Reports & Media

Annual Fall Mailers

• 2023 Waste Reduction and Recycling Fall Mailer
• 2022 Waste Reduction and Recycling Fall Mailer
• 2021 Waste Reduction and Recycling Fall Mailer
• 2020 Waste Reduction and Recycling Fall Mailer
• 2019 Waste Reduction and Recycling Fall Mailer

Reports

• 2022 Annual Residential Recycling Report
• 2021 Annual Residential Recycling Report
• 2020 Annual Residential Recycling Report
• 2019 Annual Residential Recycling Report
• 2018 Annual Residential Recycling Report
• 2017 Annual Residential Recycling Report
• 2016 Annual Residential Recycling Report

• 2021 Organics Collection Pilot Conclusion Report
• 2018 Organics Collection Pilot Study Final Report
• 2008 - 2014 Recycle For Good Campaign Summary

Social Media

• Milwaukee Recycles on Facebook
• Milwaukee Recycles on Twitter

Podcasts

• Cripescast with Charlie Berens - How to Recycle Right in the City of Milwaukee

Resources

• Reduce Reuse Recycle Bingo Card
• City of Milwaukee Green Events Guide

In the News

• Update on the 05/31/2023 MRF Fire - June 2023 Enotify 
• Milwaukee moves city recycling to biweekly pickup beginning June 1 - CBS 58, May 2021
• Recycling program improvements in Milwaukee, every other week collection - FOX6, May 2021
• Changes to Milwaukee's recycling program coming soon - TMJ4, April 2021
• Milwaukee is increasing recycling pickup frequency as it moves to every-other-week recycling starting June 1 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 2021
• City of Milwaukee to Transform Recycling Program by Dramatically Increasing the Amount of Recycling Collected - The Recycling Partnership, April 2021
• Milwaukee Moving to Biweekly Recycling Pickup - March 2020, Urban Milwaukee
• City Recycled More in 2018 - September 2019, Urban Milwaukee
• Milwaukee, Waukesha County Leaders Urge Residents to ‘Recycle Right’ to Reduce Contamination - July 2019 FOX6
• Are You Recycling the Wrong Things? New Push for Better-informed Recycling in Milwaukee Area - July 2019 WTMJ
• People in Milwaukee, Waukesha County asked to "Recycle Right" - July 2019 CBS58
• City officials ask people to 'Recycle Right' - July 2019 WISN12
• Officials Urge Community Members to Recycle the Right Way - July 2019 TMJ4
• Milwaukee DPW to Study More Recycling Pickups - June 2019 Urban Milwaukee
• Move-out Festival Helps Keep Milwaukee Curbs Clean - May 2019 Journal Sentinel
• "Wish-cycling" Costing Milwaukee - May 2019 TMJ4
• Watch What You Put in the Recyclables Bin - April 2019 Journal Sentinel
• Milwaukee DPW: 15 Percent Placed In Recycling Bin is Actually Trash - March 2019 TMJ4