Solid Waste Special District

The public purpose of the North Port Solid Waste District is to provide collection of garbage, recyclable material, yard waste, and bulk item (furniture, etc.) service throughout thegeographical boundaries of the City of North Portas defined by the district's approved methodology of services.

Our governing body is the North Port City Commission who are elected by residents within the geographical boundaries of the City and hold a term of four years. View our currently electedCommissionersandmeeting datesand times of the governing body.

State Statute directs that the creation of a dependent Special District be adopted by ordinance of the municipality having jurisdiction. View the current North Port Solid WasteCharterand authorizing ordinance.

The District begins its operating budget year on October 1st of each year and completes on September 30th of the following year. Budgets are created by staff and proposed and adopted by the Commission through public workshops and hearings. View the current adopted, tentative budget and budget resolution. Each year the District has an independent audit conducted pursuant to State and Federal laws. View the adopted Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

North Port Solid Waste District Annual Financial Report submitted to Florida Department of Financial Services.

• 1960 - City oversight of Solid Waste began
• 1970 - the City of North Port took over all Commercial and Residential Operations
• 1989 - the Solid Waste Division was created
• 1997 - residential solid waste garbage was collected twice a week, two - 18-gallon recycling bins for cardboard & commingle once a week
• 1997 - there was 1 Solid Waste Manager, 1 Solid Waste Foreman, 13 equipment operators, and 1 office staff member
• 1999 - solid waste transformed to once a week collection and started to deliver automated garbage totes to residents
• 2000 - automated garbage collection commenced using automated garbage trucks, eliminating manual collection
• 2008 - the pilot for one side of the street garbage collection began for 23,000 residents
• 2009 - with commissioner’s approval, the city was now 65% completed for one side of the street for garbage collection
• 2011 - automated commercial dumpster collection took place, having one person collect instead of 2, servicing 200 businesses
• 2015 - automated 95-gallon yard waste containers were now available for lease throughout the city
• 2016 - the pilot for automated recycling collection commenced using automated recycling containers, rotating different color lid totes for cardboard and commingle weekly
• 2017 - with commissioner’s approval, the city now collected automated recycling containers eliminating the two 18-gallon bins
• 2017 - recycling was also one sided, if you placed your garbage in front of your home, the recycling went across the street
• 2017 - a Recycle Coach App was provided, providing information for our rotating-colored lid recycling program, making it less confusing for residents on what tote color to place out and if a collection day had changed
• 2018 - commissioner's approved a recycling center for staff use only, eliminating recycling trucks from leaving the city
• 2021 - solid waste started to haul recycling material to a distant recycling processor using 53-foot trailers to transport the material
• 2021 - solid waste opened a yard waste center for staff use only, eliminating yard waste trucks from leaving the city and once again hauled this material to a distant recycling center
• 2022 - commissioner’s approved to bring back a design and costs for a garbage transfer station, having it completed by possibly 2029