City of Madelia – Garbage Bag/Sticker Buy-Back Announcement
City of Madelia – Garbage Bag/Sticker Buy-Back Announcement
The City of Madelia, in partnership with West Central Sanitation, is pleased to offer two limited-time buy-back dates in September for any unused orange garbage bags or stickers purchased prior to the recent garbage service transition.
If you—or someone you know, such as a friend, neighbor, or family member—purchased bulk orange garbage bags or stickers before West Central Sanitation began service, please stop by City Hall during regular business hours on one of the following dates:
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Thursday, September 11
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Tuesday, September 23
These are the only two dates the buy-back option will be available.
Thank you for your cooperation and continued support during this transition.
September 2025 Newsletter
As we start to head into fall, we have lots of updates from our Madelia business community! If you have business news that you want to share in a future newsletter, reach out to our Community and Business Development Specialist at celia.simpson@cityofmadeliamn.gov.
For ease of access, here are the links from the newsletter below:
Center Avenue Reconstruction Project Webpage: Center Avenue Reconstruction Project
Watona Park Community Survey: www.madeliamn.com/watona-park-master-plan/
Minnesota Paid Leave: mn.gov/deed/paidleave/employers/
Garbage Service Reminder
A friendly reminder that beginning August 4th, all residential garbage pickup will take place on Monday’s.
- Carts should be to the curb by 6AM to avoid being missed.
- As noted in the letter from West Central Sanitation: If you requested a 65-gallon cart and do not receive it by Friday August 1st, please use bags/stickers for Monday August 4th pick up. If you have not received a cart by Thursday, August 7th, please call WCS.
- You no longer need to buy orange bags or stickers for trash put inside your cart.
- You will be billed as normal on your monthly utility billing based on the size of the cart you requested.
- The calendar below will also be included with July’s utility billing.
August 2025 Newsletter
From Park Days to new trash cans, it’s been a busy summer in Madelia—catch up on all the updates in our August newsletter!
For ease of access, here are the links from the newsletter below:
Center Avenue Reconstruction Project Webpage: Center Avenue Reconstruction Project
Watona Park Community Survey: www.madeliamn.com/watona-park-master-plan/
West Central Sanitation: www.wcsanitation.com
Update: Information regarding Garbage
West Central Sanitation will be sending out an informational letter this week to all Madelia residential homes. Included with the letter will be a prepaid postcard with the sizes and pre-tax prices of the garbage bins. You will choose which size best suites your household and mail back to WSC by July 25th. They will be delivering the bins at the end of July.
They were kind enough to drop off a bin of each size at City Hall for the community to see. So please feel free to stop in this week to take a look at them if you prefer a “look and see” before deciding.
If you DO NOT mail the postcard back, they will automatically drop off the medium sized bin (65 gallon) this will be noted on the postcard.
Garbage will continue to be billed on your utility billing as it has been done in the past.
PRICING PER MONTH LEFT TO RIGHT (these include the tax)
95 GALLON (holds 7-8 kitchen bags) - $24.63/MONTH - 65 GALLON (holds 4-6 kitchen bags) - $21.91/MONTH - 35 GALLON (holds 2-3 kitchen bags) $19.85/MONTH