Who Picks Up Your Trash in Florida? All 67 Counties, 2026
Florida has no statewide list of who collects household garbage. Each county decides how homes outside city limits get service, and every city decides for itself. This table puts the county answer for all 67 counties in one place, with the official page to check, as of October 13, 2026. In 33 counties the county contracts or franchises a hauler; in 10 there is no county curbside service at all, and homes hire their own hauler or haul to a county site.
Where a home sits decides who picks up its trash. Inside a city, the city's own crews or its contract hauler collect, on the city's schedule. Outside city limits, it is the county's arrangement in the table below. Many counties put the cost on the November tax bill as a solid-waste assessment, which is why it shows up in the non-ad valorem assessment study and not in the millage rate.
What the table shows
- Most counties hire a hauler. 33 of 67 counties contract or franchise one or more private haulers for the unincorporated area, usually paid through a tax-bill assessment so every home has service.
- A few haulers cover much of the state. Among the 31 counties whose own sources name a hauler, the most common are WM (14 counties), Waste Pro (12 counties), FCC Environmental (6 counties) and GFL Environmental (3 counties).
- Two public agencies run their own trucks. Miami-Dade County's Department of Solid Waste Management and ECUA in Escambia County collect with public crews.
- 7 counties leave it to the home. In Bay, Citrus, Leon, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas and Sumter, the county does not collect from every home; residents subscribe with a licensed hauler or use county drop-off sites.
- 3 counties run drop-off sites instead. Madison, Suwannee and Taylor run staffed collection sites rather than curbside pickup.
- 21 counties could not be verified from an official source: Baker, Bradford, DeSoto, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Holmes, Jefferson, Lafayette, Levy, Liberty, Nassau, Santa Rosa, Union and Washington. Most are small rural counties whose websites don't describe residential collection. Where a hauler's own site names the county, the table says so, marked as the hauler's page only.
| Arrangement | Counties |
|---|---|
| County contract or franchise hauler | 33 |
| A public agency collects | 2 |
| County service district, hauler not named | 1 |
| Private haulers by subscription | 7 |
| Drop-off sites, no county curbside | 3 |
| Not verified | 21 |
Every county
| County | Arrangement | Hauler | Garbage pickups a week | Details | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alachua | County contract or franchise hauler | GFL Environmental | — | Exclusive county franchise with GFL; residential service under the new franchise began October 1, 2026, and subscription areas sign up with GFL | Official page |
| Baker | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county public works office | Official page |
| Bay | Private haulers by subscription | Not named | — | No county pickup; homes hire one of the independent haulers licensed by the county, which publishes the list | Official page |
| Bradford | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Brevard | County contract or franchise hauler | WM | — | County contract with WM for curbside garbage, recycling and yard waste | Official page |
| Broward | County service district, hauler not named | Not named | 2 | Broward Municipal Services District collects in the unincorporated pockets, billed on the tax bill; some areas are served by a neighboring city | Official page |
| Calhoun | County contract or franchise hauler | Not named | — | Mandatory residential service through county service agreements with private contractors (2010 ordinance); current hauler not verified | Official page |
| Charlotte | County contract or franchise hauler | WM | — | WM is the county's franchise hauler, paid through a collection assessment | Official page |
| Citrus | Private haulers by subscription | Not named | — | No mandatory county collection; homes hire a hauler registered with the county | Official page |
| Clay | County contract or franchise hauler | FCC Environmental | 1 | County contract with FCC Environmental since October 1, 2024, for weekly garbage and yard waste on the tax bill; curbside recycling ended; Orange Park and Green Cove Springs run their own | Official page |
| Collier | County contract or franchise hauler | Not named | 2 | County-contracted curbside service with weekly recycling, yard and bulk pickup; the City of Naples runs its own; the county page does not name the haulers | Official page |
| Columbia | County contract or franchise hauler | Waste Pro | 1 | County contract with Waste Pro for weekly garbage and yard waste | Official page |
| DeSoto | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified for the county; the City of Arcadia runs its own service | Official page |
| Dixie | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Duval | County contract or franchise hauler | Not named | — | The consolidated City of Jacksonville contracts three private haulers; the city's schedule lookup gives the day by address | Official page |
| Escambia | A public agency collects | ECUA | — | ECUA, the county's utility authority, collects everywhere except Pensacola and Century | Official page |
| Flagler | County contract or franchise hauler | Waste Pro | — | Waste Pro collects household garbage, recycling and yard waste in the unincorporated county | Official page |
| Franklin | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Gadsden | Not verified | Waste Pro (hauler's page only) | — | Not confirmed by the county; Waste Pro lists Gadsden County as a service area | Official page |
