Landfill & Drop Off Locations

• Radioactive Materials
• Biomedical Waste including red bag materials
• Liquid Waste
• Commercial Hazardous Waste

These facilities have limits on load size, material type, and number of visits to ensure efficient service for all residents and to help keep transportation costs to the Main Landfill low.

Trailers and Truck Limits

• Trailers must be less than 5' wide and 10' in length and 2' in height in order to access the convenience centers.
• All oversized vehicles and trailers (dump trucks/trailers, moving vans, etc.) are prohibited from using the Convenience Centers and must use the Northwest Solid Waste & Recycling Facility (Main Landfill).
• Residents will be allowed to use the Convenience Centers with a trailer five times within a calendar year, no matter the number of properties owned.

Frequency of Visits

• In order to provide service to a large number of residents, residents are allowed one trip per day, no matter the number of properties owned. In excess of 1 trip per day will be required to use the Northwest Solid Waste & Recycling Facility (Main Landfill).

Excessively Sized Loads

• Residents using trailers or trucks to transport debris must secure and haul materials safely. Items, such as couches, cabinets, and tables, may exceed the standard two-foot trailer wall height; however, these items must be loaded in a manner that the height of the object is at its minimum. The total volume of debris in trailers may not exceed 100 cubic feet, and debris in pickup truck beds must remain below the top of the cab roofline. Loads that do not meet these requirements will be directed to the Northwest Solid Waste & Recycling Facility (Main Landfill).

Large Loose Loads

• Residents with Large loose loads must go to the Northwest Solid Waste & Recycling Facility (Main Landfill). Residents with small loose loads (equivalent to 4 recycle bins) of smaller items must have them containerized or bundled. This reduces unloading time and ensures better traffic flow for all customers.

Household Waste

• Bagged kitchen and bathroom trash
• Clothing and bedding
• Packaging
• Electronics
• Indoor furniture

Yard Trimmings 

• Grass clippings, leaves and small branches only

Recycling

Recycling is accepted at all locations and should be sorted as follows:

• Paper including magazines, newspapers, paper, junk mail and paper to-go cups. Shredded paper should be in paper bags, not loose.
• Cardboard including cereal boxes, soda boxes, pizza boxes, corrugated boxes
• Aluminum and tin (steel) including soda cans and canned vegetables
• Rigid plastic containers including plastic to-go cups, milk, soda, water, cooking oil, salad dressing, shampoo, and laundry detergent containers. Chemical containers must be empty and rinsed.
• Metal including bicycles, lawn mowers, grills, shelving, tin roofing, etc., free of gas and oil

Do NOT Mix Recycling with Trash. Recycling must be free of food waste, trash, plastic bags or any material not listed above.

Residential Household Hazardous Waste

• Paint - up to five gallons per month
• Used oil – up to five gallons per month
• Fluorescent bulbs/PCB ballasts up to four feet long
• Automotive or rechargeable batteries; place tape over the connections
• Only small quantities of residential household hazardous waste are accepted.  Hernando County cannot accept any commercial hazardous waste

Used Sharps and Unwanted Medications

• Syringes and lancets and unwanted non-narcotic medications are accepted at all locations in an approved sharps container or a container made of heavy plastic such as a laundry detergent container.  Do not place sharps in light plastic containers such as water bottles or milk jugs.

• Radioactive Materials
• Biomedical Waste including red bag materials
• Liquid Waste
• Commercial Hazardous Waste

These facilities have limits on load size, material type, and number of visits to ensure efficient service for all residents and to help keep transportation costs to the Main Landfill low.

Trailers and Truck Limits

• Trailers must be less than 5' wide and 10' in length and 2' in height in order to access the convenience centers.
• All oversized vehicles and trailers (dump trucks/trailers, moving vans, etc.) are prohibited from using the Convenience Centers and must use the Northwest Solid Waste & Recycling Facility (Main Landfill).
• Residents will be allowed to use the Convenience Centers with a trailer five times within a calendar year, no matter the number of properties owned.

Frequency of Visits

• In order to provide service to a large number of residents, residents are allowed one trip per day, no matter the number of properties owned. In excess of 1 trip per day will be required to use the Northwest Solid Waste & Recycling Facility (Main Landfill).

Excessively Sized Loads

• Residents using trailers or trucks to transport debris must secure and haul materials safely. Items, such as couches, cabinets, and tables, may exceed the standard two-foot trailer wall height; however, these items must be loaded in a manner that the height of the object is at its minimum. The total volume of debris in trailers may not exceed 100 cubic feet, and debris in pickup truck beds must remain below the top of the cab roofline. Loads that do not meet these requirements will be directed to the Northwest Solid Waste & Recycling Facility (Main Landfill).

Large Loose Loads

• Residents with Large loose loads must go to the Northwest Solid Waste & Recycling Facility (Main Landfill). Residents with small loose loads (equivalent to 4 recycle bins) of smaller items must have them containerized or bundled. This reduces unloading time and ensures better traffic flow for all customers.

Household Waste

• Bagged kitchen and bathroom trash
• Clothing and bedding
• Packaging
• Electronics
• Indoor furniture

Yard Trimmings 

• Grass clippings, leaves and small branches only

Recycling

Recycling is accepted at all locations and should be sorted as follows:

• Paper including magazines, newspapers, paper, junk mail and paper to-go cups. Shredded paper should be in paper bags, not loose.
• Cardboard including cereal boxes, soda boxes, pizza boxes, corrugated boxes
• Aluminum and tin (steel) including soda cans and canned vegetables
• Rigid plastic containers including plastic to-go cups, milk, soda, water, cooking oil, salad dressing, shampoo, and laundry detergent containers. Chemical containers must be empty and rinsed.
• Metal including bicycles, lawn mowers, grills, shelving, tin roofing, etc., free of gas and oil

Do NOT Mix Recycling with Trash. Recycling must be free of food waste, trash, plastic bags or any material not listed above.

Residential Household Hazardous Waste

• Paint - up to five gallons per month
• Used oil – up to five gallons per month
• Fluorescent bulbs/PCB ballasts up to four feet long
• Automotive or rechargeable batteries; place tape over the connections
• Only small quantities of residential household hazardous waste are accepted.  Hernando County cannot accept any commercial hazardous waste

Used Sharps and Unwanted Medications

• Syringes and lancets and unwanted non-narcotic medications are accepted at all locations in an approved sharps container or a container made of heavy plastic such as a laundry detergent container.  Do not place sharps in light plastic containers such as water bottles or milk jugs.

• Radioactive Materials
• Biomedical Waste including red bag materials
• Liquid Waste
• Commercial Hazardous Waste