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

Sec. 106-37 sets the physical standard for every commercial refuse bin or dumpster in the unincorporated county. Subsection (c) makes owners/occupants of commercial property responsible for providing approved containers or refuse bins adequate to hold all the solid waste the property generates; the bin can be leased from the franchised collector, but the owner/occupant must keep both the container and its immediate area clean and sanitary, and overflow from an over-filled bin will not be picked up. Subsection (d) lets the franchised collector condemn and mark any privately owned bin that is in disrepair, missing a well-fitting lid, or holed, cracked, or torn at the bottom or sides, and the owner/occupant must replace it immediately.

Subsection (e) bars customers from letting people, objects, or vehicles block the collector's access for servicing. Subsection (f) is the enclosure spec: every commercial refuse bin except approved recycling containers must be screened on at least three sides by a six-foot-high wood or cyclone-slat fence, masonry wall, or other approved material, arranged so the bin cannot be seen from public streets or adjoining properties, and set on a concrete or asphalt pad graded to the service truck's approach so the loading mechanism lines up with the container's sleeves.

The enclosure or bin itself cannot sit within any street right-of-way. Existing commercial properties got six months from the ordinance's 1990 effective date to come into compliance.