Highlands County dump hours

Central Florida, on Eastern time

This page covers the Highlands County Solid Waste Management Center, three recycling centers, and the Highlands County Recycling Center. Each one’s hours are posted below, with the rules that apply.

What to do with tires, mattresses, paint, and more

Before you go

Florida Waste Solutions collects garbage in unincorporated Highlands County, with yard waste and bulk items on alternate weeks, up to 2 cubic yards each; mattresses must be wrapped in plastic, and construction debris isn’t collected. Call 863-655-0005 for curbside pickup of appliances and up to six tires.

Landfills

The Solid Waste Management Center’s fees for 2025-26: $55 a ton for household garbage, construction debris, and white goods, $35 a ton for bulk yard waste and for concrete, asphalt, and roofing, and $340 a ton for tires, with a $35 minimum. Untarped loads are fined $50. It takes no hazardous waste.

Highlands County Solid Waste Management Center

Residents and businesses; fee by the ton

Hours
Monday to Friday	7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday	7:30 a.m. to noon
Sunday	Closed

Hours are in Eastern time.

12700 Arbuckle Creek Road, Sebring, FL 33870

Get directions Call the center

Recycling centers

Highlands County has no curbside recycling. Residents, in town or out, bring clean recycling to the three attended drop-off sites during their posted hours: paper, plastic bottles and jugs, cans, and flattened cardboard in the blue bin, and glass in the white bin. No plastic bags.