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Starting at midnight, all City of Madison streets will be plowed.  There is no snow emergency in effect for this evening.If you can choose off-street parking options this evening, please do so.  If you cannot, please follow all appropriate…

There will be no Streets Division collections performed on both Tuesday, December 24, 2024 and Wednesday, December 25, 2024 in observance of the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day holidays.The drop-off sites will also be closed on these two days.Below…

The Streets Division will perform one more sweep through the city collection brush that has been set out for collection, weather permitting.If you have brush that needs to be collected, you can set it out for pickup on Sunday, December 15. …

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 6, 2024.  They will remain in effect until the spring of 2025.The hours for the sites are…

The Streets Division drop-off sites at 4602 Sycamore Avenue and 402 South Point Rd are shifting to winter hours. The final day of "expanded" hours is Friday, December 6, 2024.  The sites will be open from 7:30am until 2:45pm on this date.…

The Streets Division will be performing a last chance pickup for leaves and yard waste, weather permitting.All residents who need another leaf pickup should set out their leaves and yard waste on Sunday, December 8, 2024.Crews will be through all…

The Streets Division drop-off site at 121 E. Olin Avenue is now closed.In order to drop off items, such as televisions, excess cardboard, and other items, you must go to another Streets Division drop-off location.  Drop-off site…

The Streets Division drop-off site at 121 E. Olin Avenue will close for the season on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 4:00pm.Once the site closes on December 1, it will remain closed to the public for drop-off services until the spring.

The final weekend for the Streets Division drop-off sites in 2024 is Saturday, November 30 and Sunday, December 1.Before you load up your car or truck with stuff, check the Streets Division drop-off website, www.cityofmadison.com/DropOffSites for…

There will be no Streets Division collections performed on both Thursday, November 28, 2024 and Friday, November 29, 2024 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.The drop-off sites will also be closed on Thanksgiving and the Friday after. …

For some neighborhoods of Madison, the final guaranteed leaf collection of the fall begins next week.These neighborhoods have a set out day for leaves and yard waste of Sunday, November 10, 2024.Other neighborhoods have later final guaranteed set…

Streets Division crews will collect pumpkins along with your leaves and other yard waste.This includes other compostable decorations like corn stalks and hay.Remove wires, candles, string, electric lights, and similar items and then set your…

The vote to name Madison’s and Wisconsin’s first electric collection vehicles ended on October 21 and we have the results.Voters selected Trash Gordon and Vin No Diesel.  Welcome to the fleet!How the Voting WorkedThis election was a ranked…

The Streets and Urban Forestry Division unveiled a new website today, October 30, 2024.The redesigned site has three important new features for Madison residents.Street Tree InventoryOn the Urban Forestry section, you can find an inventory of the…

This is the final week to drop off food scraps for composting at the three neighborhood farmers’ markets.  The markets are on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 and Saturday, November 2, 2024. We set a goal of composting 22,000 pounds this year,…

Urban Forestry’s fall planting season began on Monday, October 21, 2024.Our crews will be planting 855 trees from 25 different species along City of Madison streets this fall.The variety of species was selected by the City’s trained arborists to…

The public vote to choose the names for Madison’s and Wisconsin’s first electric trash collection vehicles is about to be unplugged.Make your choice for the names on the Wisconsin Clean Cities website (https://wicleancities.org).  The vote ends…

Curbside brush collection will return in spring of 2025.

Over the last two weeks, 792 unique names for Wisconsin’s first fully electric collection vehicles were submitted to the Streets Division.  There were many great names submitted and a group of finalists were selected.Now it’s time for you, the…

The City of Madison set an ambitious goal to compost 22,000 thousand pounds of food scraps at our farmers’ market drop-off sites this year.  This is roughly the weight of two adult mammoths.We are thrilled to announce that not only have we…