Hillsborough County, FL Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection frequency
- Garbage twice weekly; recycling weekly
- Find your day
- hcfl.gov Find My Schedule tool
- Holiday shift
- No make-up; next scheduled day
- Bulky pickup
- Call 813-272-5680; fee applies
- Set-out time
- After 6 p.m. prior; by 6 a.m.
Summary
Hillsborough County's unincorporated curbside service includes two garbage pickups, one recycling, and one yard-waste collection each week. Find your specific days with the county's Find My Trash & Recycling Schedule tool. There are no holiday make-up days: service resumes on your next scheduled day.
(i) Each county is encouraged to consider plans for composting or mulching organic materials that would otherwise be disposed of in a landfill. The composting or mulching plans are encouraged to address partnership with the private sector. (3) Each county shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that municipalities within its boundaries participate in the preparation and implementation of recycling and solid waste management programs through interlocal agreements pursuant to s. 163.01 or other means provided by law. Nothing in a county’s solid waste management or recycling program shall affect the authority of a municipality to franchise or otherwise provide for the collection of solid waste generated within the boundaries of the municipality.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
Use the county's official Find My Trash & Recycling Schedule lookup on hcfl.gov to see your garbage, recycling, and yard-waste days plus the next two collection dates. Weekly service covers two garbage pickups, one recycling, and one yard-waste collection. Place gray (garbage) and blue (recycling) carts and yard waste out no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before and no later than 6 a.m. on your day. There are no holiday make-up collections: if your day is a holiday, service resumes on the next scheduled day. Schedule fee-based bulky pickup by calling 813-272-5680 before setting items out.
Violations & Fines
No monetary penalty specified; set carts and yard waste out no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before and no later than 6 a.m. on your collection day.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
Other rules in Hillsborough County
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