Palm Coast Trash & Recycling Schedule
Official garbage collection rules, bin guidelines, and holiday schedules for residents of Palm Coast, Florida.
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📍 View Official Collection MapService Provider
FCC Environmental Services
Phone Number
386-986-2360Facility Address
160 Lake Ave, Palm Coast, FL 32164
Collection Schedule
Garbage, recycling, and yard waste are collected once a week on the same designated day.
Bin Colors
Black or Green for trash, Blue for recycling.
Guidelines & Rules
🎄 Holiday Delays
No pickup on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day; service is shifted to the next day.
🛋️ Bulk Waste Pickup
Bulk pickup can be scheduled, and up to 3 cubic yards of yard waste is picked up weekly.
⚠️ Important Guidelines
A new contract with FCC Environmental Services transitioned the city to a fully automated cart system.
Comprehensive Guide & Details
Waste Collection Rules for Flagler County's Largest City
Living in the beautifully master-planned neighborhoods of Palm Coast requires residents to follow specific sanitation guidelines established by the city’s municipal contract. Household garbage is collected twice weekly to keep the community pristine. Homeowners are instructed to place their heavy-duty bins directly at the edge of the driveway no later than 6:00 a.m. on their scheduled service mornings. Because the collection fleet relies on mechanical side-loading arms, you absolutely must leave a three-foot buffer zone around your cart. Make sure it is positioned well away from mailboxes, decorative boulders, and parked cars, and always ensure the lid is shut to keep local wildlife out of the trash.
What Goes in the Recycling Cart?
Palm Coast is deeply invested in diverting reusable materials away from landfills. The single-stream recycling program operates once a week, allowing residents to easily dispose of all approved items in one container without the hassle of sorting. You are welcome to deposit flattened cardboard, clean paper products, empty glass jars, aluminum cans, and rigid plastic bottles. However, city officials constantly remind residents that plastic shopping bags are the enemy of the recycling center. Bagging your recyclables will automatically result in a rejected load because flexible films wrap around the sorting gears, causing dangerous equipment failures. Keep your recyclables completely loose and dry.
Discarding Appliances and Heavy Furniture
If you are remodeling a room or replacing worn-out furnishings, you do not need to haul the heavy items yourself. Palm Coast offers an incredibly convenient weekly bulk trash service. Homeowners can leave oversized objects like couches, mattresses, and dining tables at the curb alongside their regular trash. For major household appliances, locally referred to as white goods, the rules are slightly stricter. Items like refrigerators, stoves, and washing machines will be collected, but Florida child safety laws strictly dictate that you must remove all airtight doors or locking mechanisms before the item ever touches the swale.
Yard Debris Pick-Up Logistics
Because Palm Coast is heavily wooded with towering pines and dense oaks, managing landscaping debris is a major focus for local homeowners. The city collects yard waste once a week, but the organic material must be prepped according to municipal standards. Loose grass clippings and leaves should be packed into personal garbage cans or tied into heavy-duty plastic bags. Thicker tree limbs cannot be thrown haphazardly on the grass; they must be neatly stacked or tied into bundles. For the safety of the workers, no individual yard waste bag or tied bundle should exceed 50 pounds, nor can any single branch be longer than five feet.
Bad Weather and Holiday Adjustments
The sanitation schedule in this coastal community is remarkably reliable, pausing only for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. When one of these holidays rolls around, your scheduled pick-up will simply shift to the following day, cascading the schedule for the rest of the week. Severe tropical weather poses a different challenge. If a hurricane warning is issued, all garbage services are halted immediately. Residents are legally obligated to bring all empty carts, uncollected bulk debris, and loose yard clippings inside a garage or tied down against the house to prevent them from becoming dangerous projectiles in high winds.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When is trash collected in Palm Coast?
A: Garbage, recycling, and yard waste are collected once a week on the same designated day.
Q: How does the holiday schedule affect garbage pickup?
A: No pickup on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day; service is shifted to the next day.
Q: Which bins should I use for trash and recycling?
A: Black or Green for trash, Blue for recycling.
Q: How can I schedule a bulk waste pickup?
A: Bulk pickup can be scheduled, and up to 3 cubic yards of yard waste is picked up weekly.
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