Jacksonville Beach, FL Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 27-21(f) governs bulky noncombustible items. Noncombustible refuse is stored and collected in yard waste receptacles or, for objects that cannot be put in a container because of their size, weight or shape, in neat piles. Piles sit in general not more than five (5) feet, and in no case more than ten (10) feet, from the street pavement or driving surface, and never on the driving surface, in the drainage gutter, or in a drainage swale or ditch. Collection is capped: noncombustible refuse is collected in amounts not to exceed one cubic yard per week.

Section 27-1 defines noncombustible refuse as metals, mineral matter, large quantities of glass or crockery, metal furniture, auto bodies and parts, washing machines, refrigerators and other similar materials usual to housekeeping or to the operation of stores and offices. Several kinds of material fall outside regular collection. Section 27-26 requires the owner or contractor to remove trash and debris from lot cleaning or clearing and contractor's debris from building, rebuilding or altering structures, and it makes excessive amounts of grass, sod, tree limbs, cuttings or dirt the owner's or contractor's expense, with the city deciding what is excessive.

Section 27-23 says the city has no obligation to haul industrial wastes or noncombustible refuse except as Section 27-21 prescribes, and the city manager can adopt reasonable rules on the quantities accepted. Section 27-21(c) leaves pathological, hazardous and other dangerous waste to the occupant or owner, and Section 27-24 requires a person with acid, explosive material, inflammable liquids, poisons or highly corrosive material to notify the city, which inspects and sets a charge for collecting reasonable amounts. Section 27-25 bars burying solid waste on the premises or elsewhere in the city without a written permit from the city.