| Gilchrist | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Glades | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Gulf | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Hamilton | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Hardee | Not verified | Not named | — | The county Solid Waste department runs the landfill and bulk pickup for unincorporated areas; curbside hauler not verified | Official page |
| Hendry | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; the county sought new collection proposals in 2026; Clewiston and LaBelle run their own | Official page |
| Hernando | County contract or franchise hauler | Coastal Waste & Recycling | — | Coastal Waste & Recycling replaced Republic on January 2, 2026, in every unincorporated area except Brooksville; part of the county is an assessment area and part is by subscription | Official page |
| Highlands | County contract or franchise hauler | Florida Waste Solutions | 1 | Florida Waste Solutions franchise, renewed for ten years from October 1, 2026; yard and bulk every other week, no curbside recycling, billed on the tax bill | Official page |
| Hillsborough | County contract or franchise hauler | FCC Environmental; Republic Services; WM | 2 | Three zones, each with a county-contracted hauler; weekly recycling and yard waste | Official page |
| Holmes | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; the county runs collection sites and its ordinance lets it franchise curbside haulers | Official page |
| Indian River | County contract or franchise hauler | WM | 1 | Universal curbside service since October 1, 2025, under a ten-year WM agreement, for the unincorporated county and Indian River Shores, billed on the tax bill | Official page |
| Jackson | County contract or franchise hauler | Waste Pro | — | Waste Pro since January 2, 2026, in the unincorporated county only (WM before) | Official page |
| Jefferson | Not verified | Not named | — | The county lists staffed drop-off sites and says it has no scheduled curbside pickup; a franchise for the unincorporated county was also reported, so confirm with the county | Official page |
| Lafayette | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Lake | County contract or franchise hauler | Not named | 1 | County-contracted weekly garbage, recycling and yard waste in the unincorporated county; the hauler split by zone was not confirmed | Official page |
| Lee | County contract or franchise hauler | WM; Waste Pro | — | Franchise service areas, each with an exclusive hauler, cover the unincorporated county, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers Beach and Estero | Official page |
| Leon | Private haulers by subscription | Waste Pro | — | Optional subscription with Waste Pro, the county's contractor, outside Tallahassee; Rural Waste Service Centers take drop-offs; Tallahassee runs its own | Official page |
| Levy | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; the county runs a landfill and transfer station for residents, but its pages don't name a curbside hauler | Official page |
| Liberty | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Madison | Drop-off sites, no county curbside | Not named | — | The county Solid Waste and Recycling Department runs staffed collection sites across the county | Official page |
| Manatee | County contract or franchise hauler | WM; Waste Pro | 1 | WM and Waste Pro franchise; one cart picked up once a week for garbage, recycling and yard waste together since October 6, 2025 | Official page |
| Marion | Private haulers by subscription | Consolidated Waste Service; GFL Environmental; WM; Waste Pro; Young's Garbage Service | — | No county curbside; the county runs recycling centers paid by an assessment, and homes can subscribe with a franchised hauler | Official page |
| Martin | County contract or franchise hauler | WM | 2 | County contract with WM; recycling on one of the two garbage days and yard waste once a week | Official page |
| Miami-Dade | A public agency collects | Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management | 2 | The county Department of Solid Waste Management collects in unincorporated Miami-Dade and in Aventura, Cutler Bay, Doral, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, Opa-locka, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Sunny Isles Beach and Sweetwater; recycling every other week | Official page |
| Monroe | County contract or franchise hauler | WM; Marathon Garbage Service; Keys Sanitary Service | — | Four franchise areas with county carts; Key West and Islamorada run their own | Official page |
| Nassau | Not verified | Meridian Waste (hauler's page only) | — | Not confirmed by the county; Meridian Waste says it is the exclusive hauler for the unincorporated county | Official page |
| Okaloosa | County contract or franchise hauler | WM | — | Exclusive WM franchise in Collection Areas 1 to 5 of the unincorporated county; cities have their own franchises | Official page |
| Okeechobee | County contract or franchise hauler | WM | 1 | WM franchise since October 1, 2023, billed as a tax-bill assessment | Official page |
| Orange | County contract or franchise hauler | Not named | — | Several county-contracted haulers across five zones on a schedule that changed December 29, 2025; the county lookup covers the unincorporated county only | Official page |
| Osceola | County contract or franchise hauler | WM | 1 | WM collects weekly garbage, recycling and yard waste | Official page |
| Palm Beach | County contract or franchise hauler | Not named | 2 | The Solid Waste Authority contracts a hauler for each service area, with new contracts from October 1, 2026; weekly recycling | Official page |
