Trash & Recycling in Leon County, FL (2026)
2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Leon County, Florida.
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Illegal Dumping
Dumping, leaving or burying solid waste on public or private property without the owner's written consent is a criminal offense in unincorporated Leon County under Sec. 18-176. Letting waste pile up on your own land into a nuisance, or failing to deliver it to the county disposal system in a reasonable time, is banned too, punished as a misdemeanor under Sec. 1-9.
Leon County Illegal Dumping Offenses Rule
Heavy RestrictionsLeon County Code of Laws § 18-176
It shall be unlawful for any person: (1)To dump, leave, or bury any solid waste on public or private property without the written consent of the owner of such property; (2)To cause or permit the accumulation on real property owned or controlled by him of solid waste in such quantities as to constitute a nuisance; or (3)To fail to deliver solid waste to the solid waste disposal system within a r...
Collection Schedule
Leon County requires every improved property owner or occupant to deliver solid waste to the county's disposal system on the schedule the county sets, making use of the collection system mandatory rather than optional.
Leon County Mandatory Waste Delivery Duty
Significant RestrictionsSec. 18-171
It is the duty of every owner of improved residential real property and every occupant of commercial improved real property to cause all solid waste for which he is responsible to be delivered to the system at the intervals and by the means and subject to the regulations fixed by other ordinances of the county.
Trash & Recycling by City in Leon County
1 cities in Leon County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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