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Madison trash pickup schedule

This week · holiday status

No holiday affecting pickup is listed this week; regular collection days apply. Next listed holiday: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 2026-11-26 — Thursday pickup moves to Wednesday Nov 25, Friday pickup moves to Monday Nov 30.

233 collection zones · Most common trash day: Monday (22%) · Collection types: Trash.

Official collection schedule · page checked 2026-09-29. Official holiday notice · checked 2026-09-29.

City of Madison Streets Division runs 233 collection zones. Type your address to find yours, or browse the zones by day below. Refuse weekly; recycling every other week.

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How Madison compares

Coverage

Madison is split into 233 collection zones — the 7th most of the 58 zone-mapped cities on TrashWeek (the median city has 18). 22% of them are picked up on Monday.

City of Madison Streets Division observes 10 collection holidays in 2026; the median across the 38 cities whose holiday rules we have checked is 6. The city publishes specific make-up dates for each holiday.

Holiday delays

2026 list

City of Madison Streets Division skips collection on 10 holidays in 2026 (New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, …) — full list and the delay rule.

Monday zones 51

Tuesday zones 41

Wednesday zones 43

Thursday zones 50

Friday zones 48

Bulk trash & leaf collection in Madison

Bulk trash

Fee: For curbside collection, you will pay any required fee when scheduling large item collection.

Eligibility and limits: Items must be less than 8 feet long.

Source: official bulk collection page.

Leaf and yard waste

Collection period: We collect again in the fall. Usually the fall collections start in October. There are three guaranteed pickups during this season.

Source: official leaf and yard-waste page.

Source: City of Madison Streets Division route data (layer, fetched 2026-09-17).