County Staff Available to Discuss Garbage Collection

Hillsborough County is looking for homeowners associations, civic groups and service clubs that would like to talk trash.

Beginning Oct. 1, Hillsborough County will be rolling out automated collection of garbage and recyclables in the County’s Solid Waste service area. Wheeled carts - a 95-gallon gray cart for garbage and a 65-gallon blue cart for recyclables – will be delivered to homes beginning in August.

The cart for recyclables heralds an expanded recycling program that will be convenient and easy – no more sorting into separate colored containers, and an end to lifting and carrying heavy bins.

Collection days and service providers may change for certain customers, but the improved service will still include two garbage collections every week, one recycling collection every week, and one yard waste collection every week. Yard waste will still be collected manually, in containers and cans supplied by customers, or bags and bundles.

Want to know more? Public Utilities Department staff are available to make presentations to homeowners associations, civic groups and service clubs. To schedule a presentation, call Kim Byer, manager of the new automated collection program, at 813-612-7718 or email her at byerk@hillsboroughcounty.org.

Residents also can visit www.HillsboroughCounty.org/TalkTrash for updates on the new collection program, answers to frequently asked questions and more.