Collier County, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Sec. 118-102 of the county's solid waste ordinance (Ord. No. 2005-54, § 17) makes collection mandatory: unless a property is exempt under Sec. 118-106 or is burned under a valid permit, all solid waste generated on residential or commercial real property inside a benefit unit must be collected, conveyed and transported to an approved county facility by the designated contractor. Every owner or occupier of residential or commercial property within the service district must be serviced by that contractor, with the single carve-out being an exemption granted under Sec. 118-106.

For commercial property specifically, the ordinance ties compliance to permitting: an owner must give the county a copy of its signed service contract with the contractor, or its Sec. 118-106 exemption permit, before the county's community development and environmental services department will issue a certificate of occupancy for that property. The section closes a loophole explicitly: even if a certificate of occupancy is issued in error or by mistake without that documentation, the property owner is not thereby relieved of the duty to comply with mandatory collection.

Sec. 118-106 sets the only way out: a Self Hauler Exemption Permit, obtained by application to the county Solid Waste Management Department, with a filing fee set by Board resolution, proof of insurance and vehicle registration for the hauling vehicle, and a description of the waste and destination facility. Residential exemptions additionally require the property to be surrounded by commercial property, part of a homeowners' or condo association already using non-curbside commercial container service, or covered by the contractor's own written confirmation that service is impractical. Exemption permits run six months (commercial) and up to one service year (residential) before renewal is required.