City Hall

Solid Waste (Garbage) & Recycling Division
Public Services Department

Billing
Service for Solid Waste and Recycling Collection is handled through the Winter Garden Utility Billing Department in conjunction with your municipal water bill. Please click here for more information pertaining to account set-up and billing.

Collection/Pick-Up Days
The City of Winter Garden provides residents with twice a week solid waste (garbage) collection, once a week yard waste collection and once a week recycling collection. Special pick-ups are provided for large items for an additional charge.  In order to maintain a high-level of service to citizens while keeping costs low, the City has established routes for solid waste, yard waste and recycling pick-up. Click here to determine the collection days for your sub-division or street.
There are some holidays that garbage collection services are not provided. Normal services resume on the next scheduled pick-up day. Note: Yard waste is NOT collected the week of a holiday.  Click here to see the holiday collection schedule.
Pickup times may vary, depending on weather, traffic conditions and amount of material collected throughout the City.

REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE
The City of Winter Garden is doing its part to reduce waste, expenses, and to help our environment. The success of our waste reduction and recycling efforts depends on all of us.  

• Choose reusable bags for shopping instead of paper and/or plastic.
• Choose reusable packaging containers for snacks and lunches.
• Choose products with minimal packaging.
• Buy in bulk rather than several small containers of the same product.
• Print double-sided.
• Sign up for on-line bill pay programs.
• Contact companies to reduce junk mail.
• Choose reusable water bottles and coffee mugs instead of single-use bottles and cups.
• Choose items that are acceptable by the City’s Residential Curbside Recycling Program.
• Reduce yard waste by composting, using leaves and small branches for mulch, choosing plants that are the right size for their location to minimize pruning, and blowing grass clippings back into landscaping. 
• Choose products made from recycled material.

Click here for more tips

Residential Curbside Recycling Program

To request a recycling bin, contact Angela Stout at 407.656.4111 ext. 5193 or astout@wintergarden-fl.gov

Public  & Commercial Recycling Programs & Services
(click on links below for more information)

Local Public Recycling Services

2010 Orange County Registered Recyclers

FDEP Construction & Debris Recycling

*Disclaimer:  The City of Winter Garden does not endorse any particular business and/or service and cannot guarantee the quality or reliability of any services provided by any listed businesses and/or services. For more information about the 2010 Orange County Registered Recyclers list, please contact the Orange County Solid Waste Division at 407.836.6601 or Solid.Waste@ocfl.net.

Solid Waste Collection Regulations

• Yard trash and bulk items are limited to three cubic yards: approximately 4-thirty gallon bags.
• Place containers/trash out no later than 7am on collection day.
• Remove containers from the curbside no later than 7pm on collection day.
• Placed trash containers/debris next to the curb - not in the street.
• Keep containers with wheels covered in order to comply with health and sanitation requirements.
• Do not place any yard trash, liquids, building materials, or dead animals inside the City-issued containers.
• All bulk items including, but not limited to, discarded furniture, bicycles, and lawn equipment (without gasoline or oil in the engine) may be placed at the curbside for collection.

Appliance & Electronic Items Collection

Bulk items such as sofas, chairs, and beds may be placed with regular garbage for pick-up.  Local charity organizations may accept and/or pick-up usable items.  Please contact them directly for more information about donating large items

Household Hazardous Waste

Hazardous waste items are not collected in the curbside collection program.

You may bring household hazardous waste to either of the following locations:

• Orange County Landfill, Monday through Sunday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• McLeod Road Transfer Station, Wednesdays and Saturdays, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• Community collection event. CLICK HERE for 2010 events.
• Search local recycling programs – CLICK HERE.

Hazardous products may include any of the following words on the label:  Pesticide, Warning, Caustic, Poison, Acid, Danger, Flammable.
Examples:  paint, paint thinners, cooking oil, used motor oil, batteries (rechargeable & nickel-cadmium), antifreeze, household cleaning fluids, propane tanks, pool chemicals, pesticides.
For more information, contact the Orange County Utilities Solid Waste Hotline at 407.836.6601.
Website:  www.ocfl.net/utilities/
E Mail address:  Solid.Waste@ocfl.net

Yard Trash

• Yard trash such as grass, hedge clippings, and leaves can be placed in City-approved container fifty (50) gallons or less capacity. Must have handles on both sides. Note: container & contents cannot weigh more than sixty (60) pounds.
• Loose grass or leaves will not be picked up. Do not put grass or leaves in street.
• All limbs and landscaping material must be no longer than three (3) feet in length and no more than four (4) inches in diameter.
• Branches and limbs should be stacked neatly next to the curb or roadside.
• Please keep all debris away from low hanging power line and any low hanging limbs
• Do not mix yard waste and household garbage in bags or boxes.
• The City has a three (3) cubic yard limit on all residential yard trash collection.
• Do not put yard waste in commercial dumpsters. Dumpsters with yard waste will not be dumped.

 

Make sure you do not place your recycling bins or garbage cans in front of any mailbox.  Doing so may block access and cause interruption in mail delivery.
Pickup times may vary, depending on weather, traffic conditions and amount of material collected throughout the City.

Educational/School Resources (click on links below for more information)

Orange County