What day is trash collected in Waukesha, WI?
Waukesha collects on Monday and Friday — which of those is yours depends on the route covering your street, so check your address above for the exact day.
Waukesha, WI
Waukesha, WI trash pickup by address.
Enter a Waukesha, WI street address to check trash pickup as published by City of Waukesha Department of Public Works.
Setting out in Waukesha Carts need to be out by 6 a.m. on your pickup day, with the handles and wheels turned away from the street.
Verified schedule
Waukesha collection days, read from City of Waukesha Department of Public Works.
Trash / garbage: Monday.
The day above is an example from one Waukesha address, last checked on September 11, 2026.
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Waukesha.
Carts need to be out by 6 a.m. on your pickup day, with the handles and wheels turned away from the street.
The preferred spot is the end of the driveway with at least three feet of clearance on each side and nothing overhead.
Trash goes in the black-lid cart, and recycling in the yellow-lid cart with items loose rather than bagged.
Johns Disposal collects under city contract and skips six major holidays when they fall on a normal collection day.
Read from the official Waukesha guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Why Waukesha days differ by address.
Waukesha collects on Monday and Friday, depending on which route covers your street. Enter your address above for the day that applies to your property.
Some Waukesha properties are not on city collection at all — apartments, businesses and streets served by a private hauler. Where that is the case we say so, rather than show a day that is not yours.
These days are read from City of Waukesha Department of Public Works and were last checked on August 17, 2026.
Local source
The source stays attached to the answer.
City of Waukesha Department of Public Works publishes the collection information behind this page. TrashDayNow is independent of the city, so rely on that source for service alerts, cart standards, and missed-pickup reporting.
Good to knowPage information was last checked Sep 2026.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
Why does my Waukesha address show no collection day?
Waukesha runs city collection for most homes, and we tell you when yours is not one of them. Apartments, commercial sites and some streets are served by a private hauler under contract instead, and for those the day comes from your hauler rather than the city — we say so rather than showing a day that is not yours.
Which collections are published for Waukesha?
City of Waukesha Department of Public Works publishes trash for Waukesha.
Local source
Verify with City of Waukesha Department of Public Works.
The Waukesha address result links City of Waukesha Department of Public Works directly.
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- Waukesha, WI
- Local source
- City of Waukesha Department of Public Works
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Sep 2026
Collection services in Waukesha
- trash
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