Pembroke Pines, FL Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Free bulky pickup
- Once per year, in February
- Cost
- No charge for residential customers
- Notice
- City notifies residents of exact dates
- Governing section
- § 94.15
Summary
Pembroke Pines gives residential customers one free bulky-item collection each year, held in February, with the city notifying residents of the exact pickup dates. Outside that window, large and bulky items fall under the regular franchised-hauler rules.
The collector shall, at no charge, provide bulky collection and disposal for residential customers within the city in February of each year. The city will notify residents of the dates for such free service.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
15 of the City Code, titled 'Collection of Large and Bulky Items; Residential,' requires the franchised collector to provide bulky collection and disposal for residential customers within the city at no charge, once per year, in the month of February. The city is responsible for notifying residents of the specific dates for that free service window each year. 13), meaning the free February bulky pickup is layered on top of, not a substitute for, the twice-weekly curbside service. 14's prohibition on placing solid waste loosely in public places or in front of private premises outside the manner the subchapter allows, which functions as the backstop against dumping oversized items at the curb on non-bulky days.
Violations & Fines
Setting out large or bulky items outside the designated free-collection dates, or in a manner not permitted by the franchise agreement, is treated as unlawfully placed solid waste under § 94.14 and is punishable under § 10.99: up to a $500 fine, up to 90 days in jail, or both, with each day a separate offense.
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