Northwest County Solid Waste Facility
Hillsborough County’s collection center, transfer station and yard waste site on Linebaugh Avenue in Tampa.
The Northwest County Solid Waste Facility, at 8001 W. Linebaugh Avenue in Tampa, is run by Hillsborough County Solid Waste Services. Its hours are Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. County solid waste customers bring bulky waste, appliances, tires and yard waste here within their yearly allowance, with a photo ID and their tax bill; any county resident can drop off paint, electronics, batteries and recycling, and free mulch is available. Loads past the free allowance pay commercial rates at the transfer station.
Serves: Hillsborough County trash pickup and drop-off rules.
- Type
- Transfer station
- State
- Florida
- City
- Hillsborough County
- Address
- 8001 W. Linebaugh Avenue, Tampa, FL 33625
- Hours
- Monday to Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., for the Community Collection Center and yard and wood waste; closed on county holidays
- Who can use it
- Bulky waste, appliances, tires, general trash and yard waste: Hillsborough County solid waste customers, with a photo ID and a copy of the property tax bill showing the solid waste assessment. Paint, electronics and batteries: any county resident with a photo ID. Recycling and cooking oil: anyone. Commercial haulers use the transfer station and pay tipping fees. No businesses at the collection center
- Fees
- Free within the yearly allowance: 10 cubic yards of bulky waste and appliances, 12 tires and 2 tons of yard and wood waste per county solid waste customer, counted from October 1; past that, or for unseparated loads, commercial disposal rates apply: $141 a ton for processable waste, $104 a ton for non-processable waste and $65 a ton for yard and wood waste, cash or card
- Takes
- Bulky waste and appliances, hand-unloaded at the collection center; general trash; tires; scrap metal; yard and wood waste such as brush, grass clippings, leaves, tree and shrub trimmings and untreated wood, self-unloaded; paint, stain and varnish, up to 10 one-gallon or 5 five-gallon sealed containers a month; electronics, up to five intact items a month; rechargeable batteries, each bagged, and lead-acid batteries; recyclables; cooking oil in the CORE cabinet outside the gate; usable household items for donation; American flags; free mulch, up to 2 cubic yards
- Does not take
- Household hazardous waste (use the Saturday collections); business waste at the collection center; dump trailers and self-tipping loads at the collection center; trailers over 35 feet; loads that mix yard waste and garbage; painted, varnished or treated wood as yard waste
- Run by
- Hillsborough County Solid Waste Services
- Phone
- 813-272-5680
- Official website
- hcfl.gov
- Primary source
- hcfl.gov
- Last verified
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