Sarasota, FL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest set-out
- 5:00 p.m. day before collection
- Must be curbside by
- 7:00 a.m. collection day
- Return to storage by
- 8:00 a.m. next day
- Fine
- $25 per day of violation
- Governing law
- Sarasota City Code § 16-34
Summary
City of Sarasota trash and recycling carts can't hit the curb before 5 p.m. the day prior, must be out by 7 a.m. on collection day, and have to be back in storage by 8 a.m. the next morning.
Wheeled solid waste containers ... shall be placed, by the owner, at the curb or roadside abutting the premises ... by 7:00 a.m. on the day scheduled for collection. ... These containers shall not be placed at the curb or roadside any earlier than 5:00 p.m. of the day prior to regularly scheduled collection. All emptied containers shall be returned to proper storage ... no later than 8:00 a.m. on the day following the day of regularly scheduled collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 33 | Zoning: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 16-34 sets a strict window for putting out solid waste and recyclables containers: no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day before the scheduled collection, and in place at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day. Once emptied, containers must be returned to storage by 8:00 a.m. the following day, and that storage must be in a side or rear yard, not the front yard, defined as the area from the building's front wall to the street or twenty feet, whichever is greater. Containers may never sit in a street or public right-of-way, and violators face a $25 daily fine.
Violations & Fines
Setting out containers early, leaving them past the return deadline, or storing them in the front yard or right-of-way draws a $25 fine per day of violation under Sec. 16-34.
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