Downtown Apartment Move Out Refuse/Recycling News

The Madison Streets Division will be suspending service downtown today (Friday) at 3:00 p.m. so as not to contribute to the traffic chaos of the annual mass turnover of apartment leases this weekend (“Hippie Christmas”). Special refuse and recycling services will resume downtown on Sunday, August 14th at 6:00 a.m. Crews will be emptying refuse and recycling carts everyday downtown between Sunday, August 14th and Thursday, August 18th.

Please fill up your carts according to the guidelines below and roll them to the curb anytime next week. Crews will empty your carts so you can fill them up again. You may fill up your refuse and recycling carts and roll them out as often as you like until the morning of Thursday, August 18th. Using your carts for refuse and recycling is easier than lugging lots of bags or loose material to the curb. It will keep our neighborhood cleaner.

On Sunday, August 14th there will be special pick-ups in the downtown area. Crews will be collecting refuse, recycling, and large items on Sunday from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Downtown drop-off sites for usable goods are operating today (Friday) through Sunday, August 14th at the U-Haul parking lot, 602 West Washington Avenue, and at UW Lot 45, 165 North Mills Street, until Wednesday, August 17th. Electronics, working or not, will also be accepted at Lot 45. This includes computers, monitors and televisions.

Guidelines

Hundreds of tons of trash and recyclables will make its way to the curb in a three day period. The Streets Division needs your help to make this year's move out as orderly as possible. Please follow these guidelines when placing trash and recycling at the curb during the move out:

• Do not put trash in cardboard boxes. Boxes must be flattened and bundled for recycling.
• Keep refuse and large items separate when placed at the curb.
• Put nothing but recycling in your green recycling cart. Do not put recycling in your tan refuse cart.
• Put all recycling at the curb in the green recycling cart or clear plastic bags. No loose piles of recycling.
• Do not pile bagged trash or large items around your recycling or refuse carts.
• Put all refuse at the curb in your tan refuse cart or trash bags. No loose piles of trash/garbage.
• Do not pile bagged trash or recyclables on top of furniture or appliances.
• Keep larger metal items separate from other material so that it can be recycled.
• Most appliances, including microwaves, require a fee for collection.
• Do not place computers, monitors or televisions at the curb. They should be brought to a drop-off site for recycling.
• Do not take recycling or refuse carts. The carts belong to the City and must remain behind when you move.

Questions?

Please call the Streets Division at (608) 246-4532 or visit: http://www.cityofmadison.com/streets/refuse/movingDays.cfm

Welcome to our new neighbors!