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Self-Help Centers Milwaukee DPW Home Garbage Collection and Disposal Information
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City of Milwaukee residents have two convenient locations where they can recycle or safely dispose of a wide variety of items. When you arrive at a self-help center, you will be asked to provide proof of City of Milwaukee residency or property ownership. You will then be directed to unload your vehicle. The centers are located at:

6660 N Industrial Road
3879 W Lincoln Avenue

Winter hours of operation:
November 27, 2008 through April 12, 2009
Monday - Saturday 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Closed on Sundays and Holidays

Summer hours of operation:
April 13, 2009 through November 28, 2009
Monday - Saturday 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM


CLOSED on some City Holidays:
  • Good Friday/Easter: Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 10 - 12 - CLOSED
  • Memorial Day: Monday, May 25 - 7:00am to 3:00pm
  • Independence Day: Friday, July 3rd & Saturday, July 4 - CLOSED
  • Labor Day: Monday - September 7 - CLOSED
  • Thanksgiving: Thursday-Friday, November 26-27 - CLOSED
  • Christmas: December 24 & 25 - CLOSED
  • New Years: December 31 & January 1 - CLOSED
Call (414) 286-CITY (2489) for more information.
Items accepted at both locations:
    Recycled
    • Used motor oil and oil filters
    • Used antifreeze
    • Automotive batteries
    • Computers (up to 10 components)
    • Appliances
    • Scrap metal
    • Tires (up to 5 passenger tires)
    • Corrugated cardboard
    • Concrete
    • Recyclables (cans, jars and bottles of metal, glass, and #1 & #2 plastics; newspaper, magazines, paperback & phonebooks, paperboard, junk mail)
    Composted
    • Brush
    • Grass clippings
    • Leaves and garden debris
    Landfilled
    • Garbage
    • Old furniture
    • Up to 2 yards of construction or remodeling debris


For information on safe disposal of household hazardous waste, click here.

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