Trash & Recycling in Nassau County, FL (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Nassau County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Bulk Item Disposal
In unincorporated Nassau County, bulky items like appliances, furniture, building materials and tree limbs don't ride along with regular cart service. Section 30½-21 calls these 'special materials' and requires the hauler to pick them up as a separate special service, billed to the customer for labor, truck costs and dumping.
Nassau County Bulk Waste Special Pickup
Some RestrictionsNassau County Code § 30½-21
Special materials means any bulky materials or other special wastes that are not stored in standard storage containers and cannot be picked up by normally used collection vehicle. Wastes such as major appliances, furniture, building materials, tree limbs, noncontainerized trash piles, and any unusually large amount of refuse not suitable for containerization will be picked up as a special servi...
Illegal Dumping
In unincorporated Nassau County, it's unlawful to throw, discard, place, or let fall from a vehicle or boat any litter on public or private roads, beaches, sidewalks, waterways or property, unless it goes in a lawfully provided receptacle or the private property owner has consented. The definition of litter is broad, covering everything from garbage and tires to construction debris and abandoned appliances.
Nassau County Litter and Illegal Dumping Ban
Some RestrictionsNassau County Code § 18¼-7
No person shall throw, discard, place, allow to fall from a vehicle or boat, or deposit litter in any manner or amount, or having done so to allow such litter to remain: (1)In or on any public or private highway, road, street, beaches, alley, sidewalk or thoroughfare, including any portion of the right-of-way thereof, or any public lands or buildings, located within the county, except in contai...
Yard Waste Collection
Unincorporated Nassau County bans dumping yard trash in its lined landfill cells. Section 30½-7, the 'Yard Trash Ordinance' adopted in 1993, codifies the state Solid Waste Management Act mandate that shrub trimmings, grass clippings, and other vegetative debris be diverted rather than buried in a lined landfill.
Nassau County Yard Trash Landfill Ban
Some RestrictionsNassau County Code § 30½-7
(a)Title. This section shall be known as the "Yard Trash Ordinance".(b)Prohibition. Pursuant to F.S. § 403.708(15)(c), the disposal of yard trash in a lined landfill is prohibited.
Dumpster Rules
Countywide in unincorporated Nassau County, dumpsters and outdoor mechanical equipment like HVAC units, transformer pads, propane tanks and generators must sit behind a fully opaque wall plus a shrub hedge, tucked to the side or rear of the building and out of view from every right-of-way.
Dumpster Screening Rules, Nassau County
Some RestrictionsNassau County Land Development Code § 37.05.D.6
Dumpsters and mechanical equipment (as permitted by the underlying zoning designation, mechanical equipment may include, but is not limited to, transformer pads, HVAC units, propane tanks, generators, or similar) shall be screened through the use of a wall, which is one hundred percent (100%) opaque in conjunction with landscaping. Minimum landscaping shall include one (1) shrub every two (2) f...
Collection Schedule
Unincorporated Nassau County doesn't fix pickup days or hours in the code itself. Section 30½-81 has the Board of County Commissioners set frequency, quantity limits, hours, and collection location by a separate resolution, then holds the permitted private haulers who actually run the routes to those standards.
Nassau County Residential Trash Collection Rules
Some RestrictionsNassau County Code § 30½-81
The board shall, by subsequent resolution, establish standards for solid waste collection and disposal from residential property. Said resolution shall establish the following standards of service as to the frequency of solid waste collection, the quantity of solid waste, to be collected, the hours of collection, the location of solid waste for collection, the submission of routes and schedules...
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