Doral, FL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Article IV of Chapter 32 created Doral's multifamily recycling program by a 2014 ordinance, and Section 32-102 protects it by making it unlawful for anyone other than a recycling contractor authorized and licensed by both the city and the state to collect designated recyclable materials under the article; every authorized contractor must also comply with all applicable state and city laws and regulations. Section 32-103 phased in enforcement rather than penalizing residents immediately: starting January 1, 2015 the city ran public education efforts and would not prosecute anyone who unknowingly failed to provide a recycling program or separate recyclables, and every contractor had to mark its collection containers with clear recycling signage the city approved.

From July 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015 the city issued warning tickets, without regard to knowledge or intent, to anyone who failed to run a recycling program or separate materials, and only from September 1, 2015 forward did the city begin enforcing the article with the fines set out in Section 32-106. Section 32-104 also lets a multifamily property apply to the public works director for a modified recycling program if it already self-hauls, generates fewer or different recyclable materials, or contracts with a hauler that does post-collection separation, so the licensing rule in 32-102 does not force every property onto an identical single-stream setup.