Gulfport, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential frequency
- Twice weekly, Sec. 11-17(a)
- Commercial/recycling frequency
- At least once weekly
- Single-family monthly fee
- $34.29 per Sec. 11-21(b)(9)
- Container limit included
- Three 32-gallon containers, 50 lbs. each
- Billing
- Combined with the water bill, Sec. 11-22
- Service is mandatory
- Not optional, per Sec. 11-21(a) and 11-24
Summary
Gulfport's authorized collector empties residential garbage containers twice each week under Sec. 11-17. Recycling containers and all commercial garbage containers get emptied at least once a week, and the city manager can order more frequent pickups whenever conditions call for it.
All authorized garbage containers, other than recycling containers, shall be emptied by the city's authorized collector twice each week, for all residential properties within the city. All recycling containers, and all authorized garbage containers for the commercial properties within the city, shall be emptied by the city's authorized collector, at least once each week. The city manager, or his or her designee may order more frequent collections when necessary.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 11-17(a) of the Gulfport Code sets the baseline pickup rhythm: the city's authorized collector empties every residential garbage container, other than recycling, twice each week. Commercial garbage containers and every recycling container in the city, residential or commercial, get emptied at least once a week, and the city manager or a designee can order collections more often when conditions require it. This isn't an opt-in service. Sec. 11-21(a) makes garbage and trash collection mandatory for every residence and business in the city, arranged and billed through the city itself rather than a private hauler chosen by the resident.
Sec. 11-24 backs that up with a presumption: anyone responsible for a water meter, or for any business or dwelling unit in the city, is presumed to require the service and owes the fee for it. 29 under Sec. 55. Sec. 11-22 folds the charge into the water bill: if the combined water, sewer, stormwater, recycling and garbage account goes unpaid, the city can shut off water service until the balance, including any standby or delinquency charges, is paid in full.
Violations & Fines
Failing to pay the mandatory garbage and trash collection charge, billed with the water account under Sec. 11-22, can trigger disconnection of water service until the balance is paid in full, plus a standby charge of $16.58 per month if service is cut at the owner's request. Setting out more than three 32-gallon containers of garbage per pickup without paying the $11.43 per-container overage fee under Sec. 11-21(b)(5) is also a billable violation.
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