Rigid Plastic Recycling

Rigid Plastic Recycling Suspended

From the City of Madison (Received 19 September 2017): The rigid plastic recycling drop-off program has been suspended. Rigid plastic material, such as five-gallon buckets and children’s toys, if they cannot be reused, resold, or donated, should be placed into the refuse to be sent to the landfill. The dumpsters for rigid plastic recycling at the Streets Division drop-off sites have been removed, and there is no timetable for them to return. Suspending the rigid plastic recycling program is the...

Linden Park Neighborhood Garage Sales

2017 Linden Park Neighborhood Garage Sales

The 2017 Linden Park Neighborhood area garage sales are being planned for Thursday, May 18, through Sunday, May 21, 2017. Garage sale hours are 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM each day unless specified otherwise on a per-location basis. To add your information, please either email the President (John Hansen) via the website Contact page, or send a PM via the Nextdoor Neighbor forum. Neighborhood rummage/garage sale locations are marked with a green star. Click on any star to view additional...

Yard Waste

Recycling Update, Drop-Off Sites, Rain Barrels, Compost Bins and New Recyclopedia

From the City of Madison: Announcement: 2017 Recyclopedias Available Sound the trumpets! Go get grandma and the kids! It’s here! It’s here! The 2017 Recyclopedias are here! Yes, after a bit of a break we finally have a new Recyclopedia available. The new Recyclopedia is available as a PDF file on the main page of the Streets Division website. The handy feature of this digital version of the Recyclopedia is that it is much easier to search and click through to the...

Christmas Tree Collection

Holiday Tree Collection

The Streets Division will collect Christmas trees for recycling. Each neighborhood will receive two collections. You may also bring your trees to our drop off sites. Note: Collection could be delayed due to winter weather. Snow and ice operations have priority over tree collection. Round One begins on Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 Round Two begins on Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 Have your tree out on the above dates to insure collection. It takes us 8 to 10 working days to...

Christmas Tree

A Visit to the Drop-Off Site

Twas soon after Christmas and the house was a mess With piles of paper and cardboard up to my chest. The tree is dried out and the lights barely work. And the toy batteries died? – Argh! I’m so irked! I have packages filled with block Styrofoam And no clue what do with this busted iPhone. My goodness, oh my! Look at this rigid plastic A cracked pail, a broke crate – this just makes me sick. Let’s not even...

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