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The Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management provides environmentally safe, time responsive, and cost effective collection, disposal and recycling services for over 79,000 residential and commercial customers. The department also oversees the city's Environmental Programs. Approximately 360,000 tons of solid waste are processed annually at the McKay Bay Refuse-to-Energy Facility where it is converted to electrical energy.

Solid Waste Memorial Day Holiday Collection Schedule

The collection schedule for City of Tampa customers with regularly scheduled collection days on Monday, May 28, 2012 will be affected by the Memorial Day Holiday.

There will be no residential garbage, yard-waste recycling, or blue-box recycling collection on Monday, May 28, 2012.  Residential garbage collection services for customers affected by the holiday will resume on Thursday, May 31, 2012. Residential recycling and yard-waste collection will resume on the next regularly scheduled recycling collection day Monday, June 4, 2012.

The Memorial Day Holiday collection schedule for the Department of Solid Waste and Environmental Program Management's remaining services is as follows:

  • McKay Bay Transfer Station and Scale House will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2012. Normal schedules will resume on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. 
  • Commercial Services will occur one day after the scheduled collection day. Commercial accounts scheduled for service on Monday, May 28, 2012 will be serviced on Saturday, June 2, 2012. Commercial accounts scheduled for service Saturday, June 2, 2012 will be serviced on schedule. Normal collection schedules will resume Monday, June 4, 2012.

For questions or concerns, please contact the City of Tampa Utility Services Customer Care at (813) 348-1111, or visit the website at www.tampagov.net/solidwaste.

NOTE: New Tampa Residents, please contact Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management at (813) 272-5680 for your holiday collection schedule.

 

Residential Holiday Collection Schedule

Residential Customers Holiday Collection Schedule (PDF)
The City of Tampa's Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management has discontinued holiday make-up days for the collection of residential waste and recycling following single-day observed holidays. This change was implemented as part of the City of Tampa's Efficiency and Effectiveness Task Force efforts.  The change will streamline operations, increase efficiency, and improve service quality, while at the same time reduce operating costs. (News Release)

 

NEW!!! Commercial Hauler Franchise Fees

Beginning July 1, 2012 the City of Tampa Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management established a new ordinance that differentiates payment requirements for fees paid by commercial solid waste haulers, from the fees paid by self-hauling businesses that conduct solid waste collection and/or disposal services within the City of Tampa service area. Permitted franchisees will be required to remit 15% of the gross revenue generated from hauling commercial solid waste in the City's 1983 jurisdictional territory. Revenues generated from solid waste franchise fees will support the City of Tampa's solid waste system. More. . .

New Solid Waste Rates

In a letter mailed to Tampa residents during the months of December 2011 and January 2012 the City of Tampa Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management laid out its proposal for a recommended, Residential & Commercial, rate increase over the next 4-years.

The proposed rate change was approved during the February 16, 2012 City Council meeting.

Notice for Proposed Rate Change (PDF)    FY 2012 Solid Waste Rates (PDF)

 

Questions or Concerns?

City of Tampa Utility Services Customer Care

(813) 348-1111
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