Recycling Changes
Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In order to decrease the solid waste collection and increase recycling, effective February 1, 2012, the City of Madison will be expanding its recycling efforts. Our recycling program is MANDATORY and these new items need to be added to your recycling.
- Fiber Egg Cartons
- Chipboard
Chipboard consists of cereal boxes, pop boxes, beer boxes, snack boxes (i.e.: fruit gushers, granola bars, cereal bars, etc.). Only fiber egg cartons are recyclable and this does not include styrofoam egg cartons. These items can all be bagged together or put in with the current cardboard recycling.
This will include all city garbage customers and Bud’s Clean-Up customers.
If you have any questions please contact the Public Works Department at 256-7515 or Bud’s Clean-Up at 256-2518.
*Bag #1
- Office Paper (white and colors)
*Bag #2
- Newsprint (includes all items included with the newspaper)
- Junk Mail & Envelopes
- Magazines
- Catalogs
- Phone books *Bag #3
- Tin, Steel, Aluminum Cans
- #1 and #2 Plastic bottles (necks smaller then bodies) *Bag #4
- Chipboard
- Fiber Egg Cartons
- Corrugated Cardboard (does not have to be bagged)
All items must be CLEAN and DRY, in white or clear bags, and placed curbside by 7:00 a.m. on recycling day.
Recycling collection days for city garbage customers is as follows: East of Egan Ave collection is the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. West of Egan Ave collection is the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. There is no collection the 5th Wednesday.