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REMEMBER! Collections will no longer take place on Saturdays, but during the work week Monday - Friday.

Note: ONE pick up PER HOUSEHOLD

The Solid Waste Enhanced Environment Program (S.W.E.E.P.) continues to provide services designed to improve the quality of life throughout Tampa's neighborhoods. In addition to regular trash, recycling, and yard waste services the Department's S.W.E.E.P. program provides residents with thirty-six, weeklong, neighborhood clean-ups each year. Over the past 5-years, S.W.E.E.P. has removed 13,489 tons of bulk trash items and debris from Tampa's neighborhoods.

To ensure a balance of continuous program improvement with adequate scheduling of staff and equipment, clean-up routes are monitored prior to each neighborhood cleanup and signage is posted throughout the area receiving service. 

Please review the S.W.E.E.P. schedule to determine the collection week designated for your neighborhood. Place your bulky items at the curbside the week of the clean-up...and the Solid Waste Special Services team will take care of the rest!

Acceptable debris/materials:

Items NOT accepted:

Household appliances

Auto parts

Furniture

Building materials (sheds, fences, tile, pipe, wood/plywood, brick, concrete blocks, roofing material, doors, windows, drywall)

Mattresses

Hazardous Materials & Electronics*

Tires without rims (up to 4)

Pressurized gas cylinders

Carpet

Explosives/ammunition

Yard waste (cut down to 4 feet lengths)

Liquid waste (paints, solvents, motor oil or fuels*)

Barbecue grills

Metal drums

Toilets

Tires with rims

Railroad ties (cut down to 4 feet lengths)

Boats

 

*These materials may be taken to one of the City's Household Chemical & Electronics Collections for safe and environmentally safe disposal.

PLEASE NOTE: The City reserves the right to refuse items as necessary. Piles of debris deemed to be excessively large may incur additional disposal costs.

 

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