Big Properties
If your property has more than 8 units, you should use the company that provides dumpster service for your building or another private hauler for your large item pickup.
News Releases
- Streets Division Drop-off Sites on Winter Hours until April 11, 2026 posted
- New Snowplow Trading Cards Now Available! posted
- South Point and Sycamore Drop-off Sites Begin Winter Hours on December 5, 2025 posted
- Snow Emergency Continues Tonight; Winter Parking Rules are in Effect Citywide posted
- Leaf Collection Suspended for 2025; Curbside Collection Resumes Spring 2026 posted