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  • 2026 & 2027 Trash and Recycling Schedules Now Available

    Tired of being unsure if this week is your recycling week?Worried about mixing up those confusing holiday schedules?Are you just done with wondering if the neighbors you have been relying on to put out their carts first so you can follow their lead…

  • Foods Scraps at the Farmers Market: Season Over and Goal Update

    The ability to bring your food scraps to a neighborhood farmers’ markets has ended for 2025.For the winter months, you can use one of the Dane County Scrap Stops to drop off your food scraps. Visit the Dane County website to register for a kiosk…

  • Put Your Pumpkins in Your Leaf Piles

    Spice up your leaf piles with this season’s jack-o-lanterns.Streets Division crews will collect pumpkins, hay, corn stalks along with your leaves and other yard waste.Remove wires, candles, string, electric lights, and similar items from your…

  • Final Week for Food Scraps Composting at Farmers’ Markets

    This is the final week for you to bring scraps to a farmers’ market drop-off site.The sites will accept pumpkins, pumpkin innards from your carved jack-o-lanterns, coffee grounds, eggshells, and other husks, peelings, and so on from fruits and…

  • Food Scraps Recycling at Farmers’ Markets Ends November 1, 2025

    You are running out of time to bring food scraps to a farmers’ market drop-off site.We are also short on time to reach the food scraps drop-off goal for this season.Food Scraps Drop-off Opportunities at Farmers’ MarketsHere are the locations…

  • Urban Forestry Planting 850 Trees in Fall 2025

    Urban Forestry’s fall planting season will begin on Monday, October 20, 2025.Crews will be planting approximately 850 trees from 28 different species along City of Madison streets. Planting is a team effort that takes a significant amount of Urban…

  • Road Closure for Tree Planting

    Starting at 9am on October 15, City of Madison Forestry will begin grinding tree stumps and planting new trees at 2903 Packers Ave. This work is expected to take 3 hours. 

  • Fall Leaf Collection Begins Week of October 5; Get Your Home’s Set Out Dates from Yard Waste Website

    For some neighborhoods, the Streets Division’s fall leaf and yard waste pickup begins the week of October 5, 2025.Different neighborhoods have different set-out dates.You need to check the yard waste website to learn the set-out dates for your home…

  • Brush Collection Over for 2025; All Brush Set-out Dates Have Passed

    All brush collection set out dates for City of Madison residents have passed.Do not set out brush for pickup after your set out date.There are no more guaranteed brush collection opportunities this year.Guaranteed curbside brush pickup from the…

  • 30,000 Pounds of Food Scraps Composted at Farmers’ Markets: Closing in on 2025 Food Scraps Recycling Goal

    The City of Madison Streets Division is happy to announce that we have collected 30,177 pounds of food scraps for composing at our three farmers’ market drop-off sites.In 2025, our goal is to collect 40,000 pounds of food scraps for composting. That…

  • Fall Leaves and Yard Waste Collection Begins in October 2025

    The fall yard waste and leaves collection of 2025 begins in October.You will receive three guaranteed curbside set-out opportunities for leaf and yard waste pickup this fall.The exact dates when you should set out your leaves will depend on…

  • Final Chance for Curbside Brush Collection in 2025

    The Streets Division’s final curbside brush collection will soon get underway.The last date when you should set out brush for pickup varies by neighborhood.For some, the last set-out date for brush for the year is Sunday, September 7, 2025. …

  • No Streets Division Collections or Drop-off Sites on Labor Day, September 1, 2025

    The Streets Division will not perform trash, recycling, brush, or large item collection on Monday, September 1, 2025, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.The drop-off sites will also be closed.Trash & Recycling CollectionIf your trash and…

  • Leaf Them Alone: Madison Strengthening Tree Protection Ordinances

    New and stronger tree protection measures will be introduced at the Common Council's August 5 meeting.

  • August Student Move Out Days Are Here

    Starting today (August 4, 2025) and lasting until Friday, August 22, 2025, the Streets Division will be performing extra collection duties in the downtown moving days area.Daily Cart Pickups During the Move OutFrom August 4 to August 22, we…

  • August Moving Days: Free Electronics Recycling

    If you are a City of Madison resident, your electronics and batteries are accepted for free at the Streets Division drop-off sites. Free electronics recycling includes televisions, printers, computers, and all other electronic gadgets.…

  • August Moving Days: How to Set Out Appliances, Furniture, & Bags That Won’t Fit in the Cart

    The student move out collections run from August 4, 2025 until August 22, 2025 within the downtown student move out area.In order for everyone to have a fast and safe move out, follow the below rules for the large items and bags of extra…

  • August Moving Days: Daily Cart Emptying in Student Move Area

    Starting on Monday August 4, 2025 residents in the downtown moving days area can place trash and recycling collection carts out for daily pickup during the work week.  This will last until August 22, 2025.  This only applies in the…

  • August Moving Days: Using the Large Item Work Order System in the Student Move Out Area

    If you live in the student move out area,  the Streets Division large item work order rules will be different from August 4, 2025 until August 22, 2025.If you do not live in the student move out area, nothing changes for you. The…

  • August Moving Days: Your Time Starts Now

    The annual August Moving Days for downtown Madison will soon get underway. Thousands of Madisonians will be changing homes within the moving days area during the first few weeks of August.  And if you are moving, you have many tasks…

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