Seminole County, FL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out spot
- usual accessible pick-up location
- Set-out day
- scheduled collection day only
- Collector must avoid
- roadways, driveways, sidewalks, mailboxes
- Loaded truck parking limit
- 12 hours
- Contaminated bins
- tagged, left unemptied
Summary
Seminole County requires residents to set garbage, recycling and yard waste out at their usual accessible pick-up location on the scheduled collection day, and requires franchise haulers to return empty carts and containers to that same spot without blocking roadways, driveways, sidewalks or mailboxes.
(1)The holder of a certificate shall Collect Waste with as little disturbance as reasonably possible and leave Garbage Receptacles and Commercial Containers at the same point they were Collected without obstructing roadways, driveways, sidewalks, or mailboxes.... Recyclable Materials must be placed in a suitable recycling bin at the usual accessible pick-up location on scheduled days.... Solid Waste must be properly containerized and placed at the usual accessible pick-up location on scheduled days.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 1 | Land Development Code: Supplement 2).
Full Breakdown
74(b)(1)-(3) of the Seminole County Code requires customers receiving Residential Collection Service to place Recyclable Materials, Yard Trash-Regular, and other Solid Waste each in a suitable, separate container "at the usual accessible pick-up location" on the customer's scheduled collection day, and bars mixing any of the three streams together. 74(e) adds that White Goods and bulky Furniture set out for pickup must likewise go at the usual accessible pick-up location. 78(a)(3)). 79(d) separately makes it unlawful for a hauler to park a Waste-filled collection vehicle in one place for more than twelve hours, which limits how long a loaded truck can sit in a neighborhood before or after servicing carts. 74(b)(4) authorizes the contractor to leave a contaminated Garbage Receptacle at the curb, tagged with the reason it was refused, rather than emptying it.
Violations & Fines
A resident who repeatedly places waste outside the designated pick-up spot or co-mingles streams risks having the container tagged and left unemptied under Section 235.74(b)(4), and any person, resident or hauler, who violates Chapter 235's placement rules is subject to a citation before the Code Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate under Section 235.7.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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