New Port Richey, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection days
- Mondays and Thursdays only
- Collection hours
- 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Residential service
- Automatic, no enrollment needed
- Governing section
- City Code § 10-25
Summary
Residential curbside pickup runs Mondays and Thursdays only, between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., with mandatory service for every developed residential property.
The solid waste collection services provider shall only be permitted to collect solid waste between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays for residential curbside solid waste collection. No collection of solid waste within said residential areas of the city shall be permitted on any other day of the week, except in the event the following holidays fall on a Monday or Thursday:
(1)New Year's Day;(2)Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday;(3)Memorial Day;(4)Juneteenth;(5)Independence Day;(6)Labor Day;(7)Veterans' Day;(8)Thanksgiving Day;(9)Day after Thanksgiving; or(10)Christmas Day. In the event any of the above listed holidays fall on a Monday or Thursday, the franchisee shall collect such solid waste on the holiday or on the day immediately following the holiday.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, commercial collections may be made between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on any day of the week, except Sundays.
(Ord. No. 2024-2285, § 1, 2-20-2024)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
New Port Richey's solid waste franchisee may only collect residential curbside trash between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, per City Code § 10-25, no other day, except when one of ten listed holidays falls on a collection day, shifting pickup to the holiday or the next day. Commercial accounts can be collected any day but Sunday within the same hours. Service itself is mandatory: § 10-26(a) automatically enrolls every developed residential property in continuous curbside collection with no application needed, billed by the city.
Violations & Fines
Collecting outside the 6 a.m.-to-7 p.m. window or on a non-scheduled day breaches the franchise terms and can trigger permit suspension or revocation under § 10-47.
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