Junk & Recycling Drop-Off Guide

Appliances, wiring, motors, steel, aluminum, copper, brass. Both yards buy by weight, cash or check on-site (bring photo ID).

Furniture, general household junk, and construction debris that isn't scrap, recyclable, or hazardous. Where you take it depends on which county you're in.

Orange County residents: Apopka, Winter Park, Orlando, Clarcona, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Windermere, Maitland, Eatonville, Oakland, Belle Isle, Edgewood

Seminole County residents: Sanford, Oviedo, Winter Springs, Lake Mary, Longwood, Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Forest City

After a hurricane or major storm, both Orange and Seminole County typically run a temporary curbside debris collection program separate from regular trash pickup. It's usually free, but the schedule depends on the storm and can take weeks to reach your street.

Don't want to wait on the county's schedule, or have debris the county program won't take? We can haul it away for you. See our hurricane season cleanup guide for more.

A mattress in decent shape is worth donating before it's worth dumping. It saves the tipping fee and gives your old bed a better outcome.

Anything torn, stained, or bug-compromised just goes in with regular bulk debris at the landfill or transfer station above. Mattresses aren't accepted at either county's household hazardous waste sites.

Car batteries especially: auto parts stores take them for free (sometimes for store credit) and there are several within a few minutes of Apopka.

Both counties offer free hazardous-waste drop-off for residents disposing of their own household paint and chemicals. Just bring ID and stay under the posted limits.