Curbside Waste Collection Adjusted Due To Transfer Station Fire

Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025

Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station

Due to a fire at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station over the holiday weekend, the Labor Day schedule for Alachua County Solid Waste has been updated. 

Residential curbside collection services for solid waste, recycling, and yard trash will not occur on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. Residential curbside collection services will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week. Regular schedules will resume the following week.

The Transfer Station (5115 NE 63rd Ave., Gainesville), the five Alachua County Rural Collection Centers, and the Office of Waste Collection will be closed on Monday, Sept. 1. 

All Alachua County Solid Waste facilities will reopen and resume operations on Tuesday, Sept. 2. 

The Alachua County Household Hazardous Waste facility will be open on Monday, Sept. 1.

For more information, contact Alachua County Communications Director Mark Sexton at 352-264-6979 or msexton@alachuacounty.us​.​

If you have a disability and need an accommodation in order to participate in a County program, service or public meeting, please contact the Alachua County Equal Opportunity Office at 352-374-5275 at least 2 business days prior to the event. TTY users please call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

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