Margate Trash & Recycling Schedule
Official garbage collection rules, bin guidelines, and holiday schedules for residents of Margate, Florida.
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📍 View Official Collection MapService Provider
Republic Services
Phone Number
954-972-0828Facility Address
5790 Margate Blvd, Margate, FL 33063
Collection Schedule
Garbage is collected twice a week, and recycling is collected once a week using automated carts.
Bin Colors
Green for garbage, Blue for recycling.
Guidelines & Rules
🎄 Holiday Delays
Christmas Day is the only observed holiday for service delay.
🛋️ Bulk Waste Pickup
Bulk trash is collected once a week on the second garbage collection day of the week.
⚠️ Important Guidelines
Automated carts must have 3 feet of clearance from obstacles like mailboxes and parked cars.
Comprehensive Guide & Details
Waste Connections Franchise and Bi-Weekly Servicing
Residential sanitation within the municipal boundaries of Margate is exclusively serviced by Waste Connections. Under this franchise agreement, single-family dwellings are assigned a heavy-duty, 96-gallon rollout cart for their standard household refuse. Trucks patrol the neighborhoods twice a week, meaning residents must have their bins properly positioned at the edge of the swale by 7:00 a.m. on their designated collection mornings. To ensure a smooth process for the automated lifting arms, your container needs a minimum radius of three feet of clear space. Placing carts too close to fire hydrants, parked vehicles, or large palm trees will obstruct the machinery, resulting in a bypassed pickup and requiring you to wait until the next scheduled cycle.
Appropriate Usage of the Blue Recycling Bin
The City of Margate encourages active participation in its curbside recycling initiative to minimize landfill impact. Your designated blue recycling cart is serviced once a week. This program operates on a single-stream methodology, allowing you to combine flattened cardboard boxes, office paper, rigid plastic jugs, and aluminum beverage cans loosely inside the same container. However, contamination remains a significant hurdle for local processing plants. Homeowners are strictly prohibited from tossing plastic grocery sacks, tangled garden hoses, styrofoam food trays, or medical waste into the blue cart. If a driver spots any of these offending items, the bin will be tagged with a non-compliance sticker and left unemptied.
Bulk Rubbish and Large Vegetation Limits
For items that exceed the capacity of your standard garbage cart, Margate provides a convenient bulk waste and yard debris pickup, which systematically coincides with your second collection day of the week. Residents are permitted to place up to six cubic yards of heavy materials at the curb. This allowance includes old mattresses, broken wooden furniture, and large appliances. By Florida law, any discarded refrigerators or freezers must have their doors entirely removed before being placed outdoors to prevent accidental entrapment. Heavy tree limbs and thick brush must be neatly stacked, while smaller yard clippings should be bagged. Any pile exceeding the six-cubic-yard threshold will incur specialized hauling fees.
Severe Weather Protocols and Collection Halts
Living in South Florida requires constant vigilance during hurricane season. If a severe tropical storm or hurricane warning is issued for Broward County, Waste Connections may abruptly suspend all sanitation operations to secure their heavy fleet. During these emergency windows, Margate residents are urged to bring all empty carts inside their garages or secure them tightly against their homes to prevent them from becoming dangerous projectiles. Outside of extreme weather, the only federal holidays that trigger a pause in standard operations are Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. On those specific dates, routes are skipped, and normal collection resumes on your next regularly scheduled day.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When is trash collected in Margate?
A: Garbage is collected twice a week, and recycling is collected once a week using automated carts.
Q: How does the holiday schedule affect garbage pickup?
A: Christmas Day is the only observed holiday for service delay.
Q: Which bins should I use for trash and recycling?
A: Green for garbage, Blue for recycling.
Q: How can I schedule a bulk waste pickup?
A: Bulk trash is collected once a week on the second garbage collection day of the week.
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