City of Tampa Department of Solid Waste, Recycling Division

The Recycling Division is responsible for implementing, monitoring and administering the Department’s comprehensive recycling program. This includes curbside and multi-family recycling, yard waste recycling, office paper and commercial recycling programs.

Recycle your old blue bins: Leave your cracked, broken blue bins curbside on your pick up day for collection (please leave a note on the bin stating that you would like it replaced). The old bins will be taken to the processing facility and recycled.

In-School and Public Education Program

America Recycles Day Poetry & T-Shirt Design Project

Recycling Fun Facts

• We throw away enough aluminum each year that we could rebuild our entire commercial air fleet every 3 months.
• We throw away enough office paper each year to build a 12 foot high wall of paper from New York to Los Angeles.
• We throw away enough plastic soda bottles each year to circle the earth four times.
• We throw away enough motor oil each year to fill 120 supertankers.
• We throw away 20 million tons of grass clippings, dead leaves and branches a year.
• An average size family's yard waste can make about 300-400 pounds of finished compost (humus) a year!

Robert Scott
Recycling and Special Events Manager
(813) 348-1165
Fax: (813) 348-2082

Nina Stokes

Recycling Coordinator

(813) 348-6515

Fax: (813) 348-2082

Missed Pickups/Blue Box Requests:
Customer Service
(813) 348-1111
Extension 2