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The 2026 brush collection season is underway for some neighborhoods. When you should set out your brush for pickup depends on where you live.  Each neighborhood has different set-out dates. Check your set-out dates before you stack…

The 2026 set-out date schedule for the Streets Division's brush schedule pickup is now available on the brush collection website.You will need to look up your home's brush set-out dates before you stack tree limbs and branches out for pickup.Every…

Free food scraps recycling drop-off will be back once again at the West Community Market.The first date food scraps will be accepted at this market is Saturday, April 11, 2026.Look for the free food scraps drop-off to drop off your coffee grounds,…

The declared snow emergency continues tonight. Alternate side parking rules will be in effect from 1:00am to 7:00am, 3/18/26. More information about the snowplowing response can be found on the Snow Plowing Update. 

The City of Madison has declared a snow emergency.Cleanup from our severe winter storm will last through the evening hours. More information about the snowplowing response can be found on the Snow Plowing Update. 

Snowplowing InformationCitywide plowing operations will begin today at 7:00am. Due to the hazardous weather conditions, snowplowing work will take longer than the usual 12 to 14 hours to get to every road in Madison. Your patience is…

The new centrally located drop-off site for the Streets Division will open on April 11, 2026.The address of the new location is 1504 Quann-Olin Parkway.

The 2026 set-out date schedule for the Streets Division's brush schedule pickup is now available on the brush collection website.Learn the Set-Out Dates for Your NeighborhoodGo to our brush collection website and enter your address into the form.…

The 2026 set-out date schedule for the Streets Division's springtime yard waste collection is now available on the yard waste website. When do I put out yard waste for pickup?Go to our yard waste website.Enter your address into the form. You…

Starting on the evening of Sunday, March 8, 2026, the Streets Division will begin overnight sweeping operations in addition to the normal daytime street sweeping work.One shift of operators will be sweeping from 10pm to 6am when the weather allows.…

On a sunny winter day, echoes a big grinding sound cutting through sharp winds over desolate brown Yahara Golf Course greens.

The City of Madison is proud to join the nationally recognized Women in Construction Week, March 1-7, 2026.   

The Streets Division drop-off sites will be closed on Friday, January 23, 2026, due to the extreme cold weather forecast.We apologize for the inconvenience. The drop-off sites will reopen on Monday, January 26, 2026, for their normal posted…

Citywide snowplowing will begin at midnight, 12:00am January 17, 2026. The initial plowing pass takes approximately 12 to 14 hours to complete.Additional details about the plowing operation is available on the Snow Plowing Update for this…

There will be no trash, recycling, large item pickup by the Streets Division on Monday, January 19, 2026, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr holiday.The drop-off sites and Streets Division offices will also be closed.

The Streets Division provides two rounds of curbside collection for Christmas trees.The Rules for Christmas Tree CollectionIf you do not follow the below, your tree will not be collected from the curb:

There will be no Streets Division collections performed on both Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Thursday, December 25, 2025, in observance of the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day holidays.The drop-off sites and offices will also be closed on these…

The City of Madison Common Council will host a focused discussion titled “Love Our Lakes: City Strategies to Maintain and Improve Lake Health.” This conversation will highlight both ongoing and future initiatives to protect, restore, and enhance the…

The Streets Division drop-off sites at 4602 Sycamore Avenue and 402 South Point Road are now on winter hours.The winter hours began on Friday, December 5, 2025. The last day for winter hours is Friday, April 10, 2026.  Expanded hours return on…

The City of Madison is proud to present a new set of trading cards featuring our named snowplowing fleet. The cards are available for free at any Madison Public Library location and from the Streets Division offices while supplies last.