Guidelines for curbside pickup of yard and wood waste and where to take excess waste
This information is for Hillsborough County residential solid waste customers.
Guidelines
- You have a set day for curbside pickup of yard and wood waste. Use the trash and recycling schedule tool to see which day you can set it out for pickup.
- Weekly set-out limit is 2 cubic yards or less
- Two cubic yards is approximately twelve 30-gallon containers or bags
- During February, March, and April, customers may set out up to eighteen 30-gallon containers of yard waste or 3 cubic yards of stacked materials each week
- Use your own cans, boxes, bags or other containers to store your yard waste
- Each container cannot exceed 50 pounds
- Limbs and branches must be less than 4 feet long and 6 inches in diameter
- Yard waste must be bundled, neatly stacked, or placed in a yard waste container
- Yard waste must be placed within 6 feet of the curb
Items accepted*
- Brush
- Grass clippings
- Leaves
- Tree trimmings
- Shrub trimmings
- Live Christmas trees
- Remove all decorations, lights, and tinsel
*This is not a complete list of what is accepted. If you have questions, call (813) 272-5680.
Excess yard waste
If your yard waste exceeds the curbside limit, then you can take it to a facility listed below.
These facilities are open for yard and wood waste Monday - Saturday from 7:30 AM to 5 PM.
Missed pickups
If your trash, recycling, or yard waste is not picked up on your designated day, report a missed pick up.
Fees
- As part of Hillsborough County's annual Solid Waste disposal assessment, residents may deliver up to 2 tons of yard and wood waste per year to the Yard and Wood Waste Processing and Recycling Facilities. Once these limits are reached, residents must pay standard fees.
Commercial businesses disposing yard waste, including multifamily residential units and landscaping and tree trimming providers, are not able to use residential folio accounts to deliver yard waste on behalf of Hillsborough County residents. Commercial yard waste can be disposed of at a Hillsborough County Yard & Wood Waste Disposal Facility. Standard tipping fees apply.
- All commercial use is subject to standard fees
Residents are strongly encouraged to use their weekly curbside yard waste collection for disposal of routine yard waste.
- State-issued photo ID with a Hillsborough County residential address
- A printed or digital copy of your annual Hillsborough County Property Tax Bill showing your current solid waste assessments
- View a county tax bill example