🗑️ St. Petersburg Trash Pickup
Who collects in St. Petersburg, Florida, how to find your pickup day, bulk item pickup, holiday delays and what it costs. Checked November 1, 2026.
⚡ Quick Answer
In St. Petersburg, residential trash is collected by City of St. Petersburg Sanitation Department. Pickup days depend on your address, so use the official lookup (Zone finder on the Collection Schedule page (a trash and recycling map is also linked)) to find yours. Questions: (727) 893-7398. Bulk item pickup: "St.
📅 Find my pickup dayOfficial trash page
Checked November 1, 2026 against the city's and its hauler's own pages. We never print a pickup day for a whole city, because it changes by street.
🗓️ How Pickup Works
Find your zone with the zone finder on the Collection Schedule page; zone-specific trash and recycling calendars are mailed to customers at the start of each year (Sanitation Customer Service, (727) 893-7838). Garbage is collected twice weekly for single-family homes; once-weekly service is available to qualifying one- or two-person households. Recycling frequency is not printed. The recycling page says containers may go out after 7 p.m. the night before, must be out by 7 a.m. on collection day, and must be removed by 7 p.m. the same day.
The City's Sanitation Department serves more than 76,000 private household accounts from alley or curbside containers.
| Cart | Sizes | How often |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Trash | 90-gallon (one per single-family home; one per unit for multi-family) | twice weekly (once weekly by eligibility) |
| ♻️ Recycling (blue ("The Big Blue Bin")) | Not printed | not printed |
🛋️ Bulk Item Pickup
- 💵Cost: "St. Pete residents may also arrange for free Special Pickup of TVs, furniture, or computer equipment."
- 📞How to book: Call the Sanitation Department at (727) 893-7398 to arrange a Special Pickup of TVs, furniture or computer equipment. The City also operates brush sites for yard debris.
- 📏Limits: No size or quantity limits are printed on the pages checked.
Too long a wait, or over the limit? Haul it yourself: 3 public drop-off sites in Pinellas County, or get a junk removal quote below.
🎄 Holiday Delays
Collections shift to a nearby weekday on observed holidays. Monday holidays (MLK Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day): Monday collections are made on Tuesday and Tuesday collections on Wednesday; Thursday and Friday stay the same. Thursday holidays (New Year's Day, Thanksgiving): Thursday collections are made on Wednesday. Friday holidays (Juneteenth, Independence Day, Christmas): Thursday collections are made on Wednesday and Friday collections on Thursday. Veterans Day: no change. "Brush sites are closed on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day." The 2026 list prints "Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, Nov. 27, 2026" (Thanksgiving 2026 falls on Thursday, Nov. 26) and "Independence Day - Friday, July, 2026" with no day of the month. Holidays named: New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.
🌀 Hurricanes and Storm Debris
From the City's storm debris release of September 6, 2023 (event-specific; no standing City storm debris page was found, and Pinellas County's debris page says each city manages its own pickup): place separated debris in front of the house near the roadway curb in the right-of-way, and keep it on private property until it is ready for pickup. Do not place debris near trees, poles, fire hydrants, utility boxes or other structures, in alleyways or on sidewalks, or in the street. Vegetative storm debris goes in your trash bin for regular pickup; if it does not fit, call (727) 893-7398 to schedule a special pickup.
💵 What Residents Pay
| Standard residential sanitation rate (twice-weekly, single-family) | $34.29 Per month; rates "effective Oct. 1, 2026 - Sept. 30, 2027" (Current Utility Rates) |
| Once-weekly service, single-family residence | $27.18 Rates effective Oct. 1, 2026 - Sept. 30, 2027. Eligibility: one- or two-person household, lot 8,500 sq. ft. or less, water use 5,000 gallons or less per month, subject to City approval. Billing period read as monthly from the same table (inference; the line does not repeat "per month"). |
Copied from the city or hauler rate page. Rates usually change once a year.
🏡 New Resident? Starting Service
Not printed on the sanitation pages checked.
♻️ Recycling
Accepted: glass containers (all colors), aluminum and steel cans and steel jar lids, milk and juice cartons and drink boxes, plastic bottles, jugs, jars and tubs, newspapers, magazines, mail and windowed envelopes, mixed paper and cardboard. Not accepted: recyclables in plastic bags, plastic grocery and dry cleaning bags, thin plastic wrap, plastic berry containers, plastic cups, tops or straws, Styrofoam, paper towels, yard waste, trash and rechargeable or lithium-ion batteries.
🚛 Drop It Off Yourself
- 📍Pinellas County Solid Waste Disposal Complex, St. Petersburg · $4.25
- 📍Pinellas County Household Hazardous Waste Center, St. Petersburg
- 📍Pinellas County HHW North, Clearwater
📚 Where This Comes From
- 🔗Collection Schedule (City of St. Petersburg)
- 🔗Current Utility Rates (City of St. Petersburg)
- 🔗Recycling (City of St. Petersburg)
- 🔗St. Pete Storm Debris Collection Begins, September 6, 2023 (City of St. Petersburg)
- 🔗Follow Up: No-Name December Storm Debris Pick Up (City of St. Petersburg)
- 🔗Sand and Debris Cleanup (Pinellas County)
Checked November 1, 2026. Trash rules and rates change; the official pages above are the final word. See something out of date? Tell us.
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