Hillsborough Heights Solid Waste Facility

What's located here:

• A community collection center for the disposal of non-collectible items by residential customers
• Household hazardous waste disposal (8 AM to 2 PM, Third Saturday each month)
• Cooking Oil Recycling Effort (C.O.R.E.) drop-off site
• Recycling drop-off

Items accepted here:

(Get limits onpaint/electronicsandbatteries)

• Paint
• Electronics
• Rechargeable batteries (individual bagging required)
• Lead-acid batteries (Auto, marine, motorcycle, etc.)
• Appliances and Bulk Items
• Tires
• Household hazardous waste (only third Saturday of the month)
  • Aerosols
  • Ammunition
  • Cleaning Chemicals
  • Gasoline/Diesel fuel
  • Mercury thermostats or thermometers
  • Motor Oil/Cooking Oil
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Flares & Ammunition
  • Florescent Light Bulbs (Limit: Ten bulbs 4 feet and longer)
  • Paint – Latex & Oil based Paint/Stain/Varnish (Limit: 10 one gallon containers and 5 five-gallon containers; must be sealed and not leaking)
  • Paint Primer/Thinner/Stripper
  • Pesticides/Herbicides/Insecticides
  • Pool Chemicals
  • Propane Tanks (Limit: Five 30-lb tanks or less)
• 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

The following items are not accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers:

• Biomedical/Sharps waste (View biomedical disposal information)
• Medications/Pharmaceuticals (View medication disposal information)
• Commercial waste (View commercial waste disposal information)
• Explosives
  • Contact local law enforcement agencies for proper disposal
  • 在紧急情况下,拨打9-1-1
• Radioactive materials
  • Contact the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, (850) 245-4266, or the 24-hour Radiological Emergency Number, (407) 297-2095 for proper disposal
• Electronics (查看电子disposal information)

Know before you go:

• Photo ID showing the residential address of the property owner and a printed or digital copy of your currenttax assessmentare required (No ID required for general recyclables; photo ID only for paint and electronics)
• Residential customers are limited to delivering 10 cubic yards of solid waste material to CCC's, per year, as part of their annual assessment, which is equivalent to the material that can be put into a vehicle pulling a double-axle trailer or a loaded box/straight truck. (For comparison, a loaded pickup truck generally only carries about two cubic yards.)
• Once the 10 cubic yard limit per year has been reached, residents will be required to deliver their solid waste material to theSoutheast County Landfillor one of the County’s Solid Waste
• Transfer Stations and pay standard commercial disposal charges, also called tipping fees
• Residents may also 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 processing.
• No dump trailers are allowed at the CCC's
• Vehicles accessing the Northwest County CCC are limited to a total length of 35 feet