Showing ordinances that apply to Riverview, FL
Riverview is an unincorporated community (population 107,396) in Hillsborough County, Florida. Because Riverview is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Hillsborough County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The recycling requirements rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Hillsborough County provides single-stream recycling via 95-gallon cart collected weekly. Accepted materials include paper, cardboard, rigid plastics 1-7, aluminum, steel cans, and glass bottles. Plastic bags, Styrofoam, and food-soiled items excluded. County operates Resource Recovery Facility processing mixed waste.
County Code Chapter 62 implements recycling program. Single-stream cart accepts clean cardboard, newspaper, office paper, magazines, plastic bottles and tubs (1-7), aluminum and steel cans, glass bottles and jars. Not accepted: plastic bags, film plastic, Styrofoam, textiles, tanglers (hoses, cords), scrap metal, electronics. Contamination threshold approximately 10 percent. Waste-to-energy facility burns non-recycled material generating electricity.
Contaminated carts may be tagged and skipped. Repeat contamination can result in cart removal.
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