🗑️ Orlando Trash Pickup

🗓️ How Pickup Works

Use the City's Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste Pick-Up Schedule page to find your days (it also offers holiday schedules and courtesy pickup reminders). "Residents in single-family homes receive once-per-week garbage, recycling, yard waste and large item collection." Large items go out on your yard waste day. Yard waste goes on the curb prior to 6 a.m. on your pickup date.

City crews collect within the City of Orlando Solid Waste service area; customers are "billed monthly through the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC)." The City warns that some addresses labeled "Orlando" are in unincorporated Orange County and are not City customers.

🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup

• 💵Cost: "You can put up to two large items on the curb on yard waste day for free pickup" if they can be loaded by hand. Claw truck pickups cost extra: "The cost will depend on the type and amount of items you're throwing away." No dollar amount printed. Yard waste over the weekly limit: contact Solid Waste to schedule an additional pickup for a fee (no amount printed).
• 📞How to book: Put large items at the edge of your property, before the curb, on your yard waste day; "There's no need to schedule the pickup ahead of time." Do not block the street, sidewalk, mailboxes, trees, poles, fire hydrants, storm drains or overhead utilities. Remove refrigerator and freezer doors. Items too big or heavy to load by hand need a claw truck pickup scheduled by calling 407.246.2314. For many items, request a roll-off dumpster or dumpster bag pickup.
• 📏Limits: Large items: up to two per week, hand-loadable (refrigerators, dishwashers, washers, dryers, sofas, chairs, dressers, TV consoles, toilets, sinks). Yard waste: "Up to 4 cubic yards is collected each week." Branches no more than 4 inches in diameter and 4 feet long in 40 lb tied bundles; bags up to 40 lbs each; not loose on the ground. No dirt, rock, gravel, landscape ties, fences, pressure treated wood, or contractor or landscaper waste.

Too long a wait, or over the limit? Haul it yourself: 3 public drop-off sites in Orange County, or get a junk removal quote below.

Official bulk pickup page

🎄 Holiday Delays

The Pick-Up Schedule page says residents can "view holiday collection schedules" there, but no holiday rule text was captured. Not found, call to confirm.

Official holiday schedule

Dump and transfer station holiday hours

🌀 Hurricanes and Storm Debris

After a storm, report your debris online or at 407.246.2314 so crews can route efficiently. Separate piles: large vegetation; construction debris (fencing, roofing, lumber, drywall, carpet, furniture); appliances (food removed, doors secured or removed); and bagged or bundled small yard waste. Keep debris clear of mailboxes, fire hydrants, storm drains and utility poles. Debris in backyards, driveways or behind fences, or mixed with household garbage, will not be collected. Contractors must haul their own debris. "Storm debris will be collected within about six weeks."

Official storm page

💵 What Residents Pay

Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.

🏡 New Resident? Starting Service

For new service, fill out the online Request a Bin form or call 407.246.2314; bins are delivered within about 10 to 14 days. Check first that your address is in the City of Orlando Solid Waste service area.

Official page

♻️ Recycling

Empty and clean plastic bottles and containers (caps on), glass bottles and jars (lids off), aluminum, steel and tin cans, flattened cardboard, newspapers, paper bags, junk mail, paper and drink cartons. No food waste, plastic bags, polystyrene foam or aluminum food pans; empty recycling loose into the cart.

🚛 Drop It Off Yourself

• 📍Orange County Landfill (Orlando), Orlando · $10
• 📍Porter Transfer Station, Orlando · $10
• 📍McLeod Road Transfer Station, Orlando · $10

All drop-off sites, fees and hours in Orange County

📚 Where This Comes From

• 🔗Trash & Recycling (City of Orlando)
• 🔗Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste Pick-Up Schedule (City of Orlando)
• 🔗Solid Waste Rate Adjustment (City of Orlando)
• 🔗Get Large Items Picked Up (City of Orlando)
• 🔗Ensure Your Yard Waste Gets Picked Up (City of Orlando)
• 🔗Request a Trash or Recycling Cart (City of Orlando)
• 🔗What Goes Where (City of Orlando)
• 🔗Report Storm Debris (City of Orlando)

Checked October 31, 2026. Trash rules and rates change; the official pages above are the final word. See something out of date? Tell us.