Most construction and household debris is fine. The limits come from Florida law, city code, and what the county landfill will take.
Florida bars four categories from landfill disposal outright, and the state statute is specific: lead acid batteries, which also may not go to a waste-to-energy plant, used oil, white goods, and yard trash in lined Class I landfills unless the site runs an active gas collection system. Battery retailers have to accept old batteries as trade-ins.
The county is blunt about one of those at its own gate: motor oil may not be dumped at all, and should go to the household hazardous waste facility on site instead.
City code bars explosives, highly flammable substances and anything that gives off poisonous gas when burned from any container. It also prohibits mixing garbage and yard trash in the same container, bag or bundle.
Trees are the local surprise. City code says the city will not collect trees, tree trunks, stumps or similar waste, and puts the cost of removal on the property owner. Tree contractors cannot leave what they cut at the curb, and neither can anyone clearing a vacant lot. A container or a separate haul is the only route for that material.
Hazardous waste, liquids, paint, solvents, fuel and asbestos all stay out of a standard container. If an item is borderline, ask your account manager before it goes in.