In 2006 Hillsborough County commissioners spent $170,000 to terminate a golf range's lease on the Linebaugh Avenue County Northwest Landfill to hasten development of another solid waste transfer station. Today, the golf range remains shuttered, the site is an eyesore, no new transfer station is built and there is no sign of the construction that was to be completed this year. ...more

October 29, 2009

There will be no make-up day for city residents whose trash, yard waste and recycling collection will be delayed by the Labor Day holiday on Monday. ...more

September 5, 2009

The city will no longer offer "holiday makeup" days for trash and recycling. ...more

June 17, 2009

A record number of people turned up Saturday to dispose of their old paint, household chemicals and electronics at a parking lot staffed by the city's Solid Waste Department. ...more

April 26, 2009

Perhaps you held off buying that new refrigerator, or didn't buy a new home altogether. Either way, that meant a bit less garbage on the way to the landfill. ...more

March 23, 2009

Perhaps you held off buying that new refrigerator, or didn't buy a new home altogether. Either way, that meant a bit less garbage on the way to the landfill. Multiply that frugality across several million people in the Tampa Bay area, and the down economy is having a direct impact on the flow of garbage to government dumps. ...more

March 19, 2009

Authorities are trying to figure out who dropped four 55-gallon trash bags filled with marijuana by the side of an Ocala road. ...more

March 15, 2009

Residents hauling televisions and computer gear clogged traffic on West Spruce Street on Saturday for the chance to ditch those old devices safely. ...more

January 11, 2009

Residents hauling televisions and computer gear clogged traffic on West Spruce Street today for the chance to ditch those old devices safely. ...more

January 10, 2009

Ready to replace your television? Drop it off Saturday at the first Electronics Collection Day at the city's Solid Waste Department. ...more

January 9, 2009