Streets & Urban Forestry
Look up your Collection Schedule
Find your next trash, recycling, brush, and yard waste days.
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Trash and Recycling
Trash and recycling are following regular schedules.
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Yard Waste
Leaf & yard waste collection is over. Collection set to resume in spring 2026.
Get your set out dates on the yard waste website. You can take yard waste to a drop-off site, too.
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Food Scraps
Farmers' market food scraps drop-off closed for 2025.
Use a Dane County Scraps Stop to drop off scraps in the winter.
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Large Items
Submit a work order to schedule your large item pickup.
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Brush
Brush collection is over for 2025. Collection resumes in spring 2026.
Drop-off Sites
Sycamore & South Point: On Winter Hours until April 11, 2026
Olin Ave Drop-off: Permanently Closed
More details about drop-off sites, visit the drop-off site page.
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Winter Information
Winter information hub, including Streets Division plowing information.
Updates
Holiday Tree Collection
Learn when you can set out your trees for pickup and how to do it right.
Collection Schedule
Get your 2026 collection schedule calendar.
Free Resources
We have many free resources available from paper copies of the Recyclopedia to word finds. We will mail out printed copies to you if you request them.
Online Recyclopedia
Need help disposing of something? Search here.
Recycle More. Recycle Right.
Be sure you are following recycling guidelines.
Large Item Changes for Big Properties
If your property has more than 8 units, you should use the company that provides dumpster service for your building or another private hauler for your large item pickup.
Brush Collection Over
Take your brush to a drop-off site.
Guaranteed brush collection will return in the spring of 2026.
News Releases
- Trash & Recycling Collection Schedule for New Year’s Eve (12/31/25) and New Year’s Day (1/1/26) posted
- How to Have Your Christmas Tree Collected posted
- Trash & Recycling Collection Schedule for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2025 posted
- Love Our Lakes: City Strategies to Maintain and Improve Lake Health posted
- Streets Division Drop-off Sites on Winter Hours until April 11, 2026 posted