New Port Richey, FL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Recycling frequency
- At least once per week
- Trash frequency
- At least twice per week
- Governing section
- City Code § 10-42(3)
- Enforced via
- Exclusive city franchise agreement
Summary
New Port Richey's franchised waste hauler must provide curbside recycling pickup at least once a week under the city's solid waste collection franchise ordinance.
ensure that the residential, commercial and industrial solid waste customers will receive collection service at a frequency of not less than two (2) times per week, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays within those residential areas of the city where single or multiple family structures exist, and solid waste containers for solid waste, including recyclable materials, are used, at intervals of not less than three (3) calendar days between collections during such a workweek except during weeks which contain legal holidays in which event the applicant shall possess the necessary equipment and employ the necessary personnel to ensure that there will be a collection of solid waste from those customers receiving such service on the day immediately following the holiday, if the holiday occurred on the day which was scheduled for collection, and recycling collection services of not less than one (1) time per week;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
New Port Richey requires its solid waste collection franchisee to run recycling collection service not less than once a week for residential, commercial, and industrial customers, per City Code § 10-42(3). Recyclables are collected curbside along with trash: the definition of residential curbside collection folds recyclable materials into the same edge-of-right-of-way pickup as household garbage. This applies citywide inside New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida, and is enforced through the city's exclusive franchise agreement with its contracted hauler, not by county or state recycling law.
Violations & Fines
Recycling isn't optional add-on service: it's built into the franchise contract; a hauler that skips weekly recycling collection risks franchise suspension or revocation under § 10-47.
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