St. Johns County requires carts at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day, with garbage, recycling, and yard debris kept separate. Carts go out no earlier than the evening before and come back in the same day.
The county sets out-and-back rules for its franchised collection. Garbage, recycling, and yard waste are separated into their own containers and placed curbside by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day, since routes can run early. Carts are positioned a few feet apart with lids closing, away from mailboxes, parked cars, and low branches so the automated arm can reach them. Bins are meant to go out the evening before at the earliest and be brought back in the day of collection, not left standing at the road all week. In deed-restricted communities across Nocatee and Ponte Vedra, HOA and CDD covenants add stricter screening and set-out rules on top of the county's.
Leaving carts at the curb long after collection, blocking the automated arm, or bagging recyclables can mean missed pickup and a code-enforcement or HOA notice. Repeat set-out violations escalate to fines.
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