Kissimmee, FL Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Basic service
- 1 garbage, 1 recycling, 1 yard waste container
- Collection frequency
- once weekly, on assigned scheduled day
- Extra containers
- added monthly charge under § 32-65
- Back door service
- annual doctor's certificate required
- Damaged container
- replacement fee charged to account
- Nonpayment consequence
- treated as utility nonpayment, § 32-64(c)
Summary
Kissimmee's basic residential trash service, set out in City Code § 32-66(a)(1), gives every household one garbage container, one recycling container and one yard waste container, all collected once a week on the assigned day. Extra containers cost an added monthly charge, and residents physically unable to reach the curb can request back door service with an annual doctor's certificate.
(a)Residential service.(1)Basic residential service shall include the city furnishing one container for household garbage, one container for recycling and one container for yard waste. Containers will be collected one time per week on the scheduled day for pickup. ... (6)The solid waste manager or his designee shall have the authority to determine the appropriate number of containers needed for each residence.(7)Back door service may be had upon request to the sanitation division. A doctor's certificate must be filed with the office of the sanitation division stating that all occupants of the residence are unable to deliver the containers to the curb for collection. The doctor's certificate must be provided annually in the first week of January. ... (c)Lost or damaged containers. All occupants shall keep all city issued container clean and safe from damage from improper use, storage or replacement. Any container replaced by the city because of such improper care, a damaged replacement fee shall be charged as listed in section 32-65.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
" Anyone who wants more capacity can add containers for "an extra monthly charge as defined in section 32-65," collected on the same regular day rather than a separate route. The solid waste manager or a designee has the authority to set "the appropriate number of containers needed for each residence," so the city can require more bins at a property generating unusually heavy volume. Section 32-66(a)(7) covers back door service for residents who cannot move containers to the curb themselves: a doctor's certificate confirming that "all occupants of the residence are unable to deliver the containers to the curb for collection" must be filed with the sanitation division and renewed every year in the first week of January, after which crews retrieve and return the containers directly from an accessible spot on the property.
Container mix-ups carry their own charge: § 32-66(c) requires occupants to keep city-issued containers "clean and safe from damage from improper use, storage or replacement," and any container the city has to replace because of improper care draws a damaged replacement fee set under § 32-65's rate schedule, separate from any mixed waste fee for putting the wrong material in a bin.
Violations & Fines
There is no listed fine for container misuse in § 1-22(b)'s specific schedule, so replacement and roll-back charges run through the sanitation billing system under § 32-65 rather than code enforcement. Nonpayment of any resulting charge is treated as nonpayment of a city utility account under § 32-64(c), which can lead to discontinuance of utility service, and unrelated violations of chapter 32 fall back on § 1-22(a)'s general penalty of up to $500.00 per day.
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Sources & Official References
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