Hialeah, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Garbage collection frequency
- Twice weekly
- Recycling collection frequency
- Every two weeks
- Bulk trash frequency
- Once monthly, alternating months
- Downtown/CBD/CR/R-3-D districts
- Enhanced scheduled service package
- Governing section
- Sec. 78-68
Summary
The city's solid waste department has exclusive collection authority: Sec. 78-68 sets garbage pickup twice weekly, Sec. 78-62 sets recycling once every two weeks, and Sec. 78-70 sets bulk trash once a month on alternating months, all on schedules the director of solid waste determines.
It is the function exclusively of the department of solid waste to collect and dispose of all garbage in the city except as authorized by the city. Garbage will be collected twice weekly on a schedule determined by the director of solid waste.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 78-68 gives the department of solid waste exclusive authority to collect and dispose of garbage in the city, except where the city authorizes another collector, and fixes garbage pickup at twice weekly on a schedule the director of solid waste sets. Recyclable material follows a separate, less frequent cycle under Sec. 78-62: once every two weeks, also on a schedule the director sets. Bulk trash and bulk yard trash run on their own monthly cycle: Sec. 78-70 collects bulk trash once a month on alternating months, and Sec.
78-71 collects bulk yard trash, branches, dried leaves, grass clippings and similar material that cannot be containerized, on the same alternating-month cadence but kept separate from other bulk trash. Properties in the Hialeah Downtown Urban Center district and land zoned CBD, CR and R-3-D get an enhanced, fully scheduled package under Sec. 78-69(d): garbage collection with a 32-gallon container or dumpster, bulk waste collection, recycling collection, street cleaning and litter control, all provided by the city to new residential units and commercial accounts in those districts.
Outside the fixed schedules, Sec. 78-72 allows special collections, including pickups outside normal days or hours, arranged with the director of solid waste under a separate fee schedule; residents may not set out extra material for a special collection until it is specifically arranged.
Violations & Fines
Setting materials out on the wrong schedule does not itself carry a listed fine, but noncompliance with container, placement or set-out-limit rules tied to these schedules is enforced under the applicable article's penalty, including the $100 to $500 escalating scale in Sec. 78-7 for Chapter 78 violations generally and the special-service fee under Sec. 78-72 for anything collected outside the routine schedule.
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