Seminole County, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum frequency
- once per week
- Residential franchise
- exclusive per Service Area
- Commercial franchise
- non-exclusive
- Holiday skip
- resumes next scheduled day
- Service termination notice
- 30 days
Summary
Seminole County assigns every unincorporated neighborhood to one exclusive franchised hauler under Chapter 235, and requires that hauler to collect residential and commercial waste at least once a week, resuming on the next scheduled day when a holiday pushes a route back.
The Franchise Contractor that has been granted a Residential Franchise Contract for a Service Area will be the exclusive provider of Residential Collection Service within that Service Area.... The holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity providing Commercial Collection Service or Residential Collection Service shall collect Waste at least one (1) time per week. In the event of holidays, the certificate holder providing Commercial Collection Service or Residential Collection Service shall resume normal collection the next regular scheduled day for the Customers not served due to the holiday.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 1 | Land Development Code: Supplement 2).
Full Breakdown
4(b)(4) makes it unlawful for anyone else to collect residential waste there. 84 sets the actual pickup frequency: the certificate holder providing Commercial or Residential Collection Service "shall collect Waste at least one (1) time per week," and if a holiday falls on a scheduled route day, the hauler must resume normal collection on "the next regular scheduled day" for customers who were skipped. 2, unlike the single exclusive hauler assigned to each residential area. 86 lets a hauler discontinue service to a customer who violates Chapter 235 or fails to pay, but only after giving the customer and the County thirty days' written notice of the violation or nonpayment.
Violations & Fines
Providing residential collection service in an area without holding that area's franchise is unlawful under Section 235.4(b)(4). Any violation of Chapter 235's collection requirements, including skipping the weekly minimum without a holiday excuse, is enforceable by citation before the Code Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate under Section 235.7, alongside any other civil or criminal remedy available to the County.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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