608-643-3656

The Town has approved a contract with Town & Country / Peterson Sanitation for garbage and recycle pick-up service for residential dwelling units in the Town.  Since the approval of the contract, the company has been sold to Republic Services.  If you have any questions regarding pick-up schedule, delays in pick-up, etc, call the Prairie du Sac office at (608) 524 -6603

2025 Pick up Schedule:

The following is the schedule for the majority of the households in the Town:

Certain weeks may have delayed pick-ups for recycle or garbage.  Click on the following note from Petersons:

Along with Holidays, other events such as snowstorms, might delay pick-up by a day.

If you have any questions, call the Prairie du Sac Scale location at (608) 524 – 6603

 

To help prevent loose items from blowing away, we suggest bagging items and placing the bag items in the toters.

Bagging notes: When bagging, recycle items should be placed in a clear plastic bag prior to putting it in the recycle toter (yellow lid).

Items in non-clear plastic bags are treated as garbage and should be placed in the garbage toter (black lid).

 

Recycles

Recycles: please place recycles in clear plastic bags and then place the clear bags in the recycle toter (yellow lid).  Lids must be closed. 

Acceptable recycles

  • Plastic- no. 1 thru 7 – rinsed, caps off.
  • Glass. Jars and bottles of any color -rinsed, caps off.
  • Aluminum/tin – rinsed.
  • Newspapers, shiny inserts, magazines and phone books. May be bundled or bagged in clear plastic bags and placed in toter.
  • Cardboard – broken down and flattened into 2 feet by 2 feet pieces (or smaller). These may be bundled or placed in clear plastic bags and placed in toter.
  • Shredded paper needs to be placed in clear plastic bags prior to putting in toter.

*Unacceptable Recycles:  Food waste; paper plates; ceramics and dishware; broken glass, windows and mirrors; styrofoam, packing peanuts or bubble wrap; medical waste; yard waste; oils; batteries; electronics; construction material; anything placed in a solid-colored bag (a bag that is not clear/see through).

Garbage

Garbage: please bag and then put bags in the garbage toter (black lid).  Lids must be closed.

*Unacceptable garbage/refuse:  Yard waste; construction material; hazardous waste; medical waste, electronics; appliances; items too large to fit into the container.

Toter Placement

  • Make sure the arrows on the lids are pointing out towards the road.
  • Toters need to be at least three (3) feet from any fixed objects such as trees, streetlights, building or parked vehicles, and with a 2-3 foot gap between toters.
  • Toters should be six (6) or more feet from your mailbox.
  • If possible, place the toter near the end of your driveway.
  • The front edge of the toter should be one (1) foot from the edge of the road shoulder.  If you live on a road that has large truck or farm equipment traffic, the front edge of the toter should be placed two (2) feet (possibly more?^) from the shoulder of road.^
    • Toters should not block traffic, traffic views, drainageways, or the view of your fire number.
  • Position the toter on as level of a surface as possible.
  • Toters should not be placed on snowbanks.

(^If you have any questions regarding safe toter placement, please contact Town and Country / Peterson Sanitation at (608) 524-6603  or 1 (800) 626 – 1915 to arrange for suitable toter placement location.)

 

  • Lids need to be closed.
  • On the day of collection, toters need to be placed out by 6:00 am.
    • Do not set out more than 24-hours before day of collection.
  • Toters need to be returned to storage location within 24-hours of your collection day.
    • Toters should not be stored in the road right of way (33 feet from the center of the road).

Common Reasons for Missed Collections

  • Toter is not placed following the above guidelines.
  • Toter is placed out after the designated collection time.
  • Trash OR Recycles are outside of the cart.
  • The toter is overfilled (lids need to be closed to a substantial degree).
  • Toter is placed on a snowbank.
  • Contains unacceptable items (as listed above).

For more general information go to the Town and Country website at: https://www.townandcountrysanitation.com/

For more information regarding the Town of Prairie du Sac garbage and recycle pick-up, click here:  https://www.townandcountrysanitation.com/township/prairie-du-sac-wi

  *Other Disposal, Recycle and Composting Information

Peterson Sanitation continues to pick-up large items for an additional fee.  The Prairie du Sac Scale location is now open for those that wish to take items in.  Please call for drop off or pick-up times, fees and restrictions.  The phone number for the Prairie du Sac office is (608) 524 – 6603.

Some area retailers might recycle electronics or haul away appliances (fees may apply).  Check the following websites for more information:  Best Buy , Call2recycle Partners near the Town of Prairie du Sac , Staples , Walmart

Other area programs might take gently used household items. Check the following websites for more information:  Habitat Restores , Sauk Prairie/Roxbury St Vincent du Paul

Diehl and Neumeier in DeForest might be able to help with scrap metal recycling. Visit their website and/or call for more information

Gauger & Son Salvage Inc in Arena offers a variety of salvage and recycling services.  Visit their website and/ or call (608) 753-2656 for more information.

For information regarding these and other hazardous waste material or electronics disposal options, click here: Clean Sweep and Alternative Disposal Information.

Are you a producer of agriculture commodities? Click here for Agriculture Plastic recycling information:  Agriculture Plastic Recycling

Composting not only keeps some yard and food waste out of the landfills, it is a great way to improve the health of soil.  Some yard and food waste may be composted.  More information regarding composting can be found at these links:

Composting in Wisconsin  ,  Benefits of Composting  ,  How to Compost

To see if Sauk County has compost bins available for sale, click here:              Sauk County Compost Bins for Sale

More composting and recycle information:   WI Composting Information               WI Electronics Recycling Information           WI Recycling Information

 

The following letter was sent to residents in August of 2022: LettertoResidents_Aug_2022 .

Read the 2022 FAQs here:   GarbageandRecyclingToterFAQ  ,    FAQ_part2