Holiday Trash/Recycling Collection

Dec. 21 update: If your normal scheduled pickup day is Monday, you should still plan on having your cart emptied on Tuesday, December 27 as previously announced. There is no change to the previously announced and published schedule for residents with a regularly scheduled Monday collection day, even though residents in the Friday collection area will now have their carts emptied on Monday, Dec. 26.

press release: In observance of the Christmas holiday, the Streets Division will not be performing trash, recycling, large item, or other solid waste collections on Monday, December 26, 2022. Streets Division offices and drop-off sites will also be closed on Monday, December 26, 2022. If your trash and recycling is collected on Mondays by the Streets Division, you should place your scheduled cart(s) to the curb for collection by 6:30am on Tuesday, December 27, 2022.

Only residents that have a Monday collection day will experience a delay in refuse and recycling pickup services.

If you have a Tuesday collection of trash and recycling by the Streets Division, you should also place your scheduled cart(s) out for emptying by 6:30am on December 27.

If you set your carts out after 6:30am for their scheduled pickup, you may miss your collection opportunity. You will need to wait until the next scheduled pickup day to have your carts emptied.

If you are unsure if the holiday will cause your trash & recycling to be delayed a day, consult your collection schedule. You can download the one for your home today by entering your address into the form at www.cityofmadison.com/CollectionSchedule.

Large Item Collection

Due to the holiday, large item collection will get underway on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 for residents who submitted work orders to set out items on Sunday, December 25, 2022.

As a reminder, all large item collections must be scheduled in advance by submitted a work order.

You should set the items out on the date you selected in the work order – not earlier. Crews do not provide early pickup.

Create your large item work order at www.cityofmadison.com/LargeItemWorkOrder.

The City of Madison drop-off sites will be closed on Monday, December 26, 2022 in observance of Christmas holiday.

The sites will reopen for their normal winter operating hours on Tuesday, December 27, 2022.

Check the Streets Division’s website to verify the locations and hours before loading up a vehicle to bring material to a site. The drop-off site webpage is www.cityofmadison.com/DropOffSites.

Collection Calendar Error: An earlier version of the trash and recycling calendar for 2022 displayed Monday, December 26, as a collection day. This is wrong. The error was fixed, a new version was published, and a press release was sent out notifying residents of the update. You can get the corrected version of the collection schedule calendar at www.cityofmadison.com/ColllectionSchedule.

Additional information about all of the Streets Division’s recycling and solid waste services is available at our web site www.cityofmadison.com/streets.