| Pasco | Private haulers by subscription | Not named | 2 | No county collection; homes sign up with a county-licensed private hauler, which picks up garbage twice a week and recycling once | Official page |
| Pinellas | Private haulers by subscription | Not named | — | Homes contract a county-licensed private hauler; the county itself serves only East Lealman | Official page |
| Polk | County contract or franchise hauler | GFL Environmental; FCC Environmental | 1 | County contracts with GFL and FCC Environmental, paid through an assessment | Official page |
| Putnam | County contract or franchise hauler | Waste Pro | — | Waste Pro collects for the unincorporated county, Interlachen, Pomona Park and Welaka through an assessment; yard waste every other week; curbside recycling ended | Official page |
| Santa Rosa | Not verified | Waste Pro (hauler's page only) | — | Not verified; Waste Pro says it serves the south end of the county | Official page |
| Sarasota | County contract or franchise hauler | Waste Pro; FCC Environmental | — | Two franchise areas since March 31, 2025: Waste Pro in the north, FCC Environmental in the south; garbage and recycling on the same day | Official page |
| Seminole | County contract or franchise hauler | Waste Pro; WM | — | Waste Pro in Areas 1 and 3 and WM in Area 2, paid through an assessment | Official page |
| St. Johns | County contract or franchise hauler | FCC Environmental | 1 | FCC Environmental has been the only residential curbside hauler since August 1, 2024, with weekly garbage, yard, recycling and bulk on the tax bill | Official page |
| St. Lucie | County contract or franchise hauler | Waste Pro | — | The county directs unincorporated homes to Waste Pro; Port St. Lucie runs its own | Official page |
| Sumter | Private haulers by subscription | Not named | — | No county trash pickup; homes hire a private hauler, and the Sumter part of The Villages is served by its own utility district | Official page |
| Suwannee | Drop-off sites, no county curbside | Not named | — | County collection sites paid by an assessment, with a yearly decal | Official page |
| Taylor | Drop-off sites, no county curbside | Not named | — | The county runs staffed collection centers for homeowners | Official page |
| Union | Not verified | Not named | — | Not verified; contact the county solid waste office | Official page |
| Volusia | County contract or franchise hauler | FCC Environmental | — | County contract with FCC Environmental for homes of up to four units; the county map names each city's provider | Official page |
| Wakulla | County contract or franchise hauler | Waste Pro | 1 | Waste Pro for the unincorporated county and Sopchoppy through an assessment; curbside recycling ended September 29, 2025 | Official page |
| Walton | County contract or franchise hauler | WM | 1 or 2 | County contract with WM, paid from the local option sales tax: twice a week in South Walton, once a week in the north | Official page |
| Washington | Not verified | WM (hauler's page only) | — | Not confirmed by the county; WM lists Washington County as a service area | Official page |
Garbage pickups a week is filled only where the county or its hauler publishes it. Yard waste, bulk items and recycling run on their own schedules, and many counties have ended curbside recycling in the last two years (Clay, Putnam and Wakulla among them).
What this means for a buyer
Before closing, find out whether the home is inside a city and which hauler serves the street. If the county bills the service on the tax bill, the seller's last bill shows the solid-waste line, and the tax lookup adds the county's fee where it can be figured from county records. In the subscription counties, nothing is on the tax bill: call a licensed hauler to start service, or plan on drop-off trips. The closing cost estimate covers the rest of the move-in costs.
For the pickup day itself, the pickup day lookup reads it by address from the 24 services that publish their routes, and shows who collects everywhere else.
Methodology and sources
Each county row was checked on October 13, 2026 against the county's own website, county GIS service layers that name the hauler, county news releases and, where the county publishes nothing, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's county solid waste contacts list. A hauler is named only when a source names it; "hauler's page only" means the company lists the county as a service area and the county does not say so. The table describes the unincorporated county; cities set their own service and are not covered. Contracts change: Alachua, Highlands and Palm Beach began new contracts on October 1, 2026, and Hernando and Jackson changed haulers in January 2026. The official page in each row is the source to trust for a specific address. This is general information, not a service guarantee.
Download the data and cite this study
All 67 counties, with the arrangement, hauler, pickups per week and official page, are free to download as a spreadsheet-ready file: florida-trash-pickup-by-county-2026.csv. The data is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license: reporters, researchers, new-resident guides and writers may reuse and adapt it freely, as long as they credit and link this page:
ParcelMath, "Who Picks Up Your Trash in Florida: All 67 Counties, 2026," https://parcelmath.com/research/florida-trash-pickup-by-county-2026/
Related research: Florida non-ad valorem assessments by county · Florida property tax by county · Florida closing costs by county · fire and trash fees by county.
Data verified as of October 2026.