What's located here:
- A community collection center (CCC) - for the disposal of non-collectible items by residential customers. Find out more about CCC's.
Recycling drop-off - find out what items are you can recycle
Items accepted here:
(Get limits on paint/electronics and batteries)
- Paint
- Electronics
- Rechargeable batteries (individual bagging required)
- Lead-acid batteries (Auto, marine, motorcycle, etc.)
- Appliances and bulk items
- Tires
- Scrap metal
- American flags - Drop off your flag with a facility attendant for proper ceremonial disposal with local organizations such as the American Legion or VFW.
- Accepted recyclable items
Community Collection Centers (CCC) - Know Before You Go
- What to bring - Photo ID showing the Hillsborough County residential address of the property owner and a printed or digital copy of your current tax assessment are required - view county tax bill example. No ID is required for recyclables; photo ID only for batteries, paint, and electronics. Closed-toe shoes are required.
- Businesses are not authorized to use CCCs. Visit the Commercial Trash webpage for disposal guidelines and view commercial fees.
- Self-haul bulky waste - Residential customers receive 10 cubic yards of free disposal for bulky waste and appliances at CCCs, per year, as part of their annual assessment. For comparison, a loaded pickup truck bed holds about two cubic yards.
- Once the 10 cubic yard limit per year has been reached, residential customers will be required to deliver waste at the County’s Solid Waste Transfer Stations or Southeast County Landfill and pay standard commercial disposal charges, or wait until the annual assessment of 10 cubic yards resets Oct. 1.
- Residential customers can ask the facility attendants in person or call the Solid Waste Customer Service Team at (813) 272-5680 to learn how many cubic yards of free disposal are left.
- Tires - Residents may dispose of up to 12 tires per year as part of their annual assessment. Tires in excess of 12 per year are required to be delivered to the Southeast County Landfill where residents will pay the tipping fee for tire disposal.
- Hand unloading only
- Waste must be hand unloaded. CCC staff do not assist with unloading materials
- Residents are required to separate materials by type into different containers
- Self-tipping or automated dumping is not allowed at the CCCs due to the height of chain and bollards, which prevent falls into the containers. Residents must be able to lift their materials at least 4 feet to clear the bollards/chain and place waste in roll off containers.
- Vehicle & trailer length limit
- 23 feet - Wimauma and Alderman’s Ford CCCs
- 35 feet - Northwest, South County, and Hillsborough Heights CCCs
- Separate yard waste and garbage - Residential customers must ensure their load is properly separated before arriving at a facility with a CCC and yard waste disposal. If an unseparated load cannot be sorted on-site, the load will be treated as trash and disposal fees will apply. The residential free disposal allowance cannot be used. Residents are encouraged to use their weekly curbside yard trash collection for disposal of yard waste.