Holiday Trash Collection

Holiday Trash Collection

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Holiday Trash Collection and Recycling

There is no garbage, recycling or yard waste collection on the following holidays, unless otherwise noted:

  • New Year’s Day (January 1) — Only normally scheduled recycling collection will occur on this day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)
  • Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
  • Juneteenth (June 19)
  • Independence Day (July 4)
  • Labor Day (First Monday in September)
  • Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November) — Regular schedule resumes on the Friday after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Day (December 25) — Regular schedule on Dec. 24 and 26


Regular collection is scheduled for all other holidays.

Collection Schedule Tool

If you want to double check when your pickup days are, use our “Find My Trash & Recycling Schedule” tool to look up your trash days, as well as the next two collection dates.

FIND YOUR TRASH & RECYCLING SCHEDULE

Things to Consider

  • The holiday collection schedule is suspended only for that specific holiday date or day as noted above, not the day before or the day after
  • There are no holiday make-up days for the collection of residential garbage, recycling or yard waste
  • If your collection date falls on a holiday, services will resume on the next regularly scheduled collection day
  • County disposal facilities are also closed on the above holidays, including the following:
    • Southeast County Landfill
    • Northwest and South County Transfer Facilities
    • Resource Recovery Facility
    • Community Collection Centers
    • All yard waste sites

Contact

If you have questions on the holiday schedule or need further information, call (813) 272-5680.

Stuff Your Recycling Cart for the Holidays

Many traditional “trash” items generated during the holiday can easily be recycled

While planning for a big holiday get-together, now may be the time to consider increasing the use of your blue Hillsborough County recycling cart. Many traditional “trash” items generated during the holiday can easily be recycled, including:

  • plastic bottles, jugs, and containers
  • liquid food containers and gable top cartons, such as those for soy milk, juice boxes, chicken broth, etc.
  • aluminum, tin, and steel cans
  • any paper that is clean and easily tears
  • newspaper, office paper, junk mail, paperback books, magazines, etc.
  • flattened cardboard boxes
  • paperboard food boxes, cereal boxes, and paper towel rolls
  • greeting cards and wrapping paper, as long as it is free of ribbons, foil, and other non-paper items
  • glass bottles and jars

Recyclable food and beverage containers should be emptied and rinsed before placing them in the blue recycling cart. Toss all recyclables into the cart, without bagging.

Plastic bags and film, shrink wrap, bubble wrap, disposable utensils and tableware, polystyrene foam or Styrofoam, gift bags, tissue paper, ribbons, and bows are NOT recyclable in your blue cart. Plastic bags and Styrofoam food trays and egg cartons can be recycled at most local supermarkets in special bins. Loose and soiled bags and film should be placed in the trash cart.

Oversized boxes or volumes of recyclables that exceed the recycling cart capacity can be dropped off by County customers for free at any of the Hillsborough County community collection centers listed below:

Hours of operation are Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.; closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.