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Sanitation budget funds recycling, maintains leaf-collection operations; residents urged to follow timelines
Summary
Sanitation managers said the 2026 proposal keeps biweekly recycling, funds drop-off pilots for food scraps and preserves neighborhood programs; staff warned that leaf collection and snow/ice overlap create seasonal scheduling trade-offs and encouraged early raking and use of city maps for status updates.
Sanitation Services presented its portion of the DPW operations budget Oct. 16 and reiterated that curbside recycling will continue on a year-round, every-other-week schedule under the proposed 2026 budget. Sanitation Manager Rick Myers said the department will set a firm schedule for recycling pickup so residents know when to set out carts, and said the change is intended to reduce unscheduled pickups and improve route efficiency.
The department is piloting a food-scrap drop-off program under an ECO/USDA-funded initiative linked to the Feed MKE effort; about 10 community drop-off sites had…
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