Brevard County, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Brevard County Code § 94-32
- Applies to
- Unincorporated county service benefit unit
- Enforcement
- Citation, special magistrate, or misdemeanor
- Max civil fine
- $500 per violation
- Cities excluded
- Melbourne, Titusville, Cocoa, Palm Bay have own service
Summary
Brevard County requires unincorporated-area homes and businesses to use a licensed collector for trash pickup, unless exempted, with waste hauled to a permitted disposal facility under County Code § 94-32.
Unless otherwise exempt or prohibited, all solid waste generated and accumulated within the solid waste collection and recycling program municipal service benefit unit shall be collected and removed by a collector and disposed of at the county's solid waste management facilities or at a solid waste management facility where all applicable federal, state and local government permits for such activity have been acquired.(b)The collector is not responsible for the collection and disposal of landclearing debris, construction and demolition debris, prohibited waste, or other wastes specifically excluded from the collection contract. Said solid wastes shall be removed and disposed of by the owner in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. (Code 1979, § 12-4; Ord. No. 97-25, § 1, 7-22-97; Ord. No. 08-42, § 4, 10-14-08; Ord. No. 14-03, § 3, 1-28-14; Ord. No. 24-12, § 5, 7-9-24)
Secs. 94-33—94-45. - Reserved.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 135).
Full Breakdown
Under County Code § 94-32, all solid waste generated inside the county's solid waste collection and recycling municipal service benefit unit must go through a contracted collector and end up at a licensed solid waste management facility: residents inside a service area cannot simply haul their own trash away. Section 94-46 extends the mandate specifically to residential improved property within a collector's service area and directs the county to assess those properties for collection service; only property outside any collector's service area may self-haul to a permitted facility.
Violations & Fines
Enforceable by county citation (up to $500 per violation), before the Special Magistrate as a civil infraction, or prosecuted as a misdemeanor under Code § 94-4; each continuing day counts as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do unincorporated Brevard residents have to use the county's trash collector?
Does this rule apply inside Melbourne or Titusville?
Sources & Official References
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