Tampa Dump and Drop-Off Fees
What it costs to drop off waste in Tampa, opening hours, what you need to bring, and what they will turn away.
Before you load the car: every route out of Tampa compared
Driving it yourself is the only route that costs you a trip. Here is what each of the others asks instead — the cap, the condition, and what simply will not be accepted.
| Route | What it costs | How much it takes | The condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curbside, regular collection day | No additional cost for the one yearly collection, for residential accounts in single-family homes and buildings of four units or fewer. | One prescheduled collection a year, and the pile should not go over ten cubic yards — about ten ovens' worth. A bigger pile can bring extra disposal fees. | Mattresses are on the accepted list for the yearly S.W.E.E.P. collection, alongside furniture, appliances, toilets, carpet and grills. |
| Booked city collection | $18.12 a cubic yard for a special pickup — a cubic yard being about the size of an oven. | — | Anything that cannot wait for your once-a-year date, or that turns up after it has passed. |
| the McKay Bay Scale House | Free for residents with an active solid waste account. | — | An active city solid waste account — the free drop-off is for residential customers who have one. |
| Hire a hauler | You pay — quotes come from local companies bidding against each other. | No item cap and no wrapping, residency or vehicle rule. | They carry it out; nothing has to reach the curb under its own steam. |
What a trip to the McKay Bay Scale House actually costs you
1 site across Tampa.
- What it costs
- Free for residents with an active solid waste account.
- Opening hours
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday and Saturday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The site is 114 South 34th Street.
- What to bring
- An active city solid waste account — the free drop-off is for residential customers who have one.
Booking a city pickup
Anything that cannot wait for your once-a-year date, or that turns up after it has passed.
- How to book
- Call customer service on (813) 274-8811 or book through Tampa Connect.
- What it costs
- $18.12 a cubic yard for a special pickup — a cubic yard being about the size of an oven.
The other routes in Tampa, in full
The table above is the short version of each. These pages carry the whole rule — the hours, the proof, the caps and what gets turned away.
Or have someone take it
City routes are cheap but slow, and they all assume you can get the item to the curb yourself. If it is upstairs, if it is heavy, or if you need it gone this week, a local pro is the faster answer.
Post the job free, and local pros in Tampa bid on it. You pick the offer you like and pay your pro directly — JunkerClub takes no cut of the price.
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What people actually pay — measured, not estimated
And a flat rate is only one company's number. When we put one real job out to bid, 12 local pros priced the same pile from the same photos: $225 to $1,250, median $525. Nobody else publishes this, because nobody else runs the auction.
Drop-off sites in Tampa — common questions
How many bulk items can I put out at once in Tampa?
One prescheduled collection a year, and the pile should not go over ten cubic yards — about ten ovens' worth. A bigger pile can bring extra disposal fees.
Will the trash collectors take a mattress in Tampa?
Mattresses are on the accepted list for the yearly S.W.E.E.P. collection, alongside furniture, appliances, toilets, carpet and grills.
Where this comes from
Checked against official sources on 2026-09-15. City rules change — if something here does not match, the city page wins.
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