KAUKAUNA — Large and irregular garbage and branch pick-up will begin again for the 2024 season this coming week on your regular trash day. READ MORE. (Pickup is the first full week of each month, Sunday-Saturday)
Large and irregular garbage
Changes to the city’s waste ordinance ordinance include not more than five large and irregular items placed by a residential property.
Each individual piece of furniture, other items not in your cart, or 30-gallon containers that weigh no more than 50 pounds with material not more than 48” tall/long, count as one item each.
White goods must have pre-paid stickers from the Street Department and do not count as one of your five items.
For more information regarding the waste ordinance updates please VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Brush pickup
- Brush must be a minimum of two (2) feet and a maximum of six (6) feet in length. Brush two (2) feet to four (4) feet in length must be bundled and secured with twine or string. Bundles and/or branches shall not exceed 50 pounds in weight. Bundles shall not be greater than 15 inches in diameter. Side branches on larger limbs shall be removed.
- All brush to be collected must be placed at the curb or alley line, but no more than 24 hours prior to the time of collection. Maximum height of such brush piles shall be four (4) feet from ground level. Brush is not to be placed in any container.
- All brush must be loosely and neatly placed for collection. The butt ends of all branches shall face the roadway.
- Roots shall be removed from brush.
- Brush shall only be placed for collection by the owner or occupant who performed the brush trimming/removal and not by any contractor performing such work. Any such contractor shall be responsible for removal of any brush created by his/her work.
- In addition to any other penalty, any brush placed for collection which is in violation of this ordinance shall not be collected until such violation has been corrected.
