Garbage & Recycling Information

The City provides solid waste & recycling services for one and two family dwellings only. This service is on a weekly basis. Those streets east of Second Street or Rountree Avenue are collected on Monday.  Second Street and Rountree Avenue and points west are collected on Tuesday.  Each residence is allowed up to 2 each 35 gallon containers or bags.  If a residence has more garbage than that, there are bags available for $1 at Heiser's, Piggly Wiggly or City Hall or $1 stickers for your own bag available at City Hall Finance Office.  Please have solid waste and recycling at the curb no later than 7:00 AM on collection day.

Operational Change: Right-Side Roadway Collection

To prioritize the safety of our drivers and service personnel, Republic has standardized all routes to exclusively collect materials from the right side of the roadway.

• Safety First: Drivers and collection staff are instructed not to cross lanes of traffic to service containers or collect bags. This minimizes the risk of incidents on public roads.
• Route Efficiency: Materials will be collected as the truck travels along the designated side of the street.
• Alternate Side Collection: If residents observe our trucks passing their location without collection, please do not be concerned. Our vehicles service one side of the road at a time and will return shortly to collect the alternate side when it is positioned on the right of the truck's path.
• One-way Streets:  This is the exception to the rule.  Collection staff will collect both sides of one-way streets only in a single pass.

Republic Services will observe six holidays:  New Year's, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

(New Year's Day, Independence Day and Christmas Day will vary)

On the week of the holiday, if the holiday falls prior to, or on the day of your service, Collection will be one day later. Holidays that fall on the weekend will not be affected.

For example:
Labor Day and Memorial Day will always affect the garbage pick-up as they will always be on Mondays. The week following Labor Day and Memorial Day weekends, normal Monday pick-ups will take place on Tuesday and normal Tuesday pick-ups will take place on Wednesday. As Thanksgiving is always on Thursday, Platteville trash pick-up days are not affected.

Christmas Tree Disposal:
The Street Department will pick up Christmas trees placed curbside (weather permitting) on Monday, January 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2026.

What can I recycle?

PLASTICS:

Household container plastics #I through #7 are recyclable. Plastic bags (grocery, newspaper, etc. – no black or brown bags) that are clean and dry should be placed inside a clear or transparent bag and tied shut; full bag should be no larger than a basketball.  Plastic items that are not recyclable include: formed Styrofoam, packing peanuts and oil bottles.

METALS:

Tin and Aluminum Food, Beverage, and Aerosol cans, can be recycled.  They should be empty and the plastic tops removed.  Small items of scrap metal may also be recycled (pots, pans, toasters, etc.), nothing smaller than 2 inches or larger than a basketball and weighing more than 10 lbs.  Cardboard sided juice cans and paint cans are not recyclable.

GLASS:

Green, brown and clear bottles and jars only.  Windows, mirrors, glassware, ceramics, and lightbulbs are not recyclable.

PAPER:

Newspapers, magazines, office paper, phone books, paper milk, and juice cartons and junk mail should be placed loose in the recycling bin.  Gift wrapping paper (non-foil type) is also recyclable.  Tissue or paper towels, food and candy wrappers are not recyclable.

CARDBOARD:

All cardboard boxes including paperboard (cereal boxes, etc..) are recyclable.  Please flatten boxes; pieces should be no larger than 3 feet by 3 feet.  Wax and plastic coated cardboard are not recyclable.

Drivers look for the recycling bins to determine if a stop is needed. (Bins can be purchased in the City Treasurer's office, First Floor, for $15.)

Recyclables may be mixed in clear or transparent bags and placed in bins.

Please rinse containers!

Preparing recyclables correctly is important for the Recycling Center automated single-stream sorting process.  Proper preparation ensures that recyclables will not be landfilled, helping keep costs down.