Homestead Public Services (HPS) Solid Waste Rules
Placing Your Cans
On collection days, wheel your container to curbside for collection with the handle facing your home. Garbage and recycling cans must be placed at the curb no earlier than 6:00pm the evening before collection and not later than 6:30am the day of collection. All cans must be removed from the curb by 8:00pm on the day of collection.
Garbage and recycling cans must be place at least four feet apart from on another and must be clear from obstacles like bulk waste piles, mailboxes, trees, and cars.
Bulky Waste Pickup
Large bulky items and yard waste should be placed at the edge of the street on your property one day prior to the scheduled pickup date.
Appliances HPS can collect include: stoves, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, dryers, water heaters, and air conditioners. Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers.
Yard waste includes grass, leaves, trees, and shrubbery cuttings. Tree limbs and logs must be less than four inches in diameter and stumps must be less than fifteen inches in diameter and less than fifty pounds in weight.
The following items MUST NOT be included in Bulky Waste Pickups: dirt, sod, liquids, rocks, concrete, paints, toxic or flammable materials, construction debris, dead animals, or roofing materials.
Request a Garbage or Recycling Can
Please fill out the request form here.
For questions, please call the HPS office at (305) 224-4860 or visit HPS website at www.cityofhomestead.com
