Eagle Eyes (Forest Hills Grid 18)

Take advantage of the Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management's upcoming Household Chemical and Electronics Collection Day on April 25, 2009. Collection time is from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and it is being held at a new location. The new collection location is in the vacant parking lot on the south side of Bird Street (Exit I-275N at Bird Street). This larger, more convenient location was chosen in an effort to streamline the drop off process and decrease customer wait time.

This event provides residents with the opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted chemicals and electronics at no charge. At our last chemical and electronics collection in October 2008, 44 tons of hazardous waste were collected and disposed of in an environmentally-responsible manner, and over 34 tons of electronics were recycled.

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.

For additional information, please contact Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management Director, Tonja M. Brickhouse at (813)-348-1148 or via e-mail at tonja.brickhouse@tampagov.net. You can also visit our website at www.tampagov.net/solidwaste.