Recycling, Compost, & Refuse
Composting and Recycling
The Village will collect recyclables at the curbside along with your refuse on the day assigned to you. Monday is the collection day for the east side of town and Tuesday- the west side. All recyclables can be co-mingled in the recycling bin, but care should be taken to remove rings and rinse containers out.
Items to recycle include:
- Any plastic with an @ symbol
- All glass containers regardless of their color
- Metal containers: aluminum, bi-metal and steel
- Newspapers and magazines
- Office paper
- Corrugated cardboard
- Waste oil placed in a non-returnable, sealed container
Recycling Materials & Preparation
The following guidelines should be used when preparing your recyclables for collection:
Mixed Paper:
- newspapers
- magazines
- catalogs
- phone books
- file folders
- notebooks
- construction paper
- boxboard (cereal, chip, cake and cookie boxes)
- and junk mail
Be sure to remove any plastic or cellophane inserts that may be in cereal boxes, etc. All mixed paper should be placed in a separate brown paper grocery bag. The bags are also recycled.
Corrugated Cardboard:
- Remove liners
- No wax or plastic coated cardboard
- Collapse boxes and put under your 18-gallon recycling bin
Aluminum & Metal Can, Glass Bottles & Plastic
- Remove all tops and rinse clean
- Place loose in your 18-gallon recycling bin.
We recycle all plastic with a recycle symbol. (Except oil bottles and Styrofoam.)
The Compost Collection Center
The compost collection center is located at the street department at 230 Williams Street.
The center will accept:
- Appliances. Tires are not allowed.
- Refrigerators and air conditioners must have the freon removed in a legally permissible manner.
- Microwaves must have the capacitor removed.
Televisions, computers, computer monitors, keyboards, computer mice, etc. cannot be picked up at the curbside, you must arrange for this disposal on your own.
Call the Village Hall at (262) 245-2700 for suggestions.
From GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC
(262) 728-8155 or 1-800-248-2373
Website: GFL Solid Waste Midwest
Email: Gflussowisco@gflenv.com
"To Our Valued Customers: The State of Wisconsin requires licensed waste haulers to notify their customers annually of recycling laws.
This is a reminder that state and local recycling laws require everyone in Wisconsin to recycle newspaper, office paper, magazines, and cardboard. Also glass, plastic, tin and aluminum containers, tires, yard waste, appliances, and motor oil.
You can call our office for more information, or visit the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Thank you for your compliance with these state laws."
Refuse Collection
It is the responsibility of the owner or occupant of a residence to have their household garbage at the curbside on pick-up day.
- Pick up day for the east side of the Village (using the beach house as the center point) is Monday.
- The pick-up day for the west side of the Village is Tuesday.
Once the garbage collectors have passed a certain street, they will not return. If you are out of town on your pick-up day, arrange for a friend or neighbor to put out your garbage and pick up your cans when emptied.
Garbage cans placed throughout the Village park system are for park use only.
Remember that this service is for household garbage only. The garbage collector will not pick up leaves, grass clippings, construction materials, appliances, etc.
Some items can be disposed of by contracting a private refuse collector. If a private refuse collector is needed, the Village will not pay for these services.
The nearest landfill is Mallard Ridge located on Highway 11, west of Delavan. Their phone number is (262) 724-3257.