Wellington, FL Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Curb-out time
- No earlier than 6:00 p.m. day before
- Curb removal deadline
- 11:00 p.m. day of pickup
- Vegetative/bulk waste lead time
- No earlier than 24 hours before pickup
- Placement location
- Directly in front of originating property
- Storm suspension
- Curb-out barred under hurricane watch/warning
- Maximum civil penalty
- $500.00 (§ 2-47)
Summary
In the Village of Wellington, curbside placement is on a clock. Village Code § 13-3(B)(2) lets residents put garbage cans and recycling containers at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before the scheduled pickup and requires them off the curb by 11:00 p.m. the day of pickup, with vegetative waste and bulk trash allowed out 24 hours ahead.
2.Garbage cans and other trash or recycling containers may be placed at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day before the scheduled pick-up and shall be removed from the curb no later than 11:00 p.m. on the day of pick-up.3.No owner or tenant shall permit the accumulation of litter, including leaf and plant litter, yard debris, or trash on any real property or the adjoining public rights-of-way.4.Vegetative waste and bulk trash may be placed at the curb no earlier than 24 hours before the scheduled pick-up.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 13-3(B) of the Wellington Code, added by Ordinance No. 2025-23 on September 3, 2025, fixes the curbside window for every property in the Village. Garbage cans, trash containers, and recycling containers may go to the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day before the scheduled pickup and must come back off the curb no later than 11:00 p.m. on the day of pickup. Vegetative waste and bulk trash get a shorter lead time: they may be placed at the curb no earlier than 24 hours before the scheduled pickup.
Subsection B(5) adds a placement rule: garbage, recycling, vegetation, and bulk trash must go out directly in front of the property that generated it and cannot be set on the roadway surface or in a right-of-way in a way that blocks pedestrian or vehicle traffic. Sec. 20-6(B) separately exempts properly packaged trash placed on an unpaved right-of-way up to 24 hours before pickup from the Village's general right-of-way work permit requirement. Actual pickup frequency is set by the Village's solid waste and recycling contract rather than printed in the Code: Sec.
17-19 provides that collection follows the contract's schedule unless Wellington changes it for uncontrollable forces, such as a storm, or a change in technology. During a hurricane watch or warning, Sec. 13-3(D) suspends the normal curb-out window entirely and bars leaving containers or bulk trash at the curb on a non-collection day.
Violations & Fines
Missing the pickup-day window is enforced the same way as any other property maintenance violation: a Code Compliance Officer issues written notice under Sec. 2-45 with 5 to 30 days to correct it, then may cite the owner if the container is still curbside outside the 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. window. Sec. 2-47 caps the civil penalty at $500.00 per citation, referred to the special magistrate under F.S. ch. 162, Part II.
Frequently Asked Questions
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