Recycling in Tampa

BayTravis Barnes, Hillsborough County Recycling Coordinator

Alita Kane, City of Tampa Recycling Specialist

How is waste

being generated?

• 68% from commercial and MF

• Most local governments have

focused on the 32%

How is Waste Managed?

Hillsborough County MSW Management (2016)

EPA estimates

national average

at 34.6%

Hillsborough County

& Pinellas County

Tied With Top Recycling Rate in the State of Florida in 2016

82%

Local Government Can Control • Expanding commercial recycling• Expanding multifamily recycling• Reducing contamination

Limited Local Government Control• Glass processing and value• Limited markets for some materials• The evolving ton • Market uncertainty

Challenges or Opportunities?

Programs for Recycing Success

City of Tampa

City Buildings • Lead by Example• All Tampa municipal Facilities • Reduce the environmental

impact of municipal operations• 50 additional buildings

Event Recycling • Between 20-25 events per year • Some of the major events:

All Gasparilla Parades Music Fest Art Fest Distance ClassicEcofestMayors River O Green

• Operations and communications

3R’s Art Contest • Annual Art Contest

Highlighting Talented Youth in Tampa

• Education in Schools and Youth Groups

• Artwork on Recycling Trucks

Hillsborough County Initiatives

• We can achieve more working together• Goal to reduce confusion & contamination• MRF-Shed • All partners accept the same materials • All partners use Waste-to-energy • Residents live, work, & play across the bay

Tampa Bay Regional Recycling Campaign

Campaign Includes:• Landing Page• Print Ads • Digital Billboards • Radio Ads • Bus wraps• Social Media • Earned Media

www.TampaBayRecycles.org

• Twitter, Facebook, Instagram • Social Media Teams • Resident Interaction• Over 162,000 impressions

#TampaBayRecycles

Thanks! Any questions?Alita Kane Recycling Specialist, Department of Solid Waste and Environmental Program Management

City of Tampa / 4010 W. Spruce St. / Tampa FL 33607 p: (813) 348-1027 / c: (813) 394-4553 / e: Alita.Kane@tampagov.net