Hollywood, FL Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Free pickup limit
- 4 cubic yards per collection
- Collection frequency
- once per week
- Earliest curb placement
- noon the day before pickup
- Landscapers
- must arrange own disposal, pay fees
- Storm drain dumping
- unlawful under § 50.04(A)(3)(c)3
Summary
Hollywood collects grass clippings, leaves and garden trash once a week on the city's posted schedule, capped at four cubic yards per pickup. Excess yard waste needs a paid special pickup or a franchised hauler, and professional landscapers cannot leave cuttings for city crews without paying the required fees.
(b) To qualify as yard waste material for collection by the city, the yard waste shall, in its entirety, meet the definition set forth in § 50.01 and shall not exceed four cubic yards per collection pick-up. Yard waste in excess of four cubic yards will not be picked up unless prior arrangements have been made and a fee has been paid either by check, money order, or charge to the customers' city utility account or to a major credit card that is acceptable to the city. The customer may also contract with any franchised hauler approved by the city for the same removal service.
(c) Bulk waste will be picked up once per month as specified in the advertised collection schedule posted on the city's website. Yard waste will be picked up once per week as specified in the advertised collection schedule posted on the city's website.
Full Breakdown
01 as grass clippings, loose leaves and other garden trash. To get free weekly collection, the material must fit that definition and cannot exceed four cubic yards per pickup; anything over that amount needs prior arrangement and a paid special pickup charged to the customer's utility account or a major credit card, or the resident can hire a franchised hauler instead. Yard waste is picked up once a week on the schedule the city advertises on its website, separate from the once-a-month bulk waste schedule.
Professional tree trimmers, lawn maintenance companies, arborists and landscapers must arrange their own disposal; they cannot leave cuttings, branches, grass or leaves for the Environmental Services Division unless they've paid the applicable fees, since they are not treated as regular city customers, and they must hold a local business tax receipt to operate in Hollywood. Placement follows the same alley-versus-swale rules as bulk waste: material must sit clear of guy wires, utility poles, meters, cable boxes and fences, and cannot be set out earlier than noon the day before the scheduled pickup. It is also unlawful to let yard waste wash into a street or storm drain.
Violations & Fines
Setting yard waste out earlier than noon the day before collection, or causing it to be deposited into a street or storm drain, violates § 50.04(A)(3). A landscaper who leaves branches or clippings for city pickup without paying required fees is not a city customer and is subject to fees and penalties under § 10.99 or Chapter 36; improperly placed material left more than 30 days unpaid becomes a lien on the property.
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Sources & Official References
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