Orange County, FL Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 32-160(b)
- Who collects
- residential franchise hauler
- Where
- curb or roadside
- Collected
- garbage, recyclables, yard waste, bulk trash
- Refusal grounds
- incompatible, or excessive weight or quantity
- Never collected
- prohibited residential wastes
Summary
Homes in unincorporated Orange County that are entitled to full solid waste and recycling service get curbside bulk trash collection from their residential franchise hauler under § 32-160(b), but the hauler can leave items the county director deems incompatible with its equipment or too heavy or bulky to handle.
All persons owning or possessing property entitled to full solid waste and recycling service shall receive such service in accordance with the program requirements. The franchisee shall collect garbage, designated recyclables, yard waste and bulk trash placed at the curb or roadside according to the provisions of the residential franchise agreements. Franchisees shall not collect any prohibited residential wastes. A consumer's bulk trash may not be collected if determined by the director to be incompatible with collection equipment or the county's waste management system...
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 128).
Full Breakdown
Section 32-160(b) ties bulk trash pickup to service status: all persons owning or possessing property entitled to full solid waste and recycling service receive collection in accordance with the program requirements. The franchisee collects garbage, designated recyclables, yard waste, and bulk trash placed at the curb or roadside, and the specifics of how that happens are set by the residential franchise agreements rather than spelled out in this code section. There are limits on what gets taken. Franchisees may not collect any prohibited residential wastes, so anything on the prohibited list stays uncollected no matter how it is set out.
Separately, the county's director can determine that a particular consumer's bulk trash is incompatible with the collection equipment or the county's waste management system, or of excessive weight or quantity, and the franchisee then does not have to take it. In that situation the load sits at the curb until the resident removes it or reduces it to something the hauler can manage under the franchise agreement.
Violations & Fines
Bulk items deemed incompatible with collection equipment, or of excessive weight or quantity, may be refused by the franchisee and left uncollected until removed or reduced by the resident.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Orange County pick up bulk trash at the curb?
Can the hauler refuse my bulk pile?
What else does the franchise hauler collect along with bulk trash?
Will the hauler take prohibited residential wastes if I put them out with bulk items?
Sources & Official References
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