Hernando County does not pick up yard waste. Curbside collection is provided by Republic Services in all unincorporated areas of the county, which excludes the City of Brooksville. County residents can call Republic at (352) 540-6457 for questions about their service. City of Brooksville provides their own collection service. City residents can call (352) 540-3810 for questions about service within the City limits.

Residents with curbside service receive yard waste pick up once per week except on designated holidays. Call Republic Services at (352) 540-6457 to determine your household’s yard waste pick up day or to sign up for new service.

Residents should follow the set-out procedures below for curbside collection:

• Yard waste may include vegetative matter and biodegradable brown paper bags only. Do not mix treated mulch or wood, rubber mulch, trash, concrete, rocks, plastic pots or flowers, plastic bags from mulch or soil, or any other type of non-vegetative matter with your yard waste.  Mixed yard waste will not be collected

• Residential Yard Waste collection is limited to a total of twelve containers, bags, bundles or equivalent of yard waste, per pickup.  For larger quantities, contact Republic Services in advance. An additional fee will apply

• Containers and bags, including content, shall be a maximum of 45 gallons in size and not to exceed 50 pounds each

• Yard waste is recycled, therefore covered trash cans, brown paper bags or bundles to set out yard waste are preferred.  Plastic bags will be opened and dumped to keep the plastic from contaminating the yard waste stream
• Although every effort is made to keep areas clean of spilled yard waste, some spillage may occur when transferring loose yard waste from the container to the truck. Republic is not responsible for accidental spillage resulting from the normal collection process
• Bundled yard waste is limited to bundles under 50 pounds and four feet in length. Bundles must be tied
• Branches/limbs cannot exceed four inches in diameter or four feet in length.  Whole trees and remnants thereof are not accepted curbside
• Live Christmas trees may be disposed of on your regularly scheduled yard waste day if trees are cut to under 4-foot lengths & cleaned of all decorations, including tinsel
• Customers shall set out containers of yard waste no later than 6 a.m. on the designated collection day and no earlier than 6 p.m. the day prior to the designated collection day
• Customers shall set out yard waste within six feet, or as near to the roadway abutting the customer's property as safely possible.  Do not set yard waste in the street
• Yard waste generated by a landscaper, tree contractor or other professional who charges you to provide these services to your home, are not collected curbside.  See commercial yard waste information below

Commercial Yard Waste

• Commercial yard waste is waste generated by a landscaper, tree contractor or other professional who charges you to provide these services to your home
• Commercial yard waste is not permitted to be left curbside for the residential trash collection service to remove
• Please work with your contractor or service provider to dispose of your yard waste in another manner
• If the trash collection service becomes aware that the yard waste was generated by a contractor, and not the resident, the yard waste will not be picked up

Commercial businesses are required to take waste to the Northwest Landfill and be charged the appropriate tipping fee for disposal.

Alternative Disposal Options

• Hernando County property owners and residents of homes that pay the solid waste disposal assessment may take their own yard waste to one of our three locations for disposal
• Property owners and residents may dispose of a combined total of up to 2,000 pounds of solid waste per home, per calendar year for free.  This includes most yard waste, including grass clippings, shrub trimmings and tree branches
• Whole trees and remnants thereof are considered land clearing debris and must be taken to the Northwest Waste Management Facility (Main Landfill), where appropriate tipping fees are charged, or may be taken to a private, approved landfill who accepts this material
• It is a violation of Hernando County Ordinance to dump yard waste or other waste on any vacant property, private property or public rights of way