5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Osceola County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Osceola County provides once-a-week curbside collection of household waste, yard waste, bulky waste, and recyclables to residential units in the curbside area. Disposing of residential waste any other way is unlawful; white goods are collected within 3 days of a request.
Osceola County Code § 19-4(b)
Curbside customers shall receive curbside collection service for household waste, yard waste, bulky waste and program recyclables once each week. White goods shall be collected within three (3) days after a request for pickup has been made to the contractor.
Osceola County collects carts at the curbside—within 3 feet of the curb, or within 6 feet of the pavement or public right-of-way where there is no curb. Carts go out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before and must be removed within 12 hours after pickup.
Osceola County Code § 19-1 (Curbside)
Curbside means a ground level location that is... within three (3) feet of the curb of any road, street or alley that abuts the property... which is accessible by fire and emergency vehicles...; (b) if there is no curb, within six (6) feet of the paved surface... or (c) within six (6) feet of the closest accessible public right-of-way.
Osceola County curbside customers may set out white goods and up to 3 cubic yards of bulky waste at the curb. Bulky waste must be usual to housekeeping and previously used at the home; customers schedule white-goods pickup with the contractor.
Osceola County Code § 19-4(j)
Curbside customers may set-out white goods and not more than three (3) cubic yards of bulky waste at the curbside. White goods and bulky waste may be set-out as individual items. Curbside customers are responsible for scheduling the collection of white goods with the contractor.
Osceola County provides weekly curbside recycling. If you have a county recycling cart, program recyclables must go only in that cart—not the trash cart—and only the materials the county designates as program recyclables. Non-conforming items may cause the load to be left.
Osceola County Code § 19-4(e)
If a curbside customer has received a waste cart and recycling cart, household waste set-out by the curbside customer shall be placed only in the waste cart and program recyclables set-out by the curbside customer shall be placed only in the recycling cart.
Discarding or accumulating solid waste in unincorporated Osceola County anywhere but an authorized disposal site is prohibited by county code. Florida's litter law (FS 403.413) makes dumping litter unlawful, with a $150 civil penalty for small non-commercial loads and misdemeanor or felony charges for larger amounts.
Osceola County Code § 19-2; FS 403.413
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to prohibit the discarding, abandoning, or accumulating of garbage, junk, rubbish, sludge, solid waste or other abandoned property within the unincorporated areas of the county except at duly authorized and maintained disposal sites.
1 cities in Osceola County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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