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

5-2(f) sits inside the chapter's main mandatory-collection rule and is narrower than a citywide recycling mandate: it applies to residential multifamily buildings with twelve or more dwelling units and to new commercial establishments, both of which must subscribe for recycling services from the city or a city franchisee and pay the associated fee. The section then sets minimum participation by material count rather than volume: multifamily properties must recycle at least five materials as prescribed by Metro-Dade County ordinance, while commercial establishments must recycle at least three, and the section expressly cross-references Metro-Dade Ordinance Chapter 15, § 15-2, as updated October 27, 1991, as the source of those material lists.

Failure by a covered multifamily or commercial property to comply is written into the code as its own violation, with liability set according to the referenced Metro-Dade ordinance rather than a separate Homestead penalty table. 5-26, which requires each franchisee to file an annual recycling plan and report, a quarterly diversion report, and multilingual customer literature with the solid waste director, and, since a 2025 amendment, to offer an organic waste and composting diversion program to any address in the produce market by October 1, 2024. 5-5(h), while recyclables set out loose remain the responsibility of whoever produced them.