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
Olin Ave Drop-off Last Day: November 30, 2025.
Sycamore and South Point Drop-offs Final Expanded Hours Day: December 4, 2025
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
Fall Leaf Collection
Get the set out dates for you home.
You have three collection chances this fall.
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.
Art Trucks
See our new rolling murals...and maybe have your kiddo design one of their own!
News Releases
- Final Weekend for Streets Division Drop-off Sites in 2025 is 11/29 & 11/30 posted
- Trash & Recycling Collection Changing for Thanksgiving Holidays; Streets Division Closed November 27 & 28 posted
- 2026 & 2027 Trash and Recycling Schedules Now Available posted
- Foods Scraps at the Farmers Market: Season Over and Goal Update posted
- Put Your Pumpkins in Your Leaf Piles posted