HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Residents in Hillsborough County who still have storm debris are asked to put it out in front of their homes no later than Monday.

The county will begin its final pass for storm debris collection on Dec. 9 and hope to have everything collected by Jan. 11.

This collection will include both construction and demolition debris as well as yard waste. Crews ask you separate home debris and yard items into two different piles.

What You Need To Know

  • County hopes to complete final pass by Jan. 11

  • Five collection sites and two sites solely for vegetative debris remain open for drop offs 

  • 2.9 million cubic yards of debris collected since Oct. 10

  • TRACK THE PROGRESS: Debris Collection Map

FEMA will reimburse the county for the cost of storm debris removal until that Jan. 11 deadline. After that point, the responsibility turns to the county.

The final round of pick ups will continue seven days a week until everything is collected.

To date, Hillsborough County estimates their haulers have collected 2.9 million cubic yards of debris or about 78,000 truck fulls since Hurricane Milton.

Eddie Burch with Hillsborough County Public Works says if you miss the final pass for debris collection, rules for regular trash pick up will apply. That means