Seminole County, FL Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential hours
- 6 a.m.-8 p.m., Mon-Sat
- Commercial hours
- 6 a.m.-8 p.m., Mon-Sun
- Loaded truck parking cap
- 12 hours
- Termination notice
- 30 days written notice
- Spillage
- unlawful under Sec. 235.81(c)
Summary
Seminole County restricts trash and recycling pickup to 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday for residential customers and Monday through Sunday for commercial customers, and it is unlawful for a franchised hauler to collect outside those hours anywhere in the unincorporated county.
Collection of Waste is restricted to the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday for Residential Collection Service and 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday for Commercial Collection Service within unincorporated Seminole County. It is unlawful to Collect Waste in violation of the above time restrictions.
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
, Monday through Sunday, for Commercial Collection Service, and it is unlawful to collect Waste outside those windows anywhere in unincorporated Seminole County. 81(c) separately makes it unlawful to let Waste spill, leak, blow, or drop from a collection vehicle onto public or private property. 81(e) confines route trucks, including landscaping and lawn service trailers hauling yard debris, to primary collector, arterial, state, and interstate roads for transport to the disposal facility, letting them use local residential streets only while actually servicing that neighborhood's scheduled route or providing lawn service there.
86 allows the certificate holder to terminate pickup entirely, but only after giving the customer and the County thirty days' written notice of the unresolved violation or nonpayment.
Violations & Fines
Collecting waste before 6:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m., or on a Sunday for residential routes, is unlawful under Section 235.85 and enforceable by citation before the Code Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate under Section 235.7. A hauler that lets waste spill from its truck onto a street or private lot violates Section 235.81(c) and remains liable for cleanup costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can the hauler stop picking up my trash if I don't pay?
Sources & Official References
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