Recycling Center and Trash Information

Recycling Center Hours

3711 So. Casper Drive (just past City Hall- look for the yellow gate and sign)

Summer Hours

April 3, 2018 to December 1, 2018
Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursdays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturdays 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed July 3 at 2pm in observance of Independence Day
Closed for Thanksgiving November 22, 2018

Winters Hours

December 2, 2018 to April 1, 2019
Saturdays ONLY: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Closed Major Holidays

Importance of testing for radon

2018 Appliance and Recycling Events for Waukesha County

2018 Advanced Disposal Recycling and Trash Schedule

2018 Advanced Disposal Garbage/Recycling Informational Brochure (PDF)

Waukesha County Household Hazardous Waste Special Collections Events for 2018

What goes in my recycling container - Short You Tube from Waukesha County Recycling

Accepted Items

Anti-freeze (used), appliances (stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers, microwaves, dehumidifiers, water heaters etc ), car batteries, yard waste (including grass clippings!), cans, cardboard (must be flattened and under 4’ by 3’), dirt and sod, glass (no windows or mirrors), bottles, paper, motor oil (used), plastic (Number 1,2,4,5&7), scrap metal (motors must be drained of gas and oil)

Items Not Accepted

Computers, TVs, electronics, household batteries, propane tanks, carpeting, mattresses, styrofoam, furniture, finished lumber, landscape ties, ashes, rocks, roots, stumps, hazardous materials (paints, cleaners, gas, etc), tires, concrete, cooking oils, construction debris, bricks, windows, mirrors

The Recycling Center has compost, woodchips and firewood available for New Berlin residents at no charge. These items are subject to availability.

Please keep in mind: recycling is an evolving industry, and therefore this information is subject to change. 

For information on the items that the recycling center accepts or cannot accept, please download the Recycling Center flyer on the New Berlin website or call the recycling center line at 262-780-4606 or Street Department 262-780-4609.

Please note that mattresses, furniture and other large items are not accepted at the recycling center. Contact your garbage carrier Advanced Disposal at 262-367-6040 for proper disposal.

2018 Recycling Center Information flyer

Waukesha County's mobile app for recycling and disposal

Propane Tank Disposal Information from Waukesha County Recycling

Recycle Right, Keep Propane Tanks Out of Recycling Containers campaign

Business Recycling Information

Attention Contractors: Effective August 1, 2015 

Starting August 1, 2015, the recycling center contractor load permit requirements and fees will change.

All contractors must be a New Berlin business. They will be charged a $15 per load dumping fee. All yard waste must be from New Berlin properties. They will be required to sign a form and show proof that their business is located in New Berlin and that the yard waste they are dumping is from New Berlin properties only.  Contractors are required to see attendant prior to unloading to have their cards punched for each load.

Any red load cards that have been purchased will be honored until the end of December 2015.

Punch cards can be purchased (cash and check only) for single or multiple loads at: