Kenosha is a Wisconsin city located on Lake Michigan near West Allis in the United States. The Department of Public Works Waste Division is responsible for trash collection in Kenosha. They provide these services according to the location where you live. As a responsible citizen, it is also your duty to cooperate with the Public Works Department to keep Kenosha clean and healthy. Residents simply need to follow the rules and regulations provided by the city government about sanitation to participate in these activities.
Garbage and Recycling Collection Schedule
If you are not sure about your Kenosha Trash Schedule and garbage collection day and want to know about it, click the link below and enter your property address into the search bar located at the top right corner. The application will give you some suggestions; select your correct address from the suggestion tab and click the search button. In this way, you will get your Kenosha Garbage Schedule and recycling collection schedule.
https://www.kenosha.org/departments/public-works/waste-recycling/collection
Garbage Collection
Your garbage cart will be serviced once a week. So, put all trash into a plastic bag and then place it into the brown garbage cart. Place your cart at the curbside by 6:30 PM on the evening before your collection day. Moreover, your cart must be at the curbside by 6 AM on your designated collection day. Similarly, remove your cart by 8 PM on the day following collection.
Place your cart in a location that is free from all obstacles. Avoid placing your cart near obstacles such as trees, telephone poles, and mailboxes. Place garbage and recycling trash separately. If you mix both recycling and garbage, then your cart will not be serviced.
Recycling Collection
Your recycling cart will be serviced once a week on the same day as your residential garbage collection. To ensure your recycling collection, place your blue automatic recycling cart at the curbside by 6 AM on your scheduled collection day. Place all recyclable material loosely into the recycling cart. Do not put any plastic bags into the recycling cart, as this causes problems in the recycling process. Place only a closed-lid cart at the curbside to reduce litter.
Acceptable recycling materials include plastic bottles, plastic containers, metal boxes, glass bottles, plastic with numbers 1-7, glass jars and containers, paper, and cardboard, which may be commingled loosely in the blue recycling carts. Residents are not allowed to put styrofoam into recycling carts because it is not recyclable. Add only empty, clean, and dry material into recycling carts.
Report Missed Collection
If you experience a missed trash collection for any reason, you can report it. If you did not follow proper rules and regulations to place the cart at the curbside, then the trash collection truck may miss your trash cart. Alternatively, it may be a mistake by the trash collection truck that it did not notice your cart, leading to a missed collection. To report these problems, call the Public Works Department at 262-653-4050 after 1 PM on your collection day.
Bulk Collection
The Public Works Department will also collect your bulk trash on your normal trash collection day. Bulk trash includes all those items that could not fit into normal garbage carts, such as broken furniture that you could not donate, mattresses, and home appliances. If you have this type of material and want to get rid of it, you will need to call the Public Works Department at (262) 653-4050 between 8 AM and 4:30 PM at least one business day before your normal garbage collection to schedule your bulk pickup.
Yard Waste Collection
Residents are also allowed to dispose of their yard waste properly. Yard waste includes grass clippings, branches, roots, and leaves. If you have this type of waste and want to get rid of it, you can bring all yard waste to the drop-off station located at 1001 50th St, which will remain open from Tuesday to Thursday between 9:30 AM and 2:30 PM.
Holidays Collection Schedule
Kenosha will observe the following holidays that will delay your normal Kenosha Garbage Schedule by one day. For instance, if you observe these holidays on a Monday, then your Monday’s trash collection will be delayed by one day and will be collected on Tuesday. Similarly, Tuesday’s trash will also be collected on Wednesday. This delay in the normal trash collection schedule will run throughout the week until Saturday. So, if you observe these holidays, then place your cart at the curbside according to the schedule given below.
| Holidays | Date and Day | Change in Collection Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1, 2024, Monday | No trash collection on Monday, January 1. Your trash will be collected on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. |
| Memorial Day | May 27, 2024, Monday | No trash collection on Monday. Your trash will be collected on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. |
| Independence Day | July 4, 2024, Thursday | No trash collection on Thursday. Your trash carts will be serviced on Friday, July 5, 2024. |
| Labor Day | September 2, 2024, Monday | No trash collection on Monday. Your trash will be collected on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. |
| Thanksgiving Day | November 28, 2024, Thursday | No trash collection on Thursday. It will be collected on Friday, November 29, 2024. |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2024, Wednesday | No trash collection on Wednesday. Your trash will be collected on Thursday, December 26, 2024. |
