Solid Waste Services

Solid Waste Services (SWS) provides garbage, bulky items, yard waste and recycling services for residential and commercial customers within the city limits of Tallahassee. Current customer counts are 47,000 residential; 16,000 commercial establishments and 2,100 commercial recycling customers. The City is the exclusive provider of commercial and residential waste collection services (excluding recycling and construction and demolition debris) inside the city limits.

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Solid Waste Pickup

Garbage and recycling containers can be placed at the curb (no earlier than) the day before your scheduled pickup and need to be returned to the storage area near your home no later than the day following your service. Bulky items and yard waste should be placed at the curb no sooner than the weekend before your red/blue week pickup date. Electronics should be placed at the curb on your residential garbage service day and will be picked up the next Thursday.

Item	Pickup Frequency
Bulky items	Every other week (red or blue week)
Construction debris	By request
Electronics (residential)	By request every Thursday (if the City is notified by email or phone in advance)
Garbage	Once a week
Hazardous waste	Not picked up by the City
Recycling	Once a week (same day as garbage)
Yard waste	Every other week (red or blue week)

What does red/blue week mean?

The City of Tallahassee Solid Waste Services picks up bulky items and yard waste on the same day every other week. Depending on where you live, your route will be on either a red week or blue week. You can download the red/blue week calendar here and print it out. Each year we also send out a solid waste guide that includes a red/blue week calendar on the back for reference. Click here to find out which route you are on and the specific pickup day of the week.

Holiday Pickup Schedules

All customers may receive service one day later than their regularly scheduled service if your day of pickup falls on or after a holiday observed by the City of Tallahassee.

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Additional Garbage Container

Cost: $11.74 per month for each additional container

Who Can Participate: Any City of Tallahassee Solid Waste Services customer

How to Get Started: Download and complete the form (PDF) and either fax to 850.891.0901 or mail to:

City of Tallahassee Utilities
Additional Container Request
300 South Adams Street, Box A-2
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Additional Information

The containers will be delivered to the address specified in the form you fill out within 5 business days after the receipt of this request. The $11.74 additional per month charge will be added to your regular monthly charges for solid waste services. The standard rate for residential service is $17.94 per month. Including charges for one additional container, your charges for solid waste services will be $29.68.

Apartment Recycling Request

I am a resident or an apartment manager who wants recycling at my apartment complex.

Solid Waste Services provides recycling for residential apartments on a per request basis inside the Tallahassee city limits. If you live outside the city limits, please contact Waste Pro at 606.1899.

Submit Apartment Recycling Request

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Commercial Recycling Request

Recycling is one of the easiest and important decisions a business can make to protect our environment. Single-Stream Recycling is available for commercial customers at your request. To get started, please complete and submit the form below or call 891-4968 and ask about our "commercial recycling." Someone will call you to set up a date for delivery of your recycling container(s).

Submit Commercial Recycling Request Request

Commercial Single Stream Recycling For Dumpsters

6 Yard Dumpster	Monthly Cost
1 day pick up per week	$47.84
2 days picked up per week	$95.68
3 days picked up per week	$143.52
4 days picked up per week	$191.36
5 days picked up per week	$239.20
6 days picked up per week	$287.04
1 day pick up every other week	$23.92

8 Yard Dumpster	Monthly Cost
1 day pick up per week	$63.79
2 days picked up per week	$127.57
3 days picked up per week	$191.36
4 days picked up per week	$255.15
5 days picked up per week	$318.93
6 days picked up per week	$382.72
1 day pick up every other week	$31.89

Helping Hands Service

Cost: The City will provide premium residential service at the same cost as standard residential service.

Who May Participate: Residential single-family solid waste customers who are physically/medically unable to take residential waste and recycle containers to the curb for collection. Eligibility is based on an application, which includes certification by the customer and a physician. Periodic re-certification is required.

How to Get Started: Download and complete the form and fax it to 891-0901 or mail it to:

City of Tallahassee Utilities
Helping Hands Service
435 N Macomb St.
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Additional Information

The City of Tallahassee is committed to residents with special needs. Your garbage and recycling containers must be accessible (not inside a fence, garage or carport), and visible from the street by 6:30 a.m. on the collection day. Falsification of information will be grounds for termination of the Helping Hands Service and you may be required to repay for the services provided.

Phone Book Recycling

Businesses with at least 25 phonebooks can arrange for pickup by calling 891-4968 or using this online form. You will be contacted about scheduling a time for pickup. For questions or comments not related to phonebook recycling, please use our general comment card.

