Solid Waste
Collection Schedules & Map
Not sure of your collection date? Use our handy Online Collection Lookup Tool to find out when your collection dates are, along with holiday pickups and special collections for leaves and Christmas Trees.
You can also print a paper calendar and sign up for weekly reminders for collection.
If you have any questions you can also give us a call at below number between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM Monday – Friday
Remember
Solid waste/recycling material shall be placed at the curb or alley line no later than 7:00 a.m. of the scheduled collection day, and no sooner than 4 p.m. of the day before your collection day. All containers shall be removed by 7:00 p.m. of the day of collection.
Holiday Collection Schedule
Holidays will have an effect on the Department of Public Works solid waste/recycling collections during the year. The observed holidays by the City of Racine are:
- New Years Day
- Dr. Martin Luther King Day
- Spring Break
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day,
- Thanksgiving
- Thanksgiving Friday
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
- New Years Eve
If your trash pickup day falls on one of these days there will be no solid waste or recycling pickup on that day. Your pickup day rotates with the new schedule as listed above.
Excess Solid Waste Collection
You are required to place your solid waste cart out for collection. Residents are allowed to place up to (3) bags of Solid Waste outside a FULL solid waste cart. Bags must be black and not exceed 42 gallons. Businesses MUST have all Solid Waste and Recyclable materials inside a cart.
Solid Waste FAQ
You can sign up online to get text, email or phone calls to receive collection reminders. You can also get them embedded into your calendar or can print the annualcalendar. These are all available at /SolidWaste/LookUp/
You can download the calendar at the above website. Calendars and up to (10) stickers can be picked up at the following sites:
- City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 730 Washington Avenue Room 103
- Pearl Street Facility, 9th & Pearl Street
- Department of Public Works Field Office, 800 S. Marquette Street
Residents are only allowed to place bags out in addition to a full cart. If the cart is not utilized for collection, we will not collect bags.
You are required to provide a clear path to the items after a snow storm for the safety of our collectors.
HBI stickers are only to be used for Bulky Items that won’t fit in the cart, such as furniture, mattresses and prepared carpet. Items such as the (3) 42 gallon bags allowed do not require the HBI sticker.
This provides a more cost effective means to provide the same waste collection services and reallocates personnel to provide the needed street maintenance services.
You can bring the HBI materials to the transfer station 6300 21st St for a fee of $25.00 per item, Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:45 pm Closed Holidays.
You either exceeded the maximum allowance of 5 HBI’s per week, the item was not eligible for collection or you didn’t have it placed out for collection by 7:00 a.m.
You can bring the HBI materials to the Pearl Street Facility, at no charge, Tuesday through Saturday between the hours of 10:00AM and 5:45P.M. You can also hold them and place them out the following week as long as they have the HBI stickers on them at that time.
We do collect branches in the spring and fall during a specific time; a flyer is usually posted with days of collection. (unless they are not going to do this anymore)
The days and hours are on the flyer as such for Pearl St:
Drop Off Site – 800 Pearl St
Hours: Wednesday 10:00 am to 5:45 pm Saturday 7:45 am to 3:45 pm – Closed Holidays
Accepted: Maximum 2 cubic yards of material, branches less than 6-inches diameter
Not Accepted: Brances over 6-inches in diameter, tree stumps, or root balls
*No dump trucks, dump trailers, or trailers longer than 8 feet
Disabled and elderly customers may apply to have their solid waste and recycling collected from their back door if no one in their household is physically able to carry their solid waste to the curb line or alley for collection.
Application forms can be downloaded here .
