Hurricane Milton: Here’s when your trash will be collected

ORLANDO, Fla. — As residents clean up following Hurricane Milton passing through Florida, the storm will affect solid waste collection.

See a county-by-county breakdown for the garbage pickup in your area:

Brevard County

Update:

Waste Management will resume collection service on Friday, Oct. 11.

Thursday service customers will have their garbage collection on Monday, Oct. 14.

Thursday recycle and container yard waste customers will be serviced on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Local governments will determine how to collect storm debris.

Previous report:

Waste Management will suspend all collection services on Wednesday, Oct. 9, and Thursday, Oct. 10, in Brevard County.

Flagler County

WastePro pick-up is canceled on Wednesday and Thursday for unincorporated Flagler County.

“Right now, we expect regular collection will resume Friday, and that we will reopen offices,” said County Administrator Heidi Petito. “We’ll post updates as soon as possible.”

Bunnell

The city of Bunnell said depending on weather conditions and the safety of the roads, yard waste pickup may start as soon as Friday, Oct. 11.

Yard waste and storm debris must be kept separate. Residents should not place the piles near obstructions like mailboxes, powerlines or power poles.

Bulk trash pickup for Friday, Oct. 11, is canceled.

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Lake County

Leesburg

There is no change to solid waste collection services for Wednesday, October 9.

City officials said curbside collection for solid and yard waste is canceled for Thursday, Oct. 10.

Customers who usually have scheduled pickup on Thursday will be picked up on Monday, Oct. 14.

Normal garbage and yard waste should resume on Oct. 11, but it could be affected by storm damage.

Tavares

Solid waste collections are suspended in Tavares for Thursday and Friday.

Regular household garbage collection and recycling will be picked up on Monday, Oct. 14, and Tuesday, Oct. 15.

If you have yard debris, you can bring it to the Lake County Landfill at 13130 County Landfill Rd, Tavares, FL 32778.

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Marion County

Update:

Waste Management will resume collection services on Friday, Oct. 11.

The City of Dunnellon customers will be serviced on a one-day delay.

Thursday will be serviced on Friday, and Friday will be serviced on Saturday.

Ocala Palms, Pine Run, Spruce Creek North, Rolling Greens, and Oak Bend residents will have pickup on Saturday, Oct. 12.

Yard waste and recycling will be serviced on the next regularly scheduled day.

Previous report:

Waste Management will suspend all collection services in Marion County on Wednesday, Oct. 9, and Thursday, Oct. 10.

Check back for updates.

Orange County

Orange County

Orange County Utilities will suspend all curbside garbage collection services on Wednesday, Oct. 9, and Thursday, Oct. 10.

Garbage collection will resume Friday, Oct. 11, and Saturday, Oct. 12, but only residential garbage in the green lid carts will be collected.

Regular collection services will resume on Monday, Oct. 14.

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Ocoee

On October 8, residential and commercial trash, bulk items, and yard waste pickup will operate as normal in Ocoee.

The city will provide more updates as the storm approaches.

Winter Park

Winter Park officials said no waste pickup will be on Wednesday, Oct. 9.

Waste Pro will begin picking up yard waste and properly bagged and bundled debris on Saturday, Oct. 12.

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Osceola County

Update:

County officials said curbside collection will resume on Friday, Oct. 11. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday service customers must have their trash card and yard waste out on the curb by 6:30 a.m.

They will be serviced on Friday and Saturday.

There will be no recycling on those days.

This collection does not include hurricane debris.

Regular schedules will resume on Monday, Oct. 14.

Here are the debris drop-off sites:

Canoe Creek Road on Oct. 12- Oct. 20, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Bass Road on Oct. 12 from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Kenansville on Oct. 11 and Oct. 12 from 7 a.m – 3 p.m.

For any questions, call 407-742-7750.

Previous report:

Osceola County, the city of Kissimmee and the city of St. Cloud canceled all curbside trash collection services for Wednesday, Oct. 9, and Thursday, Oct. 10.