Seminole County, FL Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Holiday rule
- Resume normal collection the next regular scheduled day (§ 235.84)
- Minimum service
- At least one time per week
- 2026 holidays listed
- Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day
- Calendar dates
- Nov 26, 2026 (Thu); Dec 25, 2026 (Fri); Jan 1, 2027 (Fri)
- Residential hours
- 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday
- Haulers
- Waste Pro (Areas 1, 3); Waste Management (Area 2)
- Set-out deadline
- 6 a.m. on the designated collection day
Summary
In unincorporated Seminole County, a hauler that misses customers because of a holiday must resume normal collection on the next regular scheduled day for those customers. Section 235.84 sets that rule for residential and commercial service alike. The County's 2026 holiday list names Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
The holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity providing Commercial Collection Service or Residential Collection Service shall collect Waste at least one (1) time per week. In the event of holidays, the certificate holder providing Commercial Collection Service or Residential Collection Service shall resume normal collection the next regular scheduled day for the Customers not served due to the holiday.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 1 | Land Development Code: Supplement 2).
Full Breakdown
The holiday rule sits in Seminole County Code § 235.84, titled Collection intervals. It binds the holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, meaning the franchised hauler, and it covers both Commercial Collection Service and Residential Collection Service. The same sentence that sets the holiday rule sets the floor for ordinary service: Waste must be collected at least one time per week. When a holiday interrupts a route, the hauler must resume normal collection the next regular scheduled day for the customers not served due to the holiday. The ordinance names no make-up day of its own.
The County's Residential Curbside Guidelines page, run by Solid Waste Management under Environmental Services, carries a Holiday Schedule heading. It says a list of observed holidays, closure dates, and make-up collection days is posted in that section and updated annually. For 2026 the page lists three holidays by name only: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. It prints no dates and no make-up days. As calendar facts, Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday, November 26, 2026, Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, 2026, and New Year's Day on Friday, January 1, 2027.
The unincorporated service area is split into three zones, each served by a contracted hauler. Service Area 1 is Waste Pro, Service Area 2 is Waste Management, and Service Area 3 is Waste Pro. The page tells residents to place all materials curbside by 6 a.m. on the designated collection day, and it provides a Collection Schedule Lookup Tool for finding a route day.
Collection hours are fixed separately by § 235.85. Residential Collection Service is restricted to 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and Commercial Collection Service to 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Sunday. These rules apply only in unincorporated Seminole County. Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood, Oviedo and Winter Springs run their own collection programs and holiday calendars.
Violations & Fines
Section 235.84 prints no penalty of its own, and its duty falls on the certificate holder rather than the household. Collecting outside the 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. windows in § 235.85 is declared unlawful. A customer who sets out materials after 6 a.m. on collection day is outside the County's curbside guidelines. Residents with a missed holiday pickup contact their hauler, because the hauler carries the resume-next-day duty.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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