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The City of Madison has three drop-off sites for food scraps at neighborhood farmers’ markets.They are located at the South Madison Farmers’ Market, the Eastside Madison Farmers’ Market, and the Westside Community Market.This year, we want to…

There will be no trash, recycling, brush, or large item collection on Friday, July 4, 2025, by the Streets Division in observance of the Independence Day holiday.The Streets Division drop-off sites and offices will also be closed.Trash &…

The Streets Division is once again working with Sustain Dane to offer the online Recycle Better classes.The class is in the evening of July 2, 2025. This is the last opportunity to take the course this year.By taking the Recycle Better class,…

Printed copies of the 2025 Recyclopedia are now available.You can pick up a copy at your local Madison Public Library location and the Streets Division offices.Copies can be mailed to you by contacting the Streets Division office that services your…

There will be no recycling, trash, brush, or large item collections performed by the City of Madison Streets Division on Thursday, June 19, 2025 in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.The Streets Division drop-off sites and offices will also be…

Free food scraps recycling drop-off returns to the South Madison Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.At the market drop-off site, you can bring us your spent coffee grounds, eggshells, and appropriate vegetable and fruit scraps so they can be…

The City of Madison now has two collection vehicles that have been transformed into rolling murals.

There will be no recycling, trash, brush, or large item collections performed by the City of Madison Streets Division on Monday, May 26, 2025, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.The Streets Division drop-off sites will also be closed.Trash…

Today, the City of Madison reached an important milestone. There are now 100,000 trees lining the city’s streets and roadways.

Do not set out yard waste for curbside collection.The Spring yard waste set-out dates for 2025 have passed for every neighborhood.At the time of this news release, Streets Division collection crews are still collecting from neighborhoods that…

Free food scraps recycling drop-off returns to the Westside Community Market on Saturday, May 3, 2025.At the market drop-off site, you can bring us your spent coffee grounds, eggshells, and appropriate vegetable and fruit scraps so they can be…

Free food scraps recycling drop-off will be back this year at the Eastside Farmer’s Market.The first date food scraps will be accepted is Tuesday, April 29, 2025.Look for the free food scraps drop-off tent at the market to drop off your coffee…

The Streets Division drop-off sites will be closed on Sunday, April 20, 2025 in observance of Easter.The sites will reopen for their normal scheduled hours on Monday, April 21, 2025.Additional drop-off site details can be found at www.cityofmadison.…

On April 15, 2025, a Streets Division recycling collection operator noticed smoke billowing from the top of their truck.The operator acted quickly as trained and dumped the materials onto the road and drove to safety. The Madison Fire Department was…

The Streets Division is partnering once again with Sustain Dane to offer the online Recycle Better classes.  The first opportunity starts on April 17, 2025.By taking the Recycle Better class, you can help your friends, family, neighbors, and…

Starting on Saturday, April 12, 2025, the Streets Division drop-off sites at 402 South Point Road and 4602 Sycamore Avenue will begin their expanded summer hours.Also on Saturday, April 12, 2025, the drop-off site at 121 East Olin Avenue will open.

Urban Forestry’s annual spring planting season begins today, Monday, April 7, 2025.Crews will be planting approximately 1,400 trees along City of Madison streets.There will be 33 different tree species planted. The variety of species was selected by…

Curbside yard waste collection begins the week of April 13, 2025 for some neighborhoods.You will have two chances for curbside pickup for yard waste – one in April and one in May.Here’s what you need to do so Streets Division crews can collect the…

Brush collection for 2025 will start soon.Here’s what you need to do so Streets Division crews can collect the brush you made by trimming your trees, shrubs, or bushes:

Starting on the evening of Sunday, March 9, Streets Division sweepers will be on the roads working 16 hours a day to collect as much salt, sand, and other grit and grime as we possibly can.We will have one shift of operators sweeping from 10pm to…