Longboat Key bulk trash pickup
Large items/appliances — schedule Waste Management (WM) (fees may apply).
Verified 2026-10-15 · longboatkey.org
At a glance
| Brush | Tied ≤4 ft / ≤16 in; kraft/reusable only (no plastic bags). |
|---|---|
| Limits | Yard ≤32-gal cans / ≤40 lb / ≤4 ft / ≤16 in dia. Bags ≤40 lb for trash. |
| Not allowed | Commingled streams; plastic bags for yard; recycle in green cart. |
| Curbside | By 7:00 a.m. collection day. Checklist Verified 2026-10-15 · longboatkey.org |
Schedule
Curbside
Curbside checklist
City rules before collection day. Confirm with the city if anything looks off.
When
By 7:00 a.m. collection day.
Where
Curbside; keep streams separate.
Limits
Yard ≤32-gal cans / ≤40 lb / ≤4 ft / ≤16 in dia. Bags ≤40 lb for trash.
Not allowed
Commingled streams; plastic bags for yard; recycle in green cart.
Bags
Trash bags ≤40 lb OK. Recycle not bagged. Yard kraft/reusable only.
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Full details for Longboat Key: every rule, with sources
- Trash
- Waste Management franchise (Town). Garbage Mon & Thu. Green carts 32 / 64 / 96 gal; plastic bags OK ≤40 lb. Flattened corrugated cardboard curbside with garbage. Out by 7:00 a.m. Don't mix with recycle/yard.
- Recycling
- Town Garbage/Recycling/Yard Waste page: Wednesdays in blue cart (not green cart; not in paper/plastic bags or cardboard boxes). Town Recycling page also says Monday. Accept (Waste Management (WM)/Town): bottles/jars/jugs/tubs; tin/Al/steel cans; office paper, magazines, flattened cardboard, newspaper, phone books, cereal/snack boxes, junk mail, paperboard; glass food jars & beverage/wine bottles.
- Bulk pickup
- Large items/appliances — schedule Waste Management (WM) 941-753-7591 (fees may apply). Yard Wednesdays: reusable cans ≤32 gal (not green/blue carts) or securely tied paper/kraft bags; ≤40 lb; bundles ≤4 ft / ≤16 in dia. As of week of Oct 6, 2025: no plastic bags for yard — reusable containers, tied ≤4-ft bundles, or compostable kraft bags only. Excess/large → special pickup WM.
- Curbside: when
- By 7:00 a.m. collection day.
- Curbside: where
- Curbside; keep streams separate.
- Curbside: limits
- Yard ≤32-gal cans / ≤40 lb / ≤4 ft / ≤16 in dia. Bags ≤40 lb for trash.
- Curbside: brush
- Tied ≤4 ft / ≤16 in; kraft/reusable only (no plastic bags).
- Curbside: not allowed
- Commingled streams; plastic bags for yard; recycle in green cart.
- Curbside: bags
- Trash bags ≤40 lb OK. Recycle not bagged. Yard kraft/reusable only.
- Curbside: fees and fines
- Special pickup fees via Waste Management (WM).
- Holidays
- Thanksgiving 2026 (2026-11-26): shift not yet confirmed
- Christmas 2026 (2026-12-25): shift not yet confirmed
- New Year's Day 2027 (2027-01-01): shift not yet confirmed
2026 town table (Manatee landfill-aligned): Thanksgiving Thu Nov 26 → alternate Fri Nov 27. Christmas Fri Dec 25 — no change. New Year’s 2027 Fri Jan 1 — no change. NY 2026 Thu Jan 1 → Fri Jan 2. Independence Day Sat Jul 4 — no change.
- Hauler
- Waste Management (Town of Longboat Key franchise)
- Contacts
- Waste Management (WM) 941-753-7591; Public Works 941-316-1988; Town Hall 941-316-1999; 501 Bay Isles Rd, Longboat Key, FL 34228
- Find your day
- Town Garbage/Recycling/Yard Waste — days, prep, 2026 holidays
- Sources
- Trash and recycling: longboatkey.org
Bulk: longboatkey.org
Holidays: longboatkey.org
Curbside: longboatkey.org - Verified
- 2026-10-15
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