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Items with Fees

This a list of items that have fees for City of Madison collection or drop-off.

If an item is not listed, it does not have fee for Streets Division collection or drop-off.

Fees are charged per item, when applied. 

The only residents who must pay fees are ones who do not receive curbside recycling collection by the Streets Division. 

When you fill out a large item work order, the system should automatically know if you should pay the fees or not. 

Using the work order system is the simplest way to pay the fees.

Pay the Large Item Fees with the Work Order Form

Items with a $35 Fee

  • Air compressors
  • Air conditioners
  • Boats
  • Copy machines (office sized)
  • Dehumidifiers
  • Dryers
  • Freezers (remove doors)
  • Furnaces
  • Hot tubs
  • Ice machines
  • Other Large Commercial Appliances
  • Ovens
  • Ranges
  • Refrigerators, weighing over 50 pounds (remove doors)
  • Stoves
  • Trash Compactors
  • Washers
  • Water Coolers
  • Water Heaters
  • Water Softeners
  • Wood Stoves

Items with a $15 Fee

  • Boat Motors
  • "Dorm"-style refrigerators, and other refrigeration devices weighing less than 50 pounds (wine chillers, kegerators, etc.)
  • Fluorescent light fixtures
  • Garden tillers
  • Gas grills
  • Items with similar engines & motors to lawn mowers, garden tillers, etc.
  • Lawn mower
  • Leaf shredder
  • Microwave oven
  • Snow thrower/blower

Items with a $10 Fee

  • Tires - Large Truck
  • Tires - On the Rim

Items with a $5 Fee

  • Tires - Car or small truck/SUV
  • Tires - Off the Rim

Large Item Work Order

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