Pembroke Pines, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Curbside frequency
- Twice weekly, 3+ days apart
- Collector
- City's franchised solid waste collector
- Enrollment
- Mandatory for all customers/owners
- General penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 90 days jail
- Governing section
- §§ 94.10-94.13
Summary
Pembroke Pines requires every residence to use the city's franchised collector, which picks up solid waste and horticulture trash from curbside twice a week, with the two pickups at least three days apart. Dumping trash on someone else's property to dodge the rules is a separate violation.
(A) The collector shall collect solid waste including horticulture trash, from residential curbside service areas two times per week, with collection at least three days apart. ... (B) It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to place or cause to be placed solid waste on the property of another for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this subchapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
11 requires every customer and property owner within city limits to use the solid waste collection and disposal services of the franchised collector, and proof of enrollment must be shown before the city will issue a new certificate of occupancy or local business tax receipt. 12 sets the citywide classes of service (residential/curbside, residential/condominium, residential apartment, and commercial) and makes it unlawful for any person or entity to place solid waste on another person's property in order to avoid the collection rules. 13(A) fixes the pickup frequency: the collector must collect solid waste, including horticulture trash, from curbside areas two times per week, with the two collection days at least three days apart so waste never sits for a full week.
10, which grants the collector the exclusive right to service residential curbside, apartment, condominium, business, industrial, commercial and (since February 1, 1992) governmental accounts, with an exception carved out only for construction or remodeling debris. 17, with the city itself acting as the billing entity for all customers of the franchised hauler, using the same billing and collection practices set for water and sewer accounts under Chapter 50.
Violations & Fines
Placing waste on another person's property to dodge the collection schedule violates § 94.12(B) and is punishable under § 10.99: a fine of up to $500, up to 90 days imprisonment, or both, with each day of a continuing violation charged as a separate offense. Failing to enroll with the franchised collector also blocks issuance of a new certificate of occupancy or business tax receipt under § 94.11.
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Sources & Official References
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