TAMPA, Fla. (December 31, 2024) --A new collection schedule is now available for the New Year's holiday. The City of Tampa offices will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, in observance of New Year's Day. Residential Customers WILL NOT be affected: - New Year's Day: Thursday, January 2, 2025: Normal collection schedules will resume.
- Residential collection does not run on Wednesdays. Therefore, service will not be affected on New Year's Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
Commercial Collection Service WILL NOT BE AFFECTED as follows: - New Year's Holiday Collection Service:
- Wednesday, January 1, 2025, New Year's Day Collection service will be provided on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
- Commercial services will run with a one-day delay on New Year's Week, through Saturday, January 4, 2025.
- Commercial customers with a 65 or 95-gallon cart should follow the residential schedule.
McKay Bay Transfer Station and Scale House, located at 114 S. 34th Street. - In observance of New Year's Day, the McKay Bay Transfer Station will close at noon on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, December 31, 2024, and will be closed on New Year's Day, January 1, 2025.
- Normal operating hours will resume on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
Christmas Tree Collection Service:
The Department will begin offering curbside Christmas Tree Collection Service at no additional charge on Thursday, January 2, 2025. To take advantage of this service, residents must remove all decorations and lights, cut tree limbs to four (4) feet lengths, bundle, and place curbside on their regularly scheduled yard waste collection day. All discarded lights and/or decorations are not recyclable and must be placed in the garbage cart. If customers have any questions or concerns, they may contact the City of Tampa Utilities Call Center at (813) 274-8811 or visit the website at www.tampagov.net/solidwaste . NOTE: New Tampa residents are encouraged to contact Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management at (813) 272-5680 for their holiday collection schedule. Happy Holidays to our valued City residents |
