Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful, a nonprofit organization aimed at keeping the county free of litter, has started a pilot program in the Mango, Seffner and Thonotosassa areas called Trash Troopers. ...more

July 13, 2008

TAMPA - Residents who pick up litter in the neighborhood, businesses that help improve the look of the community or groups that help spruce up the area are eligible for Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful anti-litter awards. ...more

July 1, 2008

Expect to pay more for wastewater and trash pickup services within the next few years. ...more

June 11, 2008

TAMPA - Expect to pay more for wastewater and trash pickup services within the next few years. City officials have hinted at the possibility of rate increases before, and on Tuesday a top city administrator bluntly told the council he planned to propose a five-year rate plan by this time next year. ...more

June 10, 2008

Two weeks after voters approved a property tax cut, Tampa taxpayers might lose some of those savings to an increase in the trash rate. ...more

February 14, 2008

TAMPA - A $13.6 million expansion of Hillsborough County's waste-to-energy plant will go forward despite opposition from a county commissioner who said the contract is flawed. ...more

February 6, 2008

SEBRING — A proposed state law, introduced for the Legislature's new 2008 session, would shut down most of Highlands County's road building projects, and severely limit the cost-effectiveness of the county's new asphalt plant. That is the assessment of House Bill 683 by Ramon Gavarette, Highlands County Engineer, and Ross Macbeth, attorney for the Highlands County commissioners. The county asphalt plant, which is scheduled to start production this spring, would be the first asphalt plant owned and operated by a local government in Florida. Commissioners have borrowed $3.3 million to build the plant, based on Ken Wheeler, director of the county solid waste department, estimating it will save $700,000 per year on road work. House Bill 683 apparently was pushed by the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida, which tried unsuccessfully to talk the county commissioners out of building the first county-owned asphalt plant in the state. ...more

January 26, 2008

Design work is under way for waterlines that will provide a safe drinking water source for residents on rural Buster Bean Drive. ...more

December 12, 2007

Design work is under way for pipelines that will provide a safe source of drinking water to residents on rural Buster Bean Drive. ...more

December 10, 2007