Janesville, WI
City of Janesville Public Works, Solid Waste Management.
Madison, WI
Madison, WI trash pickup by address.
Enter a Madison, WI street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry.
Setting out in Madison Put carts out by 6:30 a.m. on your collection day.
Trash Day Trends · Madison, last 30 days
Thursday is a trash day for 40% of Madison homes we checked.
No one day stands out for checks here. See the national trends.
Verified schedule
Madison collection days, read from City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday.
Wednesday is what one Madison address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Madison.
Put carts out by 6:30 a.m. on your collection day.
The white serial numbers on the front of the cart should face the road.
Carts must sit at least 4 feet from trees, cars, other collection carts and other obstructions.
Never put a cart on or behind a snowbank — in winter, shovel your driveway or terrace and set the cart in the cleared space.
Read from the official Madison guidance on August 23, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Madison days differ by address.
Pickup days in Madison depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Madison assigns collection days.
Madison publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Madison Streets Division): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Madison on August 17, 2026: 12 of 12 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Madison's pickup days.
Local source
City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry sets Madison's collection days.
City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry publishes trash days for Madison; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Madison: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Madison are Janesville, Beloit, Rockford and Waukesha. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Beloit, WI
City of Beloit Public Works Solid Waste.
Rockford, IL
City of Rockford Public Works.
Waukesha, WI
City of Waukesha Department of Public Works.
Brookfield, WI
City of Brookfield (collection by GFL).
Fond Du Lac, WI
City of Fond du Lac Department of Public Works.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Madison, WI?
It depends on your street. City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Madison?
City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry publishes trash for Madison.
Local source
Verify with City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry.
The Madison address result links City of Madison Streets & Urban Forestry directly.
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Madison
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