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

Ocala's solid waste code treats large appliances differently from ordinary bulky waste. Section 54-1 defines 'white goods' as inoperative and discarded refrigerators, freezers, ranges, clothes washers and dryers, water heaters, dishwashers and other similar domestic and commercial large appliances of any color. Section 54-38(f) then sets the pickup rules: white goods are collected for a fee set by separate council resolution rather than folded into the standard weekly rate, and every airtight unit, such as a refrigerator or freezer, must have its doors removed before it goes out for collection.

The appliance has to sit at a curbside location within three feet of the traveled portion of the public street, in a manner that does not interfere with or endanger vehicles or pedestrians, the same curbside discipline applied to ordinary containers elsewhere in the chapter. Any stand-up item must be laid flat rather than left upright, and scrap metal pieces such as poles, pipes and antennas that come off an appliance must be cut or bent down to no longer than six feet before set-out.

The section adds a separate handling track for anything that still holds refrigerant: refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners or any other white good containing refrigerants must be handled as special waste rather than run through the standard white-goods curbside process, reflecting the added hazard of a refrigerant release during collection.