Coconut Creek Trash & Recycling Schedule
Official garbage collection rules, bin guidelines, and holiday schedules for residents of Coconut Creek, Florida.
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📍 View Official Collection MapService Provider
Republic Services
Phone Number
954-973-6700Facility Address
4800 W Copans Rd, Coconut Creek, FL 33063
Collection Schedule
The city contracts for twice-weekly garbage pickup and once-weekly recycling pickup.
Bin Colors
Green carts for garbage, Blue carts for recycling.
Guidelines & Rules
🎄 Holiday Delays
Christmas Day is the only day service is suspended, shifting collection to the next day.
🛋️ Bulk Waste Pickup
Bulk and yard waste are collected once a week on the second garbage collection day.
⚠️ Important Guidelines
The city enforces strict environmental guidelines and promotes proper sorting in recycling carts.
Comprehensive Guide & Details
Republic Services and Curbside Expectations
Republic Services acts as the official waste contractor for the residents of Coconut Creek, ensuring neighborhoods remain pristine. Homeowners receive heavy-duty garbage carts designed for automated lifting. To ensure your household trash is removed, you need to push your cart to the edge of the street by 7:00 a.m. on the morning of your scheduled pickup. The mechanical arms on the collection trucks require a decent amount of clearance to work properly, so always leave at least three feet of empty space around your bin. Keep it away from parked cars, mailboxes, and low-hanging tree branches. The lid must be completely closed to keep local wildlife out and prevent litter from blowing down the street.
Keeping the Butterfly Capital Green
Coconut Creek takes massive pride in its environmental efforts, and the single-stream recycling program is a huge part of that mission. You can toss all your clean cardboard, office paper, aluminum cans, and rigid plastic bottles directly into your designated recycling cart. There is no need to sort materials, but it is absolutely essential to keep the stream clean. Never put plastic grocery bags, food-soiled pizza boxes, or styrofoam containers into this bin. Thin plastic films act like a tangled net inside the regional sorting facility, causing massive equipment breakdowns and forcing the city to send otherwise good recyclables straight to the landfill.
Rules for Discarding Landscape Debris
Tropical Florida weather promotes rapid plant growth, meaning yard maintenance is a year-round chore. The city provides a dedicated collection day for vegetative waste to help you manage the overgrowth. Small trimmings like grass clippings and leaves should be placed in sturdy paper lawn bags or personal trash cans. If you cut down tree limbs or palm fronds, cut them into sections no longer than four feet and tie them into neat bundles. To protect the sanitation workers who lift these items manually, make sure no single bag, can, or bundle weighs more than forty pounds.
Clearing Out Furniture and Heavy Items
When it comes to replacing an old sofa or a broken refrigerator, regular carts just will not cut it. Coconut Creek offers scheduled bulk waste pickups to handle these massive household items. You can place your oversized trash at the curb, but be careful not to obstruct sidewalks or block storm drains. If you are throwing away a refrigerator or chest freezer, Florida safety regulations mandate that you completely remove the doors or locking latches before setting the appliance outside. This strict rule ensures that neighborhood children cannot accidentally trap themselves inside while playing.
Handling Storms and Service Disruptions
Severe weather is just a fact of life in South Florida. If a hurricane warning goes into effect, Republic Services will immediately pause all sanitation routes to pull their trucks off the road. During these emergency periods, residents must bring all empty bins indoors or secure them tightly to prevent them from turning into dangerous windborne projectiles. Aside from storms, the only major holidays that disrupt your normal schedule are Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. On those specific dates, collection is skipped entirely and will resume on your next regularly assigned service day.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When is trash collected in Coconut Creek?
A: The city contracts for twice-weekly garbage pickup and once-weekly recycling pickup.
Q: How does the holiday schedule affect garbage pickup?
A: Christmas Day is the only day service is suspended, shifting collection to the next day.
Q: Which bins should I use for trash and recycling?
A: Green carts for garbage, Blue carts for recycling.
Q: How can I schedule a bulk waste pickup?
A: Bulk and yard waste are collected once a week on the second garbage collection day.
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