Garbage, Recycling, & Yard Waste Carts

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Types of Carts

Garbage: Garbage carts have black lids and are collected weekly on your assigned collection day.
Recycling: Recycling carts have yellow lids and are collected every other week on your assigned collection day.
Yard waste: You can purchase a cart or garbage container from a local retailer. All yard waste carts should have "Yard Waste" clearly marked on the them. Yard waste is picked up on weeks that recycling is not picked up on your assigned collection day.

Cart Placement

Place your garbage and recycling carts at the curb no later than 7 am on your scheduled pick up day.
The best place to put your garbage or recycling cart is:
- in your driveway apron
- if your pick-up is in the alley, carts should be placed as close as possible to the alley edge
Provide a minimum of three feet of clearance around the cart to provide access for our automated equipment.
We cannot pick up carts blocked by parked cars.

Return Trip Fee

If your cart was not set out or inaccessible when our trucks arrived for collection, we can make a return trip for a $25 fee. Please call us at (414) 471-8422 to schedule this collection.

Once you received confirmation, you can pay the return trip fee online.

Items Placed Outside of Cart

We cannot pick up items that are placed outside of your garbage and recycling carts, and carts with excess material preventing the lid from closing cannot be collected.

Cart Maintenance

You should routinely clean the inside of your cart with a soapy water solution to reduce rodent infestation and odors.

Cart Repair

Is your garbage or recycling cart damaged? We can replace:

lids
wheels
axles

Please call us at (414) 471-8422 to request this service.

We cannot service or replace old yard waste carts, but we will collect it for a fee:

at your curb as a special collection
at the Drop Off Center

Cart Replacement & Extra Carts

Cart Replacement

If your garbage or recycling cart is damaged, we will replace it for a fee of $70 plus tax ($74.13 per cart).
If we damaged the cart, and we can't repair it, we will replace the cart free of charge.
We will not replace old yard waste carts. Please replace the cart with a similar sized unit purchased at a retailer, or use paper yard waste bags.

Extra Garbage & Recycling Carts

Need another cart? A second recycling cart has a one-time fee of $70 plus tax ($74.13 per cart). The fee for a second garbage cart is $100 annually. Call us at (414) 471-8422 to ask for one or fill out the form below.