Boca Raton, FL Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Section 14-1 defines "vegetative waste" as any vegetative matter from yard and landscaping maintenance, expressly listing tree and shrub materials, grass clippings, palm fronds, tree branches, and similar refuse from lawn and landscaping care; a narrower category, "yard trash," covers dry leaves, grass clippings, and small shrubbery or bush cuttings. Section 14-7(8) sets the placement rule for all vegetative waste: it must be placed for collection on the swale at the edge of the paved right-of-way, not loose in the roadway or in a dumpster enclosure, which Section 14-7(1) separately bans.

5 kilograms). Section 14-11(2) requires vegetative waste, like bulk waste, to stay at least 10 feet from overhead or ground-level utilities, fire hydrants, mailboxes, trees, shrubs, or other obstructions when set out. Section 14-7(11) puts the disposal duty on paid tree trimmers, landscapers, and lawn services: they must remove all trash and debris, including limbs, tree trunks, roots, shrubbery, and grass clippings, from a job site rather than leaving it on the swale or adjacent property for the city to collect.