Holiday Information

All Hernando County Solid Waste Facilities are closed and there will be no curbside trash, yard waste or recycling picked up on the following holidays:

• New Year's Day
• Independence Day (4th of July)
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

Trash, yard waste and recycling following a holiday will be picked up on your next regularly scheduled service day. Please call Republic Services at (352) 540-6457 for questions or concerns regarding your curbside service.

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What to expect on pick up days following holidays:

Due to the increased volume of trash and recycling following a holiday, Republic will be working extra hard to ensure that all customers are picked up.  Please follow the guidelines below and expect the following conditions to occur: 

• Trash pickup is still limited to ONLY blue cart contents with lid closed and properly placed with no obstructions.  Trash placed outside the blue cart and overfull carts will not be collected.  See drop off options below for excess trash disposal or sign up for curbside recycling to divert recycling material away from your trash container.
• Boxes must have all packing material removed, be broken down to under 3 feet x 3 feet and fit inside the recycling bin for collection.  
• Your trash or recycling may be picked up earlier or later than usual (Please set at the curb before 6am)
• Extra trucks may be working in your neighborhood and may be of a different type than usual. Please make sure cart is properly placed with arrows facing street, five feet from any objects and with no overhead obstructions.  Following these guidelines allows any type of truck to collect your material.  
• Trucks may run late into the evening beyond normal work hours.
• Holiday trash and recycling pickup may be delayed; in this event, this will also delay normal trash and recycling pickups for the remainder of the week. Any missed pickups will be completed the next business day. Please wait to report a missed pickup until 10am the next morning.      

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Drop Off Available:

All Hernando County Solid Waste facilities will be closed on the holidays; however, they will be open during normal business hours the remainder of the week for residents to dispose of excess trash, recycling or yard waste.

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Christmas Tree Disposal:

Live Christmas trees may be disposed of on your regularly scheduled yard waste day if they are cut to less than four-foot lengths and cleaned of all Christmas decorations, including tinsel.  

Artificial Christmas tree segments under 4 feet long, and any decorations thereon, may be disposed of as a free bulk item by calling Republic Services at (352) 540-6457 to schedule pickup before January 31st of the new year.