Beginning December 1, 2025, you may request a 64-gallon garbage bin by submitting a service request on your Customer Self Service portal at mymanatee.org/css. Deliveries of smaller bins will start the week of January 5, 2026. 

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. Click here to visit the Electronic Scrap and Household Hazardous Waste page.

Report missed service by completing the Missed Collection Reporting Form, located at the top of this webpage, or by clicking here. 

Report missed service by completing the Missed Collection Reporting Form the next business day.

Yard Waste Disposal Guidelines

Bag It

• Use sturdy, compostable paper bags for yard waste.

Bundle It

• If you're 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 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.

Extra Yard Waste Removal

• No limit on yard waste if properly bundled nor canned.
• Large amounts of loose yard waste will 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 the other.

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 request a special pickup for a fee on your customer self-service portal at mymanatee.org/css, or drop off at the Lena Road Landfill. The pickup must be scheduled ahead of putting out the tires, or they will not be collected. 

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

Yard waste is limited to 40 pounds per item at unlimited 40 pound increments. If you have a branch that is 50 pounds and you cut into (5) 10 pound pieces, they'll pick it all up. This is an employee limitation to keep them safe. Length can be no longer than 4 feet.

Report a Missed Garbage Pickup Here

Thanks for reaching out. If you haven’t received a bin yet, please let us know by submitting a 311 service request. You can do this by calling 3-1-1 or submitting a 311 ticket online at mymanatee.org/311 or on the Manatee 311 app. If you’ve already submitted a request, there’s no need to submit another—your information has already been routed to the vendor for delivery.

We appreciate your patience as deliveries continue across the county! 

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, recycling, and yard waste are all collected on one service day. Use our Resident Information Tool to find your specific pickup day.

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.

If your bin is damaged, you can get it repaired or replaced by submitting a service request on your Customer Self Service portal. 

CSS Portal ➝ Request ➝ Solid Waste ➝ Maintenance Request for County Provided Garbage Bin

Each Big Bin is electronically chipped and assigned to your address. If your bin goes missing, we can track and confirm whether it’s at the wrong property. In most cases, bins are simply found nearby and returned.

To help prevent theft or mix-ups:

• Mark your bin with your house number (without covering the county-issued number on the front).
• Bring it back from the curb promptly after collection.
• Keep an eye out for your neighbors, especially those who may need extra help.

If you suspect your bin is missing, call 311. Our team will investigate and make sure you’re not left without service.

Important: Removing or keeping a bin that does not belong to you is considered theft under Florida law.

• According to Florida Statute § 812.014, theft of property valued at $100 or more is classified as petit theft of the first degree, a first-degree misdemeanor, and is an arrestable offense.
• Repeat offenses may be charged as a felony.

Simply put: taking a bin that isn’t yours can lead to arrest and prosecution.

New Weekly Collection Schedule – Effective October 6, 2025

Garbage, yard waste, and recycling is now collected once per week on the same day.

Each material type is picked up separately, but all collections now 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. 

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.

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

Garbage, recycling, and yard waste are all collected on one day per week. Look up your collection days with our Resident Information Tool or use the Interactive Map.

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!

If a holiday falls on your scheduled pickup day, garbage, recycling, and yard waste will be collected one day later for the rest of that week. Regular collection resumes 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, with the lid closed. If you have extra items that won’t fit, you can schedule a special pickup in advance for a fee by calling. You may also take the excess waste directly to the landfill for a fee. View current rates by visiting Rates for Solid Waste and Recycling Services.

You may keep your old bin for yard waste or other uses. If you’d prefer it be taken away, simply place a note on it that says “Please remove” within the first 30 days of receiving your new bin, and it will be collected for you. Please know - they are not recyclable and will go to the landfill to be disposed of.

You may print and tape the below document (or make your own) to your old can if you want it taken to the landfill for you. 

Big Bin - Remove Old Can

Pickup may occur anytime between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Place your waste in one location, no more than 3 (three) feet from the curb or road, before 6:00 a.m., on your scheduled collection day. 

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.

Find Your Garbage and Recycling Collection Days

While we cannot provide a specific timeframe for when all of the additional requested bins will be delivered, the franchised haulers are working diligently to get them delivered to your address as quickly as possible. In the meantime, you can use your old garbage can for any additional bagged trash as needed until you receive your new, additional bin(s). 

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 material recycling facility (MRF) 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.