Jacksonville Beach, FL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Chapter 27 of the Jacksonville Beach Code handles recycling through one definition and a few shared provisions rather than a stand-alone recycling article. Section 27-1 defines recyclables as those items on the approved recycling list such as newspapers, metal cans, plastic and soda bottles. The Code itself prints no list beyond those examples, so the approved list is whatever the city has approved.

Section 27-21(g), titled storage and removal to be in sanitary manner, covers recyclables by name. All rubbish, refuse, solid waste, yard waste, recyclables, noncombustible refuse, construction and demolition debris, industrial waste, hazardous materials and pathological waste originating on private premises must be held and cared for at the premises by the occupant or person in possession and control, in a sanitary manner as prescribed in the chapter, until the city's employees or agents remove it, unless the occupant otherwise disposes of it in accordance with the chapter.

The same subsection sets the container rule. A container used for the storage and collection of recyclables that fails to qualify as an acceptable container is tagged by the city or the city's solid waste franchisee. The tag must specify in what manner the container fails to meet the requirements and instruct the party furnishing the container to remove it from service. If that party does not, within seven (7) days after written notice, the city or the franchisee removes the container from service.

The container specifications in § 27-1, such as the capacity range of not more than forty (40) or less than three (3) gallons and the weight limit of fifty (50) pounds, are written for residential and small commercial solid waste receptacles. Chapter 27 defines no separate recycling bin and prints no recycling container size. Section 27-17 adds that the city can publish rules on the type and location of containers for recyclables, and those rules become part of the article and enforceable under it.