Solid Waste Management
Providing our customers with exceptional waste collection, recycling, disposal and mosquito control 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.
Permitted haulers can deliver garbage and trash to the waste-to-energy facility, where it is turned into refuse derived fuel (RDF).
News & Events
In the event of a hurricane that requires post-storm debris collection, the Department of Solid Waste Management requires homeowner associations that manage a community with private roads to have a Right of Entry agreement.
There are few rites of spring more satisfying than the annual deep clean.
There is a significant cost associated with illegal dumping, in addition to its negative impact on our neighborhoods. Residents are urged to report illegal dumping.
We all want to do our part when it comes to recycling. However, many of us are not putting the right items in their respective carts. The Simple 5 makes it easy to Recycle Right.
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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.
