Nassau County, FL Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 30½-21, the definitions section of the county's Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery System article, defines 'special materials' as any bulky materials or other special wastes not stored in standard containers and not liftable by a normal collection vehicle: major appliances, furniture, building materials, tree limbs, noncontainerized trash piles, and any unusually large amount of refuse unsuited to a standard cart. The section states that these items 'will be picked up as a special service of grantee and billed separately to the customer on the basis of labor, truck costs, and dumping charges,' distinguishing bulk pickup from the annual disposal assessment that Sec.

30½-22 says funds the county's ordinary solid waste disposal and resource recovery system. That annual assessment, set under Sec. 30½-23 and billed on the tax roll under Sec. 30½-25, covers routine service; bulk collection is charged on top of it. The definitions section separately distinguishes 'special wastes,' meaning abandoned automobiles, discarded appliances, used tires, waste oil and dead animals, which require even more extraordinary handling than special materials. Haulers who provide this service operate under the county's solid waste hauler permit system in Article IV, holding a nonexclusive five-year permit under Sec. 30½-71 to collect from residential and commercial property in the unincorporated county.