Commercial Recycling Vendor List

Manatee County offers FREE Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) service to Manatee County residents only. HHW is unwanted household products labeled as flammable, toxic, corrosive, dangerous, warning, or caution. You may take your HHW to the Lena Road Landfill, on Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and every third Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please do not dispose of any of the above with your regular trash. The hauler will not pick them up.

Contact 311 to make a report or for more information, at mymanatee.org/311 or call 311.

For utilities inquiries, email [email protected].

Yard Waste Disposal Guidelines

Bag It

• Use sturdy garbage bags for yard waste.

Bundle It

• If not using garbage cans, bundle yard waste.
• Bundles must be 4 feet or shorter in length.
• Branches must be 6 inches or smaller in diameter.
• Any branch larger than 6 inches must be cut in half lengthwise, tied, and bundled.
• Use heavy-duty string to tie bundles.

Can It

• Use a 32-gallon garbage can (not a recycling cart).
• Yard waste must not extend above the top of the can.
• Bundles, bags, or cans must not exceed 50 pounds each.
• Properly prepared yard waste is picked up every Wednesday (except during holiday schedule adjustments).

Bring It

• You may take yard waste to the landfill for a fee.

Free Annual Pickup

• Each residential address in unincorporated Manatee County gets one free special pickup per year (Oct. 1 - Sept. 30).
• This includes:
  • More than two large items
  • Excess yard waste (too much to bundle)
  • E-scrap and white goods
• Pickup limit: 60 cubic yards (L 40' x W 8' x H 6').

Extra Yard Waste Removal

• No limit on yard waste if properly bundled nor canned.
• Large amounts of loose yard waste require an "Extraordinary Service" pickup.
  • Fee will be added to your utility bill.
• Residents may also transport yard waste to Lena Road Landfill themselves.

Curbside Material Separation

• Garbage, recycling, and yard waste must be kept separate at the curb. Each category must be a minimum of three feet from each other.
• For free annual or large pickups, materials must be properly sorted for collection.

To recycle cardboard boxes at home, break down all boxes and place them in your recycling cart. The boxes must be loose fitting in the cart. The lid to your cart must close.

Pick up of Recycling Materials

You can schedule a pickup on your CSS account at mymanatee.org/css.

For more information email Utilities Customer Service at [email protected] or call Manatee County Utilities Customer Service at (941) 792-8811, or call 311.

Report a Missed Garbage Pickup Here

Alternatively, you can call 311.

Unincorporated Manatee County offers the "Waste Wizard" tool for solid waste and recycling look-up. You can also sign up for Household Hazardous & Electronic Scrap collection reminders via email, phone, or text. Visit our Waste Wizard tool for details.

Keep textiles out of landfills by donating, selling, or repurposing them. Drop off clean clothing, shoes, accessories, and linens at the blue textile box at Lena Road Landfill (Monday to Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). You can also donate to thrift stores, trade online, or share with friends and family.

Residential household waste is collected twice a week, either Monday andThursday or Tuesday and Friday. Recycling is collected once a week, and each home is issued one container for recyclable materials. Yard waste is picked up every Wednesday, with properly prepared waste placed no more than three feet from the curb. Use our Resident Information Tool for your specific pickup days.

Look up your collection days with our Resident Information Tool or use the Interactive Map.

Yard waste is collected on Wednesdays for all unincorporated Manatee County residents. For more information about how to properly dispose of yard waste,  click here.

All yard waste is picked up on Wednesdays. Yard waste placed not more than three feet from the road or curb will be collected once a week between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

White goods are large appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, dryers, stoves, freezers, water heaters and pool heaters. The state has banned all of the above from the landfills.

Waste Wizard: Garbage or Recycling?

Manatee County uses a single-cart system for all household recyclables, requiring no sorting. The "Recycle Right" campaign promotes proper recycling practices to help the community reach its 75% recycling goal.

"Recycle Right" is the national campaign initiative created to improve recycling education and awareness. It specifically details the right way to recycle and emphasizes what items can and can’t be recycled.

E-Scrap refers to consumer electronic devices that are no longer wanted or needed, such as computers and other similar gadgets. It's important to note that many of these devices contain hazardous materials like lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic, which require careful handling and proper disposal.

Manatee County accepts paper, cardboard, glass, aluminum, steel cans, and plastic bottles for recycling.
Plastic bags, Styrofoam, electronics, and hazardous waste are not accepted. Rinse all food and beverage containers before recycling.

Use our Waste Wizard tool by clicking here for more information!

When a holiday falls on a scheduled pickup day, garbage, recycling, and yard waste will be collected one day later than your scheduled pickup day for the rest of that week. Regular collection days resume the following Monday.

Curbside collection of recycling items is once a week. Use our Resident Information Tool to find your scheduled pickup day.

Weekly garbage pickup is limited to the contents of your bin. If you have extra items that won’t fit, you can schedule a special pickup in advance for a fee by calling 311 or submitting a request online to the 311 Division. Alternatively, you can take the excess waste directly to the landfill.

Use 32-gallon cans or water-tight plastic bags (1.5 mil thick), with a 50-pound weight limit. Cardboard boxes are not suitable for garbage collection, but will be collected if emptied, broken down, and bundled. Place waste within three feet of the curb by 6:00 a.m. on collection day.

Place your waste in one location, no more than three feet from the curb or road, before 6:00 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. Pickup may occur anytime between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

New Weekly Collection Schedule – Effective October 6, 2025

Starting October 6, 2025, garbage, yard waste, and recycling will all be collected once per week on the same day.

Each material type will be picked up separately, but all collections will occur on your designated collection day.

What to Expect:

• One collection day per week

• Three separate pickups: one each for garbage, recycling, and yard waste

• Place all items curbside by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day, following the separation guidelines. 

Manatee County residents can drop off their household hazardous waste (HHW) and electronic scrap (e-Scrap) on the third Saturday of every month from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Lena Road Landfill free of charge.

If your regular garbage, recycling, or yard waste pickup day falls on a holiday, your collection will be delayed by one day for the remainder of that week. Regular service resumes the following Monday.

Holidays That May Affect Service in 2025:

• New Year’s Day – Wednesday, January 1

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Monday, January 20

• Presidents’ Day – Monday, February 17

• Memorial Day – Monday, May 26

• Independence Day – Friday, July 4

• Labor Day – Monday, September 1

• Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 27

• Christmas Day – Thursday, December 25

Example: If your pickup is normally on Thursday and that day is a holiday, your items will be collected on Friday instead. Friday collections move to Saturday. On Monday, the normal schedule resumes.

Once collected from your curb, anything that is picked up becomes the property and responsibility of the waste haulers. Your recyclables are taken to the sorting facilities owned by Waste Management or Waste Pro for processing and recycling.

If your condo complex, RV park, or multi-family residence does not offer recycling or if your recyclables are too large for the recycling cart, you may drop them off. Find a list of recycling drop-off locations here: 

Recycling Locations and Information

Recycling Cart Guidelines

• The recycling cart is for recyclables only.
  
• The cart must be placed three feet from the curb and all obstructions, including cars, mailboxes, and garbage cans.
  
• Position the cart with the arrow facing the street.
  
• The recycling cart must be at the curb by six a.m.
  
• Arrange materials loosely inside the cart. Items packed too tightly may not be emptied properly.