Solid Waste Management
Providing our customers with exceptional waste collection, recycling and disposal services that protect, preserve and improve our environment and the quality of life in our community.
Most residential properties receive automated waste pickup two days each week. Place your green waste cart at the curb by 7 a.m. on your pickup day.
Curbside recycling service is provided to single-family homes in service areas within participating cities. Information on the County's requirements for businesses, apartments and condominiums is available.
Get information on sprayings, site inspections, ways to prevent mosquito bites and the most effective methods used to control mosquitoes.
Each year, Miami-Dade County residential waste collection households can receive two bulky waste pickups of up to 25 cubic yards each.
Facilities
Trash and Recycling Centers allow for disposal of larger types of household trash and debris.
Practice responsible recycling. Drop off home chemicals, electronics and more.
Two landfills are available for private, municipal and County waste haulers.
Permitted haulers can deliver garbage and trash to the waste-to-energy facility, where it is turned into refuse derived fuel (RDF).
Report Problems
Report Online
Report problems such as illegal dumping and missed garbage or recycling pickups. Also schedule bulky waste pickups online.
Contact 311
311 representatives are available to assist you with all County-related questions.
Download Mobile App
Download the 311 Direct mobile application to report your problem.
News & Events
Use or lose your bulky waste pickups
If you are a Miami-Dade Solid Waste customer, you have two bulky waste pickups included in your annual fee that you can use by Dec. 31.
Final public notice for South Dade Landfill repairs
This final public notice outlines the project plans to repair the South Dade Landfill from the damages resulting from Hurricane Irma.
Help the planet and your wallet by detoxing your home
Identify which household chemicals are hazardous and dispose of them safely at two Home Chemical Collection Centers.
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Permits
General Hauler Permit
A permit is required for anyone in the business of solid waste collection or recyclable materials collection, removal or transport for hire or salvage over the streets or public right-of-way in Miami-Dade County. Permitted private haulers can learn more about the Disposal Facility Fee Area and Disposal Facility Fee requirements here.
Landscaper Permit
This permit is required if a landscaper wants to access the Neighborhood Trash and Recycling Centers for disposal of clean yard trash or obtain a discounted rates for clean yard trash at any Solid Waste Management disposal facility.
Waste Tire Generator or Hauler Permit
A Waste Tire Generator Permit is required for anyone principally or partially engaged in the selling, trading or otherwise transferring of new, used or waste tires. A Waste Tire Hauler Permit is required for any person transporting 5 or more waste tires for hire within Miami-Dade County.
About Us
Solid Waste Management provides waste collection and recycling services to unincorporated Miami-Dade County and the cities of Aventura, Cutler Bay, Doral, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, Opa-locka, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest and Sunny Isles Beach. Curbside recycling services are also provided to the following cities that have inter-local agreements with Miami-Dade County: El Portal, Florida City, Medley, Miami Beach, Miami Springs, North Bay Village, South Miami, Virginia Gardens and West Miami.
Waste collection is provided twice each week and recycling every other week. Customers can schedule two bulky waste pickups each calendar year and have access to 13 Neighborhood Trash and Recycling Centers and two Home Chemical Collection Centers.
Solid Waste Management owns and operates three landfills and three Regional Transfer Stations for waste disposal and owns the Resources Recovery Facility where waste is converted into energy that is used to power the plant and exported to the power grid.
Permits for general haulers, landscapers and tire generators are also issued as part of the services.
Other responsibilities under Chapter 15 of the Miami-Dade County Code include issuing warnings and citations for waste-related code violations.
Solid Waste Management also provides countywide mosquito prevention and control services.
