Pasco County, FL Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum frequency
- at least twice a year
- Items covered
- yard waste, white goods, bulky items
- Service trigger
- customer request to hauler
- Rate authority
- Sec. 90-48, CPI-capped
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 90-47
Summary
Licensed haulers serving unincorporated Pasco County must offer separate collection of containerized yard waste, white goods and other bulky items to residential customers at least twice a year on request. Rates for this add-on service follow the same CPI-based cap that governs regular trash rates.
Each licensed hauler shall offer, and upon request shall provide, service for the separate collection of containerized yard waste, white goods, bulky waste, and other large items discarded by residential customers in the licensed service area. These services must be provided at least twice annually. The rates for these services must conform with the requirements established in section 90-48.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 94 Update 1 | Land Development Code: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
Section 90-47 of the Pasco County Code of Ordinances requires every hauler licensed by the board of county commissioners to offer, and provide on request, service for the separate collection of containerized yard waste, white goods (major discarded appliances), bulky waste and other large items generated by residential customers in the hauler's service area. The code sets a floor, not a ceiling: this large-item pickup must be provided at least twice annually, though a hauler can offer it more often. The rates charged for this service are not left open-ended; Section 90-48 requires them to conform to the same rate framework as regular collection, which lets residential rates rise only in step with the CPI series for garbage and trash collection published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and bars any pass-through disposal fee from carrying a profit markup.
Because this is a request-based service rather than an automatic curbside stop, residents in unincorporated communities such as Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, Hudson, Trinity and Odessa need to contact their assigned licensed hauler directly to schedule a bulky-item or yard waste pickup rather than expect it on the standard weekly route. The obligation sits apart from the twice-weekly household trash and weekly recycling pickups set elsewhere in the same section, and haulers must log and report to the county monthly if customers complain that this service was refused or mishandled.
Violations & Fines
A licensed hauler that refuses to schedule the twice-yearly bulky waste, yard waste or white-goods pickup on a customer's request is in violation of Chapter 90, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense under Section 90-34. Residential complaints about a refused bulk pickup count toward the monthly complaint log a hauler must file with the county, and a pattern of unresolved complaints or excessive volume can support license revocation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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