The Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Department has closed its Wimauma Community Collection Center at 16180 W. Lake Drive due to low usage. ...more

October 7, 2009

Perhaps you held off buying that new refrigerator, or didn't buy a new home altogether. Either way, that meant a bit less garbage on the way to the landfill. ...more

March 23, 2009

Perhaps you held off buying that new refrigerator, or didn't buy a new home altogether. Either way, that meant a bit less garbage on the way to the landfill. Multiply that frugality across several million people in the Tampa Bay area, and the down economy is having a direct impact on the flow of garbage to government dumps. ...more

March 19, 2009

A landfill proposed south of Dade City would jeopardize the quality of water pumped to fill the Zephyrhills bottles sold in stores, the bottling company says. ...more

March 7, 2009

A landfill proposed south of Dade City would jeopardize the quality of water pumped to fill the Zephyrhills bottles sold in stores, the bottling company says. ...more

March 6, 2009

State environmental officials will wait one more month to issue a decision on a controversial landfill proposed for eastern Pasco County. ...more

January 14, 2009

DEP will wait until February to issue a letter of intent for the landfill Angelo's Aggregate Materials wants to build in eastern Pasco County. ...more

January 12, 2009

The potential approval of a household-waste landfill in southeastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing by environmental groups opposed to the proposal. ...more

January 10, 2009

The potential approval of a household-waste landfill south in eastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing by environmental groups opposed to the proposal. "This landfill represents an absolutely unacceptable risk to the region's water quality, not just in Pasco County, but throughout Tampa Bay and Florida's Nature Coast," Manley Fuller, president of the Florida Wildlife Federation said in a written statement. ...more

January 9, 2009

Pasco County's chief attorney advised county commissioners Tuesday to avoid directly challenging a controversial landfill proposed for agricultural land south of Dade City. ...more

January 7, 2009