Gulfport, FL Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Single item fee
- $26.00 per Sec. 11-23(a)
- White goods fee
- $52.00; doors must be removed
- Tire fee
- $26.00 per tire
- Car battery fee
- $14.50 per battery
- Accumulation limit
- 72 hours maximum
- Yard waste threshold
- Over 2 cubic yards billed individually
Summary
Gulfport bills bulk and special items separately from regular trash. A single large item runs $26, white goods $52 with doors removed first, tires $26 each and car batteries $14.50, under Sec. 11-23, and nothing may sit out longer than 72 hours.
Any accumulation of trash that cannot be placed in three (3) 32-gallon containers twice a week, or equivalent, in accordance with this article, shall be picked up by the city, with or without notification by the owner or occupant of each living unit. An additional fee shall be charged according to the size of the load, which shall be billed as an additional charge on the utility bill. A single pick-up item shall be twenty-six dollars ($26.00) and a white goods pick-up shall be fifty-two dollars ($52.00). All white goods doors shall be removed before being set out for collection. Other larger loads, including yard waste exceeding six (6) feet by three (3) feet by three (3) feet (two (2) cubic yards) shall be based on the size and type of equipment required to load and haul the trash. Vehicle tires shall be twenty-six dollars ($26.00) per tire; car batteries shall be fourteen dollars and fifty cents ($14.50) per battery. Twenty-pound bottled gas cylinders shall be twenty-six dollars ($26.00) and shall not be picked up unless they are empty. No trash shall be allowed to accumulate for a period of longer than seventy-two (72) hours.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 11-23 of the Gulfport Code covers anything too big for the regular twice-weekly pickup. Subsection (a) applies to any accumulation of trash that can't fit in three 32-gallon containers, or the equivalent, twice a week; the city picks it up whether or not the owner or occupant calls ahead, then bills an additional fee on the utility account based on the size of the load. 00, and every white good has to have its doors removed before being set out for collection, a safety measure against entrapment.
00, but the city will only take a gas cylinder if it's empty. Yard waste and other loads bigger than six feet by three feet by three feet, or two cubic yards, get priced individually based on the size and type of equipment needed to load and haul it. Subsection (b) extends the same special-pickup option to construction debris under one cubic yard. Subsection (a) also caps how long anything can sit: no trash may be allowed to accumulate for longer than seventy-two hours. Sec.
11-25 puts the cost of anything over the two-cubic-yard yard-waste threshold on the contractor doing the work: fence installers, tree surgeons, landscapers, roofers and similar contractors have to remove their own oversized debris rather than leaving it for the city.
Violations & Fines
Letting a bulk item or special-pickup load sit for more than 72 hours violates Sec. 11-23(a) directly. Setting out white goods with the doors still attached, or a bottled gas cylinder that isn't empty, means the item won't be collected and the accumulation clock keeps running toward that 72-hour limit; unpaid special pick-up charges post to the utility bill and follow the same disconnection path as regular garbage charges under Sec. 11-22.
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