Operations

City of Green Bay Solid Waste & Recycling Regulations

Solid Waste

Users of this service are requested to cooperate with the City in the enforcement of the following regulations:

Collection crews are not permitted to pick up solid wwaste if rules and regulations are violated.
Do not place personal property on or near curb on collection day - it may be picked up by mistake!

Holiday Schedule

When a full day holiday (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas) falls on a regular workday (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday), garbage and recycling collection will be delayed by one (1) day for any days remaining in that week.

For example, if the full holiday falls on Monday, Monday’s collection will occur on Tuesday. If the holiday falls on Tuesday, Monday’s collection will follow the normal schedule, but Tuesday will be collected on Wednesday, and so forth as the holiday falls on the days during the week.

Full day holidays falling on a Saturday do not affect the normal schedule in any way. Full day holidays falling on a Sunday would make every day’s collection that week one day later – in other words, Monday’s collection would move to Tuesday, Tuesday’s collection would move to Wednesday, Wednesday’s collection would move to Thursday, Thursday’s collection would move to Friday, and Friday’s collection would moved to Saturday.

When a half-day holiday (Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, Good Friday) falls on a regular workday, garbage and recycling collection will remain on the normal schedule for those days.

Solid Waste

Containers

Size:		32 gallon maximum.
Weight:		50 lbs. maximum (filled).
Type:	Can:	32 gallon with cover and handles (no fiber containers)
	Bags:	plastic 1-1/2 millimeter (use of plastic bags encouraged). Bags can be purchased at the West Side Municipal Garage.
How Many:		Maximum of four (4) 32-gallon containers (or equal volume) per property, or two (2) 32-galloncontainers (or equal volume) per dwelling unit, whichever is greater
When:		Accepted once per week

Location of Containers

Solid waste shall be prepared for collection and placed at curb line (no pick up will be made in the alley adjoining residential property nor from any snow banks).

Do not place on or near the curb any personal property, building, garden or landscaping materials - it may be picked up by mistake!

Conditions/Times of Collection

Refuse must be set out for collection by 6:00 am, June - August, and by 7:00 am September - May on day of collection but not more than 12 hours in advance of your collection day. Any refuse set out more than 12 hours before collection day will be picked up and the cost of the collection will be billed to the property owner. Containers must be removed from curbside within 12 hours after collection.

All garbage shall be drained and free of liquid, wrapped, packaged, and/or bundled.

Ashes must be contained in plastic bags.

Solid Waste not collected by the City

E-Waste
Hazardous and/or toxic wastes
Nauseous and/or offensive waste
Batteries
Tires
Waste oil
Liquids
Containers with liquid paint
Hot cinders, ashes or embers
Medical and infectious waste (i.e., needles)
Propane Tanks, computer systems and cooking oil will not be collected. Therefore, all residents having these items should do one of the following:

1. Check the location of propane sales to see if it will exchange or upgrade the tank.

2. Recycle the old tank by taking it to the Brown county Hazardous Household Waste Facility located at 2561 South Broadway. The facility is open to the public every Thursday from 12:00 (noon) to 6:00 pm and every Saturday from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.

NO ANIMAL DROPPINGS will be picked up by the City Department of Public Works. Likewise, NO DOMESTIC DEAD ANIMALS will be picked up by the City Department of Public Works; owner must dispose of these types of materials. For animal injuries or fatalities on roadways, call Green Bay Police Department Animal control Officer at (920) 448-3200 or Bay Area Humane society at (920) 469-3110.