Curbside Pickup

Garabage Cart and Recycling bins set on the curb ready for pickup

Alachua County provides the collection of solid waste, recycling, and yard waste for citizens in designated service areas. It is our mission to provide quality collection services while striving to reach our waste diversion goals. To serve you better, we provide special accommodations for disabled customers and collection of large or “bulk” items. Please observe the following guidelines:

Carts are for household garbage only.

The following items are NOT accepted in your garbage cart:

Recycling
Yard Waste
Dead animals
Hot ashes
Solvents, paints, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids

Holiday Schedule

Only six holidays affect collection service:

Thanksgiving
Christmas
New Year's Day
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (observed)
Memorial Day
Fourth of July

Waste will not be collected on these holidays, and all scheduled pickups will be delayed by one (business) day. Collection will return to the normal the following week.

Curbside Service Areas

The Blue Bin and Orange Bin curbside recycling program is available to Alachua County and City of Gainesville residential customers with curbside solid waste collection service only.

Alachua County residents who subscribe to garbage collection service should contact their hauler for recycling information.

Recycling collection service at apartment complexes is mandatory and is arranged by the owner or manager of the complex. Please speak with your apartment staff for information on recycling in apartment complexes.

Alachua County provides curbside waste collection and recycling to designated residential areas.

Residents of subscription-only areas may subscribe curbside pickup directly with WCA Waste Corporation, or dispose of household waste at one of the five Rural Collection Centers.

For questions regarding your address and service options, please contact the Office of Waste Collection.

Collection Days

Waste pickup in Alachua County and the City of Gainesville is currently serviced Monday through Thursday. Please contact the Office of Waste Collection and provide your street address if you cannot determine your pickup day.

Curbside Disabled Pickup

Disabled Alachua County residents who live in curbside service areas are eligible to receive backdoor service. The service will be provided at no additional charge.

To obtain this service, a customer must:

Complete a disabled waiver form for backdoor collection service
Furnish a physician's statement verifying that he/she is physically unable to take the receptacles to the curbside/roadside
Attest that no other home residents are physically able to take the receptacles to the curbside/roadside.

Approved waivers are good for one year. Waiver forms can be obtained by contacting the Office of Waste Collection.

Curbside Pickup Guidelines

Cart lid must close.
Make sure your garbage is bagged before it's placed in the cart. Please, Bag and Tie So the Trash Won't Fly!

If you have more garbage than your cart will hold, place garbage in an officially marked yellow bag and put it next to your cart. You can purchase these bags at your local Publix Supermarket. Please call the City of Gainesville or Alachua County for the store location nearest you.

Place your solid waste and recycling receptacles curbside/roadside by 7am on the collection day, no earlier than 5pm the day before your scheduled pick up
Remove your solid waste and recycling receptacles from curbside/roadside by 9pm on your collection day

Changing Your Cart Size

Alachua County curbside customers can change their garbage cart size to fit their needs. Available sizes are mini-can, 35, 64 & 96 gallons. Cart sizes are assessed at different rates on your property tax statement. For more information, please see our Pay-As-You-Throw program.

Contact the Alachua County Office of Waste Collection, or the City of Gainesville for more information or to request a different cart. If you are a subscription service customer, please contact WCA Waste Corporation.

If you have excess garbage, place the garbage in an officially marked yellow bag and put it next to your cart. You can purchase these bags at your local Publix Supermarket. Please call the City of Gainesville or Alachua County for the store location nearest you.

Curbside Recycling

Click Here to learn about recycling with Big Blue and the Orange bin!

Recycling service is provided at no additional cost to all citizens with curbside service in Alachua County. There is no limit on the number of recycling bins a household may have. If you need recycling bins, please call Alachua County’s Office of Waste Collection or your City for more information.

Orange bins are for paper products, and commingled containers and cartons go in your blue bin.

Blue Bin or Commingled Recycling:

Plastic Bottles & Jars
Metal & Aluminum Cans
Glass Bottles & Jars
Beverage Cartons & Boxes
Yogurt Cups & Margarine Tubs

Orange Bin or Paper Recyclables:

Junk Mail, Magazines, Office Paper, Catalogs
Newspapers, Telephone Books, Paper Bags, Paperback Books
Cardboard, Pasteboard (Cereal & Shoe Boxes)

Reduce, Reuse!

Residents are encouraged to donate their gently used items. Many area charities will pick up large items. Contact information for several local charities is included below.

Goodwill Industries: (352) 355-1311
Habitat for Humanity: (352) 378-4663
The Salvation Army: (352) 376-1743
Gainesville Community Ministry: (352) 372-8162
Haven Hospice Attic Resale: (352) 379-6244
Family Treasures Thrift Shop: (352) 393-2826
Alachua County Humane Society: (352) 373-5855

For more information on how to reduce and reuse in Alachua County, Click Here!

Curbside Yard Waste Pickup

Yard trash includes leaves, grass clippings and small tree limbs. It does not include boards or lumber. The most environmentally friendly way to dispose of this material is to recycle it at your home. For free information and backyard compost bins, contact Alachua County at (352) 374-5213 or the City of Gainesville (352) 334-2330.

Limbs must be less than 5 feet in length and smaller than 6 inches in diameter. Yard trash should be put in paper yard trash bags or reusable rigid containers and placed at the curbside by 7am of the collection day. Containers or paper yard bags should not exceed 40 pounds.

Before attempting to burn yard trash, contact the Florida Division of Forestry at (352) 395-4951 or 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352).

Yard trash collected at curbside is recycled. Please do not contaminate it with garbage. Debris generated by tree surgeons or other commercial enterprises will not be collected.

Special Pickups for Large or Bulk Items

Alachua County and the City of Gainesville offer free curbside pickup of bulk items to residents with curbside service. Bulk items include furniture such as

Couches
Tables
Chairs
Desks
Mattresses

Limited amounts of interior remodeling debris will also be collected.

For pickup of appliances such as stoves, washers, and dryers, call the County Waste Collection Office or the City Office (depending on your area of residence) to schedule.

Special collections of exterior materials may be arranged for a fee.

IMPORTANT: On your collection day, the bulk item(s) must be kept separate from any other trash or debris. Items that will fit in a garbage cart or yellow overflow trash bag are not considered “bulk”.

Contact

Waste Collection
5620 NW 120th Lane
Gainesville, FL 32653
Phone: 352-338-3233
TDD/TTY users, please call 711 (Florida Relay Service)
Office Hours
Monday - Thursday
7:00am-5:30pm

Office Hours:
Monday thru Thursday
7:00am - 5:30pm

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