Power Outage Closes Tampa Waste Facilities Until Further Notice

TAMPA, FL — The city of Tampa McKay Bay Waste to Energy Facility, the McKay Bay Scale House and Transfer Station is closed until further notice to the general public and commercial customers due to a power outage.

The city has issued an apology for for the inconvenience and said it will send out a notification once services are restored. Residents are encouraged to use alternative waste disposal facilities.

Residents should use the contacts below for more information on accepted items, rates and facility hours:

• Blue Monkey Disposing & Recycling: Bulky Household Waste
• Waste Management: Bulky Household Waste
• Hillsborough County Solid Waste
• Veransa/CRR: Yard Waste (no plastic bags)
• Angelo's: Bulky Household Waste & Yard Waste

Commercial collection may experience delays.

Contractors should contact the Tampa Solid Waste Department for information.

All collection services may experience delays:

• Trash, recycling and yard waste collection services may experience delays.
• In case of delay, leave your cart/yard waste curbside through the rest of your regularly scheduled collection day. The city teams are working diligently to get routes completed.

For updates on the outage, call the Tampa Utilities Call Center at 813-274-8811, or visit the website.