Boca Raton Bulk Pickup Schedule (2026): Days, Limits & Same-Day Hauling
Boca Raton bulk pickup is scheduled by collection zone, so your bulk day is tied to your regular garbage day and your street's route — confirm the current calendar with the city before you set a pile out. Items placed at the curb outside the allowed set-out window can be tagged by code enforcement, and repeat notices turn into fines.
Not on the schedule this week, or already have a tagged pile at the curb? All Out Rubbish hauls bulk trash anywhere in Boca Raton the same day — east of Federal, the Glades corridor, Boca Del Mar, and the west Boca communities. Text photos to (561) 345-9808 for a firm flat-rate quote in minutes.
Who handles disposal in Palm Beach County
The Solid Waste Authority (SWA) runs disposal, recycling, and household hazardous-waste drop-off for all of Palm Beach County. Curbside bulk collection days are set by your municipality or your community's contracted hauler, so confirm your street's calendar with the city before you put anything out.
Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach CountyWhat usually gets left behind
Bulk piles are capped by volume
Nearly every Palm Beach and Broward city limits how large a bulk pile can be per collection — commonly a few cubic yards. Anything over the cap is left behind, and the rest of the pile often stays with it.
Contractor debris is almost never taken
If a renovation, demo, roof, or fence job produced the material, city collection will generally refuse it. That debris has to be hauled to a transfer station or picked up by a private hauler.
Hazardous waste is never curbside
Paint, motor oil, gasoline, pool chemicals, solvents, batteries, and medical waste have to go to a county household hazardous-waste drop-off. Leaving them at the curb can trigger a code violation.
Set-out windows are enforced
Most cities and nearly all HOAs only allow bulk items at the curb within a short window before the collection date. Put it out early and you risk a fine from code enforcement or your association.
Spray paint on your pile is a violation, not a pickup tag
If a pile goes out early or exceeds the volume cap, code enforcement commonly marks it with yellow, red, or orange paint. The pile then sits until the next collection cycle — a week or two later — and the fine (often $175 or more) is typically added to your water/utility bill, so most homeowners never see a ticket.
Mattresses often need to be bagged
Because of bed-bug rules, several South Florida municipalities require mattresses and box springs sealed in plastic before a crew will take them.
Electronics and appliances have separate rules
TVs, computers, and refrigerant-containing appliances are commonly excluded from regular bulk collection and must be recycled through a designated program.
Pile tagged or spray-painted? Read this first
A yellow paper tag stapled to the pile — or orange/yellow spray paint across it — is not a mark that it's scheduled. It's a violation notice.
The yellow tag on the pile — that's a violation notice, not a pickup ticket.
Set out early or over the size cap? The pile gets tagged and left behind.
Same house, same evening — loaded, raked clean, violation closed.
In most Boca Raton neighborhoods, code enforcement marks a pile when it was set out before the allowed set-out window or when it's larger than the volume the city will collect. Some crews staple a yellow paper tag right onto the pile; others hit it with orange or yellow spray paint. Either way it's the same thing — the inspector has flagged your address.
It also cuts both ways: if the city does haul a tagged over-cap or early pile, the pickup itself usually comes with a charge. Leave it and you're cited; let them take it and you're billed.
Once it's marked, the pile usually sits. The city may come back for it the following week — sometimes the week after — and in the meantime the material stays at your curb, keeps collecting more, and keeps the violation open.
The part almost nobody knows: the fine typically starts around $175, and in many South Florida cities it is added directly to your water/utility bill. There's no separate ticket in the mailbox — most homeowners only find out when the bill is higher than usual.
We're not asking you to take our word for it. Call Boca Raton directly and ask about set-out windows, tagged piles, and how violations are billed.
Already tagged? We can make it disappear today.
Removing the pile is what closes the issue. We haul the whole thing — over-cap piles, contractor debris, mattresses, appliances — so there's nothing left at the curb to keep the violation open.
How the Boca Raton Bulk Pickup Schedule Works
Bulk collection in Boca Raton runs on the same zone map as your household garbage service, which means your bulk day depends on your address, not a citywide date. Piles should go out the evening before your scheduled day and stay clear of storm drains, sidewalks, mailboxes, and parked cars. Many west Boca and gated communities are served by a contracted hauler with their own set-out limits, so HOA rules can be stricter than the city's.
What Boca Raton Bulk Pickup Won't Take
Curbside bulk collection commonly refuses construction and renovation debris (drywall, tile, roofing, fencing, cabinets), hazardous material (paint, pool chemicals, motor oil), tires, and electronics, and it caps how much volume it will take per pickup. Remodels, garage cleanouts, and move-outs almost always exceed those limits. We take all of it, dump fees included.
Missed Your Bulk Day or Got Tagged?
The next cycle can be weeks out, and a tagged pile sitting at the curb is what turns a courtesy notice into a fine. We clear missed and tagged piles across Boca Raton seven days a week — furniture, mattresses, appliances, yard debris, and full garage loads — usually within hours of your text.
What It Costs in Boca Raton
Single items like a couch, mattress, or refrigerator start at $75. Larger loads are priced by trailer space: about $175 for a quarter load, $295 for a half, $425 for three-quarters, and roughly $595 for a full 16-cubic-yard trailer. The quote we text you is the final price — labor, hauling, and disposal included.
Boca Raton Bulk Trash FAQ
Serving Boca Raton neighborhoods
We pick up throughout Boca West, Royal Palm, Mizner Park, Broken Sound, Boca Pointe, Polo Club and the rest of Boca Raton — ZIP codes 33428, 33431, 33432, 33433, 33434, 33486, 33487, 33496, 33498.