Extra Trash Bags and Cleanouts in Madison: The Limits
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Short answer
Madison collects six or more extra 30-gallon bags of trash (40 pounds max) on your normal day, for two consecutive weeks, if your cart is full. Extra recycling outside the cart is collected only twice a calendar year, in see-through bags, with up to 10 bundles of cardboard.
- Trash: 30-gallon bags only, no boxes or totes, 40 pounds each, with a full cart.
- Fewer than six bags: the city suggests a neighbor's cart or a drop-off site.
- Recycling: clean, empty and dry, in bags a person can see through, on your recycling day.
- Dumpsters and pods on the street need a Street Occupancy Permit.
Quick answers
How many extra trash bags will Madison pick up?
Six or more 30-gallon bags up to 40 pounds each, on two consecutive weeks, with a full cart; or at a supervisor's discretion.
Rather not haul it yourself?
Tell us what needs to go and where. A local crew sorts the recycling, donation and landfill streams for you and replies with a price first.