Citrus County, FL Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

Citrus County Code § 82-132(b) allows two or more commercial businesses to share the same commercial dumpster or receptacle and be billed as a single account, but only after those businesses first enter into a written agreement with the county's division of solid waste management setting up the shared arrangement. Section 82-132(c) separately gives the Board of County Commissioners authority to grant a variance from the division's mandatory-collection terms to a commercial or industrial business that can show special solid waste needs different from an average commercial customer; a business granted that variance must sign a written agreement to have its waste ultimately disposed of by a contractor of its own choosing, who must still comply with all county, state and federal solid waste laws, with violation grounds for the Board to revoke the variance after a noticed public hearing.

The code states directly that businesses using roll-off compactors are meant to be regulated under this same provision, meaning roll-off placement for a Citrus County business runs through the variance process rather than standard curbside rules. Commercial container specifications themselves, ranging from two to 40 cubic yards, watertight and displaying the collector's name and phone number, come from the § 82-76 definition of 'commercial container,' with size and pickup frequency for each account otherwise set by the collector and customer under § 82-110, subject to the coordinator's approval if they can't agree. These dumpster provisions apply to businesses in the unincorporated county, not inside Crystal River or Inverness.