Submit Phone Book Request Request

Premium Garbage and Recycling Service

Cost: $41.40 per month

Who May Participate: Any single-family detached home, duplex or apartment complex with garbage and recycling barrels provided by the City.

How to Get Started: Call 891-4968 for information. Or download and fill out the form and fax to 891.0901 or mail to:

City of Tallahassee Utilities
Premium Service Request
300 S. Adams St., Box A-2
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Additional Information

Garbage and recycling containers will be retrieved from the storage area, taken to the curb and returned after being emptied on the scheduled day of service. The containers must be at ground level with ready, reasonable and safe access without entering into a building, shelter, carport, or fenced area of any type, and without the need for personnel to walk or carry a container over, under or around yard or property obstacles.

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Special Residential Pickup Request

List of Charges for Special Pickup

Special Service Pickup
- $73.34 per quarter hour
  Minimum charge $73.34 (this is a timed rate & does not include travel time)
Disposal Fees
- Garbage (Class I) - $37.75 per ton
- Clean Yard Waste (Class II) - $31.00 per ton
- Bagged Yard Waste (Class II) - $43.00 per ton
- Mixed Bulk Waste (Class III) - $37.75 per ton
- Clean Bulk Waste (Class III) - $37.75 per ton
- Mixed Special Waste Collection (items prohibited from regular service): $100.00
- Tires - $160.00 per ton or prorated depending on weight

Submit Special Request Residential

Special Commercial Pickup Request

Special Service Pickup
- $75.25 per quarter hour
  Minimum charge $75.25 (this is a timed rate & does not include travel time)
Disposal Fees
- Garbage (Class I) - $37.75 per ton
- Clean Yard Waste (Class II) - $31.00 per ton
- Bagged Yard Waste (Class II) - $43.00 per ton
- Mixed Bulk Waste (Class III) - $37.75 per ton
- Clean Bulk Waste (Class III) - $37.75 per ton
- Mixed Special Waste Collection (items prohibited from regular service): $100.00
- Tires - $160.00 per ton or prorated depending on weight

The cost for service depends on:

Type of container you have leased or purchased
Size of container
Material to be placed in the container

Please call 891-4968 to speak with a representative in our Commercial Solid Waste Services Division.

Submit Special Request Commercial

Solid Waste Residential Rates

Monthly Charges
Regular Homes	$17.94 per month
Apartment*	$17.94 per month
Residential Premium Service (learn more)	$41.40 per month
Additional Garbage Container (learn more)	$11.74 per month in addition to regular charge
Special Waste Collection (learn more)	$73.34 per 1/4 hour plus disposal costs and associated fees

*If apartment complex management doesn't include in rental agreements and monthly charges, the city charges customer directly. Apartment rate includes bulky items service.

Solid Waste Commercial Rates

Solid Waste - Commercial
The city will provide solid waste collection services for commercial establishments or uses not described as standard or premium residential services, or multifamily tenant service as follows:
Barrel Service - picked up 1 day per week	$20.21 per month
Barrel Service - picked up 2 days per week	$40.42 per month
Barrel Service - picked up 3 days per week	$60.63 per month
Barrel Service - picked up 4 days per week	$80.84 per month
Barrel Service - picked up 5 days per week	$101.05 per month
Barrel Service - picked up 6 days per week	$121.26 per month
Special Waste Collection	$75.25 per 1/4 hour plus disposal costs and associated fees
Dumpster Service
Single-Stream Recycling	$1.84 per cubic yard
Non-compacted Scheduled	$3.67 per cubic yard
Compacted Scheduled	$13.82 per cubic yard
Additional fees apply for Open Gate, On Call/Off Schedule Collection, Return Trip, Late Route (after 7 p.m.), Contamination and Customer Request Sanitizing. Please call 891-4968 for information on these services.
Roll-Off Service
Regular (greater than 16 cubic yards)	$210.65 per pull plus disposal cost
Multi-Lift (16 cubic yards or less)	$132.42 per pull plus disposal cost
Additional fees apply for Delivery, Return Trip Relocation; Weekend Service; Container Turn Around; Sanitizing. Please call 891-4968 for information on these services.

Detailed information about City of Tallahassee Utilities rate applicability or availability, discounts, penalties, etc. can be found at the Municipal Code Corporation (MCC).

Rates listed are applied to all utility bills rendered on and after February 1, 2018.