City of Tampa Electronics Only Collection Day

Remember this date: Saturday Jan 10, 2009 from 9am-2pm at 4010 W Spruce St

This date has been established to help you dispose of your old TVs that may no longer be used due to the congressionally-mandated conversion to all-digital TV broadcasting.

In addition to the TVs, a large list of other hazardous electronic items will be accepted.

SDAT - What is this?

I got an email the other day concerning a meeting Tuesday night for something called SDAT. I had never heard of it and had no idea what it was all about. Having other plans for last night, I was unable to attend the meeting. However, Phil Compton was at the meeting I was at and enlightened me on SDAT.

Sustainable Design Assessment Team is what this stands for. The goal of this organization is to create more sustainable places through good planning and design.

Stay tuned for more details.

City to Hold Household Chemical and Electronics Collection

Tampa, FL October 15, 2008 - The City of Tampa Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management will hold a Household Chemical and Electronics Collection from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, 2008. The collection will take place at the Solid Waste facility, at 4010 West Spruce Street, located behind the main Solid Waste building.

The following materials will be accepted at the collection site: paints and solvents; used motor oil; automotive products; pool chemicals; mercury-containing devices, such as fluorescent light bulbs and thermometers; lawn, garden and household chemicals; and electronics including computer monitors, printers, CPUs, keyboards and televisions. The city will not accept any explosive, radioactive or biomedical wastes at the collection site and only residential waste will be accepted.

To access the facility residents should enter on Clark Street. For additional information, please call the Department of Solid Waste at (813) 348-1111.

City of Tampa Curb Side Recycling Program

The city of Tampa does have a curbside recycling program. The list of items allowed is continuing to grow and currently includes:
• Phone books,
• Paperback books
• Junk mail
• Cereal boxes
• 6-pack soda boxes
• Office paper and cardboard
• Magazines
• Newspapers & inserts
• Catalogs
• Plastic bottles (numbers 1 and 2 only)
• Aluminum and steel cans (including empty aerosol cans)
• Gable-top beverage containers (juice & milk containers)
• Glass bottles & jars (all colors)

Basically the only paper product that is not allowed are those coated with wax, i.e. anything that goes in the freezer or refrigerator. The wax coating causes problems for the machines that process the paper.

If you need additional recycling bins use the link, it is the quickest way to get one: Blue Bin Request