Tire Recycling in Miami Gardens, FL
Up to four tires without rims can sit beside a bulky pile, or go to the Norwood Trash and Recycling Center.
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Before you go
- Ask whether tires on rims cost more.
- Check per-tire fees and how many you can bring at once.
Florida rules
- Florida charges a $1 fee on each new motor vehicle tire sold at retail; the fee must be stated separately on the purchaser's invoice. Source: Florida Statutes 403.718: Waste tire fees (opens in new tab)
- The new tire fee does not apply to recapped tires. Source: Florida Statutes 403.718: Waste tire fees (opens in new tab)
More Florida rules (17)
- Department of Revenue: the $1.00 new tire fee applies whether a new tire is sold separately or on a vehicle, must be stated separately on the invoice and is subject to sales tax. Source: Florida Department of Revenue: Lead-Acid Battery Fee, New Tire Fee, and Rental Car Surcharge (opens in new tab)
- It is unlawful to dispose of waste tires or processed tires in Florida except at a permitted solid waste management facility. Source: Florida Statutes 403.717: Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements (opens in new tab)
- You may not hire a waste tire collector to transport, dispose of or process waste tires unless the collector is registered with DEP or exempt. Source: Florida Statutes 403.717: Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements (opens in new tab)
- The law asks DEP to encourage voluntary waste tire collection centers at tire retailers, tire processors and disposal facilities, open to the public. It does not require retailers to take back tires. Source: Florida Statutes 403.717: Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements (opens in new tab)
- DEP guidance: individuals may transport up to 25 waste tires without a registration; hauling more than 25 at a time on Florida roads requires registration as a DEP waste tire collector. Source: Florida DEP: Best Management Practices - General Public, How to Handle Used and Waste Tires (PDF, May 2017) (opens in new tab)
- Waste tire fee proceeds, less administrative costs, go into the state Solid Waste Management Trust Fund. Source: Florida Statutes 403.718: Waste tire fees (opens in new tab)
- Whole waste tires may not be put in a landfill as final disposal; tires cut into small enough pieces may be disposed of at a permitted facility. Source: Florida Statutes 403.717: Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements (opens in new tab)
- DEP's Waste Tire Management Program regulates waste tire transport, storage, processing and disposal, cleans up illegal tire piles, and gives grants to counties under 110,000 people. Source: Florida DEP: Waste Tires (opens in new tab)
- Counties are responsible for providing solid waste disposal facilities for all incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. Source: Florida Statutes 403.706: Local government solid waste responsibilities (opens in new tab)
- Every Florida county has a program that collects household hazardous waste for recycling or proper disposal. Source: Florida DEP: Waste Reduction (opens in new tab)
- County HHW programs include permanent collection facilities, collection events (regular or once or twice a year) and a few curbside collections. Source: Florida DEP: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- DEP tells residents to check their county or city HHW program website for advice and collection schedules. Source: Florida DEP: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- Hazardous waste generated in the home is not regulated by the government. Source: Florida DEP: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- State-grant-funded local collection centers are intended to collect non-regulated household hazardous waste free. Source: Florida DEP: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- State law authorizes HHW "amnesty days", free for participants bringing under 100 pounds, until legislative funds for them are exhausted; local governments must host them. Source: Florida Statutes 403.7264: Amnesty days for purging small quantities of hazardous wastes (opens in new tab)
- A 2008 state law set a statewide weight-based recycling goal of 75% by 2020, with no sunset after 2020. Source: Florida DEP: Recycling (opens in new tab)
- DEP directs residents to their county recycling coordinators. Source: Florida DEP: Recycling (opens in new tab)
Where this information comes from (31)
Where this information comes from
Checked October 26, 2026
- Trash and Recycling Centers (opens in new tab) · Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management
- Centers take household trash, yard cuttings and up to three cubic yards of construction debris; most also take up to four standard automobile tires and white goods such as refrigerators, washers and dryers. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Chapman Field, Norwood and Richmond Heights do not accept white goods; Chapman Field does not accept tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Only residential waste fee customers in unincorporated Miami-Dade and the cities of Aventura, Cutler Bay, Doral, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, Opa-locka, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Sunny Isles Beach and Sweetwater may use the centers. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Bring a valid Florida driver's license or ID card; it is scanned to confirm the address is an eligible waste fee customer. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Bulky Waste Pickup (opens in new tab) · Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management
- County waste collection households get two bulky waste pickups a year of up to 25 cubic yards each. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Schedule online, in the MDC Solid Waste app or by calling 311 before putting anything at the curb; set the pile out no more than 3 days before the appointment. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The service is for Miami-Dade County residential waste collection households. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Up to 4 tires, no more than 48 inches in diameter. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Bulky Waste Excess Yardage Approval Form (revised 9/25) (opens in new tab) · Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management
- Yardage over the allowance, or pickups after both are used, is billed at $32.00 per cubic yard. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Donate Goods (opens in new tab) · Goodwill Industries of South Florida
- Goodwill South Florida accepts furniture, electronics (large and small) and computers, among other goods. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Large appliances, tires and washers and dryers are on the don'ts list. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Bulky Waste Pickup (flyer) (opens in new tab) · City of Miami Gardens
- No more than four tires without rims, under 48 inches, placed beside the bulky pile. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida Statutes 403.718: Waste tire fees (opens in new tab) · The Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)
- Florida charges a $1 fee on each new motor vehicle tire sold at retail; the fee must be stated separately on the purchaser's invoice. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The new tire fee does not apply to recapped tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Waste tire fee proceeds, less administrative costs, go into the state Solid Waste Management Trust Fund. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida Department of Revenue: Lead-Acid Battery Fee, New Tire Fee, and Rental Car Surcharge (opens in new tab) · Florida Department of Revenue
- Department of Revenue: the $1.00 new tire fee applies whether a new tire is sold separately or on a vehicle, must be stated separately on the invoice and is subject to sales tax. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida Statutes 403.717: Waste tire and lead-acid battery requirements (opens in new tab) · The Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)
- It is unlawful to dispose of waste tires or processed tires in Florida except at a permitted solid waste management facility. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Whole waste tires may not be put in a landfill as final disposal; tires cut into small enough pieces may be disposed of at a permitted facility. Checked October 26, 2026.
- You may not hire a waste tire collector to transport, dispose of or process waste tires unless the collector is registered with DEP or exempt. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The law asks DEP to encourage voluntary waste tire collection centers at tire retailers, tire processors and disposal facilities, open to the public. It does not require retailers to take back tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida DEP: Best Management Practices - General Public, How to Handle Used and Waste Tires (PDF, May 2017) (opens in new tab) · Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- DEP guidance: individuals may transport up to 25 waste tires without a registration; hauling more than 25 at a time on Florida roads requires registration as a DEP waste tire collector. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida DEP: Waste Tires (opens in new tab) · Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- DEP's Waste Tire Management Program regulates waste tire transport, storage, processing and disposal, cleans up illegal tire piles, and gives grants to counties under 110,000 people. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida Statutes 403.706: Local government solid waste responsibilities (opens in new tab) · The Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)
- Counties are responsible for providing solid waste disposal facilities for all incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida DEP: Waste Reduction (opens in new tab) · Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Every Florida county has a program that collects household hazardous waste for recycling or proper disposal. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida DEP: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab) · Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- County HHW programs include permanent collection facilities, collection events (regular or once or twice a year) and a few curbside collections. Checked October 26, 2026.
- DEP tells residents to check their county or city HHW program website for advice and collection schedules. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Hazardous waste generated in the home is not regulated by the government. Checked October 26, 2026.
- State-grant-funded local collection centers are intended to collect non-regulated household hazardous waste free. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida Statutes 403.7264: Amnesty days for purging small quantities of hazardous wastes (opens in new tab) · The Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)
- State law authorizes HHW "amnesty days", free for participants bringing under 100 pounds, until legislative funds for them are exhausted; local governments must host them. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Florida DEP: Recycling (opens in new tab) · Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- A 2008 state law set a statewide weight-based recycling goal of 75% by 2020, with no sunset after 2020. Checked October 26, 2026.
- DEP directs residents to their county recycling coordinators. Checked October 26, 2026.
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