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Do You Know Who Collects Your
Garbage, Yard Waste and Recyclables??


This map is provided for your convenience. Please note: to find out your collection days, request recycling bins, or report service problems, please call the designated solid waste collector at the number above for your service area. You may also call the Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Department’s Customer Service Section at 272-5680 for persistent or unresolved collection service-related problems or information regarding your collection services.

For information on the Telephone Book Recycling Drive sponsored by the Recycling Task Force of Hillsborough County and GTE in partnership with the Hillsborough Education Foundation, call 813-273-3783.

NOTE: Hillsborough County residential solid waste customers may also recycle old telephone books by placing them in their blue recycling bin on recycling collection days.

For backyard composting informational workshops, call the Hillsborough County Cooperative Extension Service at 813-744-5519.
To find out how to get rid of those old paint cans, pesticides, fluorescent light bulbs and other household chemicals, call the Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Department’s Household Chemical Collection Program at 813-272-5680. Or bring them to the following collection centers between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM on the designated collection days:

APOLLO BEACH COLLECTION SITE
626 Golf & Sea Blvd.
11/20/99 and 1/15/2000
TOWN N’ COUNTRY COLLECTION SITE
9805 Sheldon Road
12/11/99 and 1/8/2000

It Would Be A Real Waste To Miss This Upcoming Event

The 2nd annual
Great Recycle Regatta
is November 13th at
Ben T. Davis Beach on the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Come and help celebrate
America Recycles Day
in Tampa Bay. Registration begins at 8:00 AM and the Races will start at 9:00 AM.

HOLIDAY
REMINDERS


There will be no solid waste
garbage, yard waste and recycling collection service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. On these days, please follow
the collection schedule below:

THANKSGIVING DAY
If you normally receive household garbage collection on Thursday, November 25, you may set out twice as much garbage on Monday, November 29. If you normally receive yard waste and/or recyclables collection on Thursday, November 25, you may set out twice as much yard waste and/or recyclables on Thursday, December 2.

CHRISTMAS DAY
If you normally receive household garbage collection on Saturday, December 25, you may set out twice as much garbage on Wednesday, December 29. If you normally receive yard waste and/or recyclables collection on Saturday, December 25, you may set out three times as much yard waste and/or recyclables on Saturday, January 8.

NEW YEAR’S DAY
If you normally receive household garbage collection on Saturday, January 1, you may set out twice as much garbage on Wednesday, January 5. If you normally receive yard waste and/or recyclables collection on Saturday, January 1, you may set out three times as much yard waste and/or recyclables on Saturday, Jan. 8.


PASS THE WORD
If you would like additional copies of this newsletter or would like more information or assistance in waste reduction in the commercial sector, call the Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Department at 813-272-5680.

"Can Do" Meets Concerned Citizens At Town Hall Meeting
Recycling Spotlight: Christmas Trees

Coastal Cleanup A Winner For Tampa Bay
Yard Waste Put To Good Use
Shouldn't You Be A "Waste Watcher"
Throw In Your Two Cents

Do You Know Who Collects Your Waste?
Who To Call
Pass The Word
Upcoming Events and Holiday Reminders


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