Please put the garbage cart out the night before your collection day; or by 6:00am the morning of pickup.
Please place the following in the brown garbage cart:
Mixed trash
Plastic wrap & bags
Broken toys
Ceramics
Light bulbs
Bagged garbage & food waste
Styrofoam & other bagged trash
Small amounts of bagged construction materials
Please do not place the following in with your garbage:
Yard waste
Recyclables
Household hazardous waste
Cardboard boxes
Electronics
Mix it all together
Johns Disposal Service provides single stream recycling. All recyclable material can be mixed together. Johns Disposal’s recycle process system sorts all recyclable material.
Containers:
Tin cans, steel cans, aerosol cans, dried paint cans
Glass bottles & jars
#1-7 plastic bottles or jugs with a twist top
Cartons (juice boxes, milk cartons)
Clean aluminum foil
Mixed paper:
Newspaper, magazines, books, mail, school/office paper
Brown corrugated cardboard (please flatten all boxes)
Gray chipboard (cereal & shoe boxes)
Brown paper bags
Shredded paper:
Please place in a clear plastic bag (this is the only exception that allows plastic bags in the recycling)
Please do not place the following in with your recycling:
Plastic bags & styrofoam of any kind
Toys
Yard waste
Other plastic
Trash
Household hazardous waste
Construction materials
Electronics
Tanglers (hoses, Christmas lights, rope, chain)
Your community’s program requires residents to call to schedule bulky item collections.
Any items that do not fit in your garbage or recycling cart must be called into our office at (262) 473-4700; or emailed into [email protected]
Our office hours are Monday – Friday from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm and Saturday from 8:00 am -Noon.
Bulk items are scheduled regularly throughout the month.
You may schedule up to one bulk items collection per month, with a total of twelve per year.
Twice per year, residents may substitute any one of their twelve bulk items collections to have one qualified household electronic item collected.
NOTICE: Most municipalities have an ordinance requiring that items not be placed at the curb sooner than 24-hours prior to your scheduled pickup. Please check your local code and do not have items out too early. We recommend that no items are placed at the curb prior to scheduling collection.
Bulk items include, but are not limited to:
Furniture
Carpeting (cut into 4 foot sections rolled and bundled together)
Large cardboard boxes (emptied & flattened)
Appliances, including those which contain Freon
Automotive batteries
Tires (up to 2 per month / pickup, maximum 8 per year)
Drain oil (must be sealed in 1-5 gallon containers, clearly marked USED OIL)
Antifreeze (must be sealed in 1-5 gallon containers, clearly marked ANTIFREEZE)
Larger items, such as hot tubs and pianos, must be cut up or disassembled with parts weighing no more than 50lbs.
Paint cans (must be empty and dry OR filled with oil dry / kitty litter and completely dry)
Construction materials (Must be contained in 32-gallon or smaller containers, weighing no more than 50 lbs, with any boards cut down to 4 ft. or smaller lengths)
*All items must weigh no more than 50 lbs and be easily manageable by one person.
Please do not place the following out for bulk:
Yard waste
Hazardous materials
Residents should call John’s Disposal (888) 473-4701 or 92-473-4700 to schedule electronics disposal curbside.
Up to one time per year, each household may schedule the pickup of ONE household electronic in place of a standard bulk items collection. No commercial electronics will be accepted.
Go to: dnr.wi.gov and search “ecycle” to see the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources list of acceptable and unacceptable items.