Escambia County, FL Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Holiday rule
- Pickups not reduced by holidays
- Reschedule requires
- Board of county commissioners approval
- Notice required
- 5 days, one-time newspaper ad
- Governing section
- Escambia County Code § 82-131(1)
Summary
Escambia County does not skip trash day for holidays. Section 82-131(1) states pickups 'shall not be reduced by holidays,' though a collector may reschedule a pickup that falls on a holiday itself if the board of county commissioners approves it first and gives five days' public notice.
(1)Frequency. All residential wastes, except for rubbish, shall be collected and removed at least twice per week. Rubbish shall be collected and removed at least once per week. Pickups shall not be reduced by holidays, but pickups normally scheduled to be made on a holiday may be rescheduled upon approval by the board of county commissioners. At least five days prior notification to the affected residential premises by publication of the display of a one-time ad in a newspaper of daily circulation in the county shall be provided.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 113).
Full Breakdown
Franchised residential collectors operate under Section 82-131 of the solid waste code, which fixes collection at 'twice per week' for garbage and 'once per week' for rubbish. ' That means a collector cannot simply skip a route because a holiday falls in the week, and cannot unilaterally move a pickup day just because the holiday lands on it either, unless the county commission signs off. ' So residents are guaranteed either their normal twice-a-week garbage pickup straight through a holiday week, or a newspaper notice at least five days ahead if the board has approved moving a specific holiday-week pickup to another day.
Section 82-131 requires this of every county-franchised collector; a hauler that simply stops service over a holiday without the county's prior approval and public notice is not following its franchise terms.
Violations & Fines
A franchised collector that unilaterally skips or reschedules a holiday pickup without board approval breaches its Section 82-131 franchise obligations, and Section 82-23 makes a chapter 82 violation a second-degree misdemeanor punishable as prescribed by state law; the collector can also lose its franchise for failing to perform under the agreement's own default terms.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can my collector just decide on its own to skip Christmas week?
Sources & Official References
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