Refuse and Recycling Guidelines - Brought to you by: City of Sun Prairie

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Refuse and Recycling Guidelines - Brought to you by: City of Sun Prairie
Refuse and Recycling
                                       Guidelines

Brought to you by:
City of Sun Prairie
Public Works Department
300 E. Main St
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
publicworks@cityofsunprairie.com
608-837-3050
Refuse and Recycling Guidelines - Brought to you by: City of Sun Prairie
Refuse & Recycling Service                                           2022 Spring & Fall Yard Waste Collections

R    efuse is collected once a week. Recycle carts are emptied
every other week. The cart with the tan lid is for refuse. Refer                               April 11
to the Public Works Department Refuse & Recycle section of
the website, or call 837-3050 for the collection schedule.
                                                                                               May 23
                                                                                             November 7
Carts should be placed at the end of your driveway or on the                                 November 21
terrace, but not in the street, by 7 a.m. on your collection day.
Please allow four feet between your cart and other objects and
10 feet from parked cars on the street. Lids should be closed
                                                                     Yard waste is grass, leaves, garden waste and compostable
on the cart.
                                                                     materials.
Large Items
Items that do not fit in your refuse cart such as                    Yard Waste Preparation:
furniture, mattresses, appliances, and carpet are                     Material should be placed in open bags or containers at the curb.
collected by Pellitteri Waste Systems or other                          Do not seal the bags or put lids on containers.
collection providers. A list of available contractors                 Leave a container out for your empty plastic bags, drivers will not
can be found on the City of Sun Prairie Public                          take the plastic bags.
                                                                      Residents should have their yard waste curbside by 7 a.m. on the
Works webpage.
                                                                        first day of the collection week. Crews will not return once a
                                                                        neighborhood has been collected.
Per City Ordinance, items are not to be set out for
collection earlier than Noon of the day before they
are scheduled to be picked up.
                                                                                                                   Public Works has
                                                                                                               COMPOST BINS for sale.
                       Appliances                                                                             Call for more information:
                       The City collects appliances that do not
                                                                                                                     608-837-3050
                        contain refrigerants (everything except:
                        refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners,
                        water coolers, dehumidifiers) at the
                        Recycle Center located at 1798 S. Bird St.
                        Permits are required for use of the
                        Recycle Center but are FREE! Stop at one
                        of our four convenient locations to apply
                        and receive your permit or apply online at           Brush and waste can be taken to the
                        www.cityofsunprairie.com.
                        Questions? 837-3050                                      Recycle Center year round.
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2022 Brush Collections                                                Your Recycle Cart — fill it up!

                                Brush is sticks and branches.        Cans of ALL KINDS!
         April 4                Brush Preparation:                   These include aluminum,
         May 2                   Materials smaller than 1/4
                                                                     steel, and tin.
         June 6                 inch in diameter are considered
         July 5                 yard waste and must be taken to
        August 1                the Recycle Center or placed out
                                during your appropriate yard
      September 6
                                waste curbside collection time.
       October 3                                                                                  Glass
      November 7                   Stack branches in small, neat                                 Clear, green and brown bottles and
                                piles at the curb with the cut end                                jars.
                                facing the street.

    If your brush does not fit in the terrace area, place them
     behind the sidewalk.                                            Plastic Bottles
                                                                     All containers #1-7! Including
    Branches that are 4 inches in diameter or larger should be      soda bottles, milk and water
     trimmed of small branches and cut into 24-inch lengths and      jugs, detergent and bleach
     stacked at the curb.                                            bottles and personal care
                                                                     products. Rinse clean.
    Do NOT place brush in containers, mix with other boards or
     processed wood, or stack as to create a tangled mess.                               Mixed Paper
    More information can be found on the City of Sun Prairie                            Includes: beverage cases, cereal boxes,
     website.                                                                            computer and copy paper, envelopes, frozen
                                                                                         food boxes, junk mail, magazines, phone
                                                                                         books, and newspapers.
 Residents should have
 their branches
 curbside by 7 a.m. on
 the first day of the                                                Move-in Boxes
 collection. Crews will                                              There is a dumpster at the Recycle
 not return once a                                                   Center for flattened boxes from moving.
 neighborhood has
 been collected.
Refuse and Recycling Guidelines - Brought to you by: City of Sun Prairie
Your Refuse and Recycle Carts                                              The Recycle Center
Carts should be curbside by 7 a.m. on your collection day.

Please allow four feet of space between your cart and
other objects and 10 feet from parked cars on the street.
                                                                                        T    he Recycle Center is located at 1798 South Bird
                                                                                        Street and is available for use by City of Sun Prairie
                                                                                        residents of 1-4 unit homes whose property taxes
Lids on the carts should be closed. Overflowing carts can                               pay for the cost of operation of the facility. A permit
result in the material spilling into the street                                         is required to gain access to the Recycle Center.
and may not be collected.                                                               Stop at one of our four convenient locations to
                                                                                        apply and receive your free permit or apply online at
What do I do when I have extra                                                          the City of Sun Prairie Public Works Department
refuse or recycling?                                                                    website. Questions, call 837-3050
Contact Pellitteri (608.257.4285) directly to
make arrangements and payment for extra                                   The Recycle Center accepts the following: brush and yard waste,
bags of refuse and/or recycling or for the                                appliances w/out freon, scrap metal, oil absorbents, oil filters,
purchase of additional carts.                                             waste motor oil, flattened cardboard and antifreeze.

If you have the 65 gallon size cart(s), you may request the larger size   SPRING/SUMMER HOURS*
cart (96 gallon) by calling the Public Works Department at                (Following the last Saturday in March through the third Saturday in
608.837.3050.                                                             October)
                                                                          Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
           Holiday Collections                                            Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
           Refuse and recycling collections will be delayed by one
           day on the holiday listed below for the balance of the         FALL HOURS*
           week when the holiday falls on a weekday.                      (Following the third Saturday in October through the first Saturday in
                   New Year’s Day
                                                                          December)
                   Memorial Day                                          Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
                   July 4th                                              Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
                   Labor Day
                   Thanksgiving Day                                      WINTER HOURS*
                   Christmas Day                                         (Following the first Saturday in December through the last Saturday in
                                                                          March)
               Holiday Tree Collections 2022:                             Monday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
            Weeks of January 3 and January 18                             Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon
Please place trees out by 7:00 a.m. on Monday the week of
January 3 or by 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday the week of January
18. Place the cut end facing the street. Everything must be
                                                                          *Closed Holidays
removed from the tree and be kept free and clear of snow.
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Recycle Cart Collection Schedule
    Electronic Recycling
                                                                       Week Dates                  A/B                  Week Dates

                  I t is the law in Wisconsin that
                  electronics must be recycled.
                                                          November 21, 2021--November 27, 2021* A
                                                           November 28, 2021--December 4, 2021 B
                                                           December 5, 2021--December 11, 2021        A
                                                                                                                   June 19, 2022--June 25, 2022
                                                                                                                    June 26, 2022--July 2, 2022
                                                                                                                     July 3, 2022--July 9, 2022*
                                                           December 12, 2021--December 18, 2021 B                   July 10, 2022--July 16, 2022
                  Residents can no longer dispose of
                                                           December 19, 2021--December 25, 2021 A                   July 17, 2022--July 23, 2022
                  their electronics in the refuse cart.     December 26, 2021--January 1, 2022        B             July 24, 2022--July 30, 2022
                                                               January 2, 2022--January 8, 2022       A            July 31, 2022--August 6, 2022
The following electronics can be recycled under
                                                              January 9, 2022--January 15, 2022       B          August 7, 2022--August 13, 2022
E-Cycle Wisconsin: computers (desktop/laptop),               January 16, 2022--January 22, 2022       A         August 14, 2022--August 20, 2022
desktop printers, computer monitors, TV’s, DVD               January 23, 2022--January 29, 2022       B         August 21, 2022--August 27, 2022
players, VCR’s, DVR’s, fax machines, mice, keyboards,        January 30, 2022--February 5, 2022       A        August 28, 2022--September 3, 2022
hard drives, speakers, flash drives, modems, and cell       February 6, 2022--February 12, 2022       B     September 4, 2022--September 10, 2022*
phones.                                                     February 13, 2022--February 19, 2022      A     September 11, 2022--September 17, 2022
                                                            February 20, 2022--February 26, 2022      B     September 18, 2022--September 24, 2022
                                                              February 27, 2022--March 5, 2022        A        September 25, 2022--October 1, 2022
The following collection sites are available:
                                                                March 6, 2022--March 12, 2022         B         October 2, 2022--October 8, 2022
                                                               March 13, 2022--March 19, 2022         A         October 9, 2022--October 15, 2022
    Best Buy, Madison East (608-242-0701)                     March 20, 2022--March 26, 2022         B        October 16, 2022--October 22, 2022
    Goodwill, Sun Prairie (608-318-5560)                       March 27, 2022--April 2, 2022         A        October 23, 2022--October 29, 2022
    Resource Solutions (608-244-5451)                            April 3, 2022--April 9, 2022        B        October 30, 2022--November 5, 2022
    Dane County Clean Sweep (608-243-0368)                      April 10, 2022--April 16, 2022       A       November 6, 2022--November 12, 2022
    File 13 E-Waste Solutions (608-221-1313)                    April 17, 2022--April 23, 2022       B      November 13, 2022--November 19, 2022
    The City Recycle Center will accept electronics on          April 24, 2022--April 30, 2022       A     November 20, 2022--November 26, 2022*
     the special collection dates of May 7, 2022 and               May 1, 2022--May 7, 2022           B       November 27, 2022--December 3, 2022
     September 10, 2022 (Please see the City of Sun               May 8, 2022--May 14, 2022           A      December 4, 2022--December 10, 2022
     Prairie website for more details).                          May 15, 2022--May 21, 2022           B     December 11, 2022--December 17, 2022
Please call for details as each facility has different           May 22, 2022--May 28, 2022           A     December 18, 2022--December 24, 2022
limitations and some charge a fee.                               May 29, 2022--June 4, 2022*          B     December 25, 2022--December 31, 2022
                                                                  June 5, 2022--June 11, 2022         A          January 1, 2023--January 7, 2023
For more info: dnr.wi.gov/ecyclewisconsin or                     June 12, 2022--June 18, 2022         B         January 8, 2023--January 14, 2023
                                                                                   * Week contains a Holiday that may affect collection.
               Dane County Public Works webpage
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