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City of Tampa Garbage Collection Schedule Revised for Christmas and New Year Holidays
TAMPA, Fla. (December 9, 2025) -- A new collection schedule is now available for Christmas and New Year's holidays. In observance of Christmas Day, the City of Tampa offices will be closed on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Thursday, December 25, 2025. In observance of New Year's Day, the City of Tampa offices will be closed on Thursday, January 1, 2026.

• Christmas Eve:
  • Collection does not run on Wednesdays, therefore, service will not be affected on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
    
• Christmas Day:
  • Residential collection will be suspended on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2025.
  • Thursday collection will run one day delayed, on Friday, December 26.
  • Friday collection will run one day delayed, on Saturday, December 27.
    
• New Year's Day:
  • Residential collection will be suspended on New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026.

  • Friday, January 2, 2026: Normal collection schedules will resume.

Commercial Collection Service WILL NOT BE AFFECTED as follows:¶

• Christmas Holiday Collection Service:
  • Wednesday, December 24, 2025, Christmas Eve collection service will run as normal.
  • Thursday, December 25, 2025, Christmas Day collection service will be suspended and provided on Friday, December 26, 2025.
  • Commercial services will run with a one-day delay on Christmas week, through Saturday, December 27, 2025.
    
• New Year's Holiday Collection Service:
  • Thursday, January 1, 2026, New Year's Day Collection service will be suspended and collected on Friday, January 2, 2026.
  • Commercial services will run with a one-day delay on New Year's Week, through Saturday, January 3, 2026.
  • Commercial customers with a 65 or 95-gallon cart should follow the residential schedule.

McKay Bay Transfer Station and Scale House¶

Located at 114 S. 34th Street.

• The facility will be closed Wednesday, December 24, through Thursday, December 25, 2025, in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
  • Operating hours will resume Friday, December 26 through Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
• In observance of New Year's Day, the McKay Bay Transfer Station will close at noon on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2025, and will be closed on New Year's Day, January 1, 2026.
  • Normal operating hours will resume on Friday, January 2, 2026.
    

Christmas Tree Collection Service:¶

The Department will begin offering curbside Christmas Tree Collection Service at no additional charge on Friday, January 2, 2026. To take advantage of this service, residents must remove all decorations and lights, cut tree limbs to four (4) feet lengths, bundle, and place curbside on their regularly scheduled yard waste collection day. All discarded lights and/or decorations are not recyclable and must be placed in the garbage cart.

If customers have any questions or concerns, they may contact the City of Tampa Utilities Call Center at (813) 274-8811 or visit the website at www.tampagov.net/solidwaste .

NOTE: New Tampa residents are encouraged to contact Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management at (813) 272-5680 for their holiday collection schedule.

Happy Holidays to our valued City residents!