Pembroke Pines, FL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Bag/can limit
- 3 ft long, 32 gal, 40 lbs max
- Newspaper bundle limit
- 50 lbs, separately bundled
- Earliest set-out
- 6:00 p.m. day before pickup
- Latest removal
- 10:00 p.m. collection day
- Storage requirement
- Screened from street/neighbors otherwise
Summary
Pembroke Pines caps curbside garbage bags at three feet long, 32 gallons and 40 pounds, and limits set-out to no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before pickup and no later than 10:00 p.m. on collection day. Containers must otherwise be stored out of street view.
Customers/property owners provided with residential curbside service in the city shall place solid waste in properly prepared containers or plastic bags of not more than three feet in length, 32 gallons and weighing not more than 40 pounds at curbside for collection. ... The containers, yard trash and newspaper shall not be placed in the aforementioned place sooner than 6:00 p.m. the day preceding the regularly scheduled day of collection and shall not be permitted to remain past 10:00 p.m. of the collection date, providing, further, that the customer/property owner shall ensure that all containers are stored and kept in a clean condition and inside a structure, or in the back yard, or at least ten feet behind the building line, whenever possible and practicable, in the side yard or screened from view from the street and adjacent properties except during collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
13(B) of the City Code spells out exactly how residential curbside customers must prepare and place their waste. Solid waste goes in properly prepared containers or plastic bags of not more than three feet in length, 32 gallons, and weighing no more than 40 pounds. Yard trash must be tied neatly in bundles and set at curbside alongside the solid waste. Newspapers are handled separately: they go in city-provided containers or are bundled in amounts not exceeding 50 pounds and placed for collection on the designated day.
on the collection date itself. Outside of that window, the property owner is required to keep containers stored in a clean condition, either inside a structure, in the back yard, at least ten feet behind the building line where practicable, in the side yard, or screened from view from the street and adjacent properties, except while collection is actually taking place. 14 backs this up by making it a violation to place solid waste loosely in public places or in front of private premises outside these terms, with the property owner or occupant primarily responsible for solid waste and yard trash on the site.
Violations & Fines
Improper placement, oversized bags, or leaving containers out past the 10:00 p.m. collection-day deadline is enforceable under § 94.14, penalized under § 10.99 with a fine of up to $500, up to 90 days imprisonment, or both, with each day treated as a separate violation. The owner or occupant of the premises is primarily responsible for compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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