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Tampa, FL

Tampa, FL trash pickup by address.

Enter a Tampa, FL street address to check trash and recycling pickup as published by City of Tampa My Government Services collection.

Setting out in Tampa Carts can be placed out the night before or by 6 a.m. on the pickup day.

Trash Day Trends · Tampa, last 30 days

Monday and Wednesday tie as the busiest days to check here. See the national trends.

Which day is trash day in TampaShare of homes we checked, by pickup day; a home with more than one trash day counts on each; each bar is rounded to the nearest 5%, so they may not add up to 100
Share of Tampa homes we checked with trash pickup on each weekdayMonday: 30%Tuesday: 50%Wednesday: 20%Thursday: 30%Friday: 50%Saturday: 20%
Which day people checkMonday and Wednesday tie, 30% of checks each
Share of address checks in Tampa, by weekdayMonday: 30%Tuesday: 15%Wednesday: 30%Thursday: 0%Friday: 5%Saturday: 5%Sunday: 15%
  • +25%Checks vs last week
  • 6 amCarts out byThe deadline in 34% of cities
  • 90%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day83% nationally
  • 2×Some homes here get trash twice a week or more
  • 2Published alongside trash: recycling, yard waste
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Verified schedule

Tampa collection days, read from City of Tampa My Government Services collection.

Trash / garbage: Tuesday and Friday.

Recycling: Tuesday.

Yard waste: Tuesday.

Tuesday and Friday is what one Tampa address returned on October 26, 2026.

City of Tampa official returned address-level collection records for this address.

Holiday changes, service alerts, and property-type exceptions should still be checked through the official Tampa source.

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Set-out rules

Cart and set-out rules in Tampa.

Carts can be placed out the night before or by 6 a.m. on the pickup day.

Leave a 3-foot clearance on all sides of the cart at the curb.

The cart must come back off the curb by the end of the service day.

Read from the official Tampa guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.

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Your collection day

Why Tampa days differ by address.

Pickup days in Tampa depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.

The example days above are read from City of Tampa My Government Services collection and were last checked on October 26, 2026.

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How days are assigned

How Tampa assigns collection days.

New Tampa is served by Hillsborough County Solid Waste rather than the City; the lookup reads the County's routes there.

Tampa publishes its own address-level collection lookup, City of Tampa My Government Services collection. There is no single citywide weekday: the day depends on the address, and the lookup above reads City of Tampa My Government Services collection's answer for the exact address you enter.

We last checked Tampa on October 3, 2026: 8 of 8 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Tampa's pickup days.

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Local source

City of Tampa My Government Services collection sets Tampa's collection days.

City of Tampa My Government Services collection publishes trash, recycling and yard waste days for Tampa; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Tampa My Government Services collection, not here.

Good to knowChecked against City of Tampa My Government Services collection in Aug 2026: trash, recycling and yard waste.

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Before pickup

What Tampa residents should verify.

Tampa's local collection source provides address-based collection information for eligible Tampa properties.

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Nearby

Around Tampa: nearby guides and who collects there.

The nearest guides to Tampa are Town 'n' Country, University, Riverview and Brandon. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.

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Common questions

Questions residents ask.

What day is trash collected in Tampa, FL?

It depends on your street. City of Tampa My Government Services collection sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.

Which collections are published for Tampa?

City of Tampa My Government Services collection publishes trash, recycling and yard waste for Tampa.

Local source

Verify with City of Tampa My Government Services collection.

The Tampa address result links City of Tampa My Government Services collection directly.

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Location
Tampa, FL
Local source
City of Tampa My Government Services collection
Schedule
Checked by full address
Page updated
Aug 2026

Collection services in Tampa

  • Trash / garbage
  • Recycling

Tampa schedule lookup

Put the exact property first.

Search a Tampa, FL address, then confirm with City of Tampa My Government Services collection before setting carts out.
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