The Waukesha City Board of Public Works on March 20 approved an agreement with Legacy Recycling LLC to host 2025 residential e-waste and appliance drop-off events and an agreement with Strongbox Document Destruction for 2025 paper-shredding events.

Staff said Legacy Recycling will operate three drop-off dates (April 26, July 19 and October 18, 9 a.m. to noon) and that there is no cost to the city to host the events; residents pay vendor fees for some items — TVs for $25 and computer monitors for $10 — while other electronics are free at drop off.

For paper shredding, staff recommended increasing the vehicle-load fee charged to residents from $5 to $7 to ensure cost recovery; Strongbox charges the city for the service, and staff recover the cost via resident fees. Staff proposed two paper-shredding event dates (May 17 and Sept. 27) and discussed whether to coordinate one of those dates with the e-waste events to make a single, larger public drop-off day. The board approved language giving staff flexibility to adjust scheduling and to extend the shredding event timeframe if operationally feasible.

The motions to approve both agreements carried on voice votes.