Wauwatosa, WI
City of Wauwatosa Department of Public Works. Trash routes run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI trash pickup by address.
Enter a Milwaukee, WI street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works.
Setting out in Milwaukee Carts and bins must be at the collection point, meaning the alley line or the curb line, by 7 a.m. on your collection day.
Trash Day Trends · Milwaukee, last 30 days
Friday is a trash day for 29% of Milwaukee homes we checked.
40% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Tuesday around 6 am. See the national trends.
- +10%Checks vs last week
- 7 amCarts out byThe deadline in 48% of cities
Verified schedule
Milwaukee collection days, read from City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Monday.
Monday is what one Milwaukee address returned on October 26, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Milwaukee.
Carts and bins must be at the collection point, meaning the alley line or the curb line, by 7 a.m. on your collection day.
Keep carts 3 feet away from other objects, and keep a clear path to them that is free of ice and snow buildup.
Garbage must be bagged before it goes in the cart, and recyclables must be left loose rather than bagged.
Carts and bins have to be returned to their storage area by 10 p.m.; if an automated side loader serves your cart, set it so the lid opens toward the street or alley and the handle is closest to the house.
Read from the official Milwaukee guidance on August 22, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Milwaukee days differ by address.
Pickup days in Milwaukee depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
Some Milwaukee addresses have no collection day in the source this lookup reads. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.
The example days above are read from City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works and were last checked on October 26, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Milwaukee assigns collection days.
Milwaukee publishes its collection routes as a map (City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address and turns the city's route codes into plain weekdays.
We last checked Milwaukee on August 17, 2026: 6 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Milwaukee's pickup days.
Local source
City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works sets Milwaukee's collection days.
City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works publishes trash days for Milwaukee; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works in Oct 2026: trash.
Nearby
Around Milwaukee: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Milwaukee are Wauwatosa, West Allis, Greenfield and Brookfield. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
West Allis, WI
City of West Allis Sanitation Division.
Greenfield, WI
Johns Disposal Service.
Brookfield, WI
City of Brookfield (collection by GFL).
Waukesha, WI
City of Waukesha Department of Public Works.
Racine, WI
Racine collection calendar.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Milwaukee, WI?
It depends on your street. City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Why does my Milwaukee address show no collection day?
Milwaukee's collection days are read from a route map, and not every address is on a residential route in it. An address that is not on one has no collection day here, and we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.
Which collections are published for Milwaukee?
City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works publishes trash for Milwaukee.
Local source
Verify with City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works.
The Milwaukee address result links City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works directly.
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- Oct 2026
Collection services in Milwaukee
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