Wellington, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Section 17-2 states the purpose of Chapter 17's Article II as promoting health, welfare, and safety through a solid waste management program built on mandatory collection, funded through special assessments and other fees and carried out by a Village-designated contractor. Subsection B requires that all solid waste generated by both assessed units, meaning properties charged the special assessment, and non-assessed units be collected, conveyed, and transported by that contractor within their service area, and puts every owner on the contractor's established collection route under the mandatory program.

Section 17-15 fills in how non-assessed residential units still pay for the same mandatory solid waste and recycling collection service through a fee Wellington sets by resolution rather than a special assessment. Section 17-13 lets Wellington set the frequency of pickup and the specifics of container type, size, and placement by separate ordinance rather than fixing them permanently in Chapter 17 itself, and Section 17-19 requires that solid waste and recyclable materials be collected according to the contract terms except when uncontrollable forces or new technology change the arrangement.

Roll-off service for active construction sites is carved out of the mandatory program under Section 17-2(C) until a certificate of occupancy issues, at which point the property comes onto the standard mandatory collection route. Section 17-3 backs the mandate with a legislative finding that every improved property in Wellington generates solid waste and receives a direct benefit from the collection program equal to or exceeding its cost.