Palm Coast, FL Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Sec. 41-11(c) of the Palm Coast Code of Ordinances sets firm dimensions for vegetative debris left at the curb: individual pieces such as tree limbs, tree trunks and palm fronds cannot exceed five feet in length or six inches in diameter, and no single item may weigh more than 60 pounds. Loads that run larger than that, from a major storm cleanup to a full landscaping job, fall outside routine curbside service; the same subsection allows the City's franchisee to schedule a special pick-up and bill a separate service charge for that extra handling.

Sec. 41-11(e) requires customers to separate yard waste from household garbage and other solid waste rather than bagging it together, and Sec. 41-11(b) requires all residential waste placed for collection to be containerized and set at the curb or right-of-way where collection crews can reach it. Sec. 41-17(a)(8) separately makes it a prohibited act to let yard waste, industrial waste, junk or rubbish accumulate on a property to the point of creating a nuisance, and backyard composting is treated as recycling rather than disposal under Sec. 41-17(a)(16), so long as the pile is kept sanitary and does not become a nuisance itself.

Gated communities, and multi-family or mobile home complexes that contract for common lawn maintenance, may apply under Sec. 41-12(c) for an annual exemption from City yard waste billing if the complex's lawn contractor already hauls and disposes of the yard waste it generates; the exemption requires an annual application, an administrative fee, and an affidavit confirming the yard waste is not commingled with household trash.