Hialeah, FL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Hialeah Code of Ordinances Sec. 78-62 makes it "the function exclusively of the department of solid waste to collect all recyclable material in the city except as authorized by the city," with pickup on a two-week schedule set by the director of solid waste. Sec. 78-63 requires all recyclable material to go into city-provided containers only; using any other container, receptacle, or bag for recyclables is unlawful. Each household account holder must separate recyclables and place them in the designated container, and failure to set out recyclables for two consecutive collection days combined with recyclables commingled in the garbage container creates a rebuttable presumption that a failure-to-recycle violation has occurred.

on collection day, must be removed the day of collection, placed on the swale between sidewalk and street (or on the curb cut/driveway apron for automated collection, no more than three feet from the street edge and at least five feet from other objects), with the cart facing the street. The city replaces containers damaged by its own collection process free of charge, and replaces stolen containers free of charge if the account holder files a police report; otherwise the account holder pays for lost or damaged containers.

Sec. 78-64 separately requires residential occupancies not serviced by the city, including hotels and motels, to arrange recycling collection at least twice a month through an authorized private hauler, with enough container capacity for at least 35 pounds of recyclables per unit between pickups, covering newspaper, glass, aluminum and steel cans, plastics, paper and cardboard.