Osceola County, FL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Recycling frequency
- Once each week
- Placement
- Recycling cart only
- Wrong items
- Non-conforming, may be left
- Commercial recycling
- Franchised hauler required
- Governing code
- Chapter 19, § 19-4(e)
Summary
Osceola County provides weekly curbside recycling. If you have a county recycling cart, program recyclables must go only in that cart, not the trash cart, and only the materials the county designates as program recyclables. Non-conforming items may cause the load to be left.
If a curbside customer has received a waste cart and recycling cart, household waste set-out by the curbside customer shall be placed only in the waste cart and program recyclables set-out by the curbside customer shall be placed only in the recycling cart.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 71 | Land Development Code: Supplement 10).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 19 collects program recyclables, the recyclable materials the county designates from time to time, once a week alongside household waste. Section 19-4(e) requires that where a customer has a recycling cart, recyclables be placed only in the recycling cart and household waste only in the waste cart. Setting out material that is not a program recyclable in the recycling cart is 'non-conforming material,' and the contractor may leave it and tag it with a non-collection notice. Commercial properties must contract with a franchised hauler for recyclable-material removal. County programs align with Florida's statewide recycling framework (FS Ch. 403). Check the county's Waste & Recycling page for the current accepted-materials list.
Violations & Fines
Failure to follow curbside recycling requirements is a $25 administrative fine per occurrence under Section 19-9(f); non-conforming loads may simply be left uncollected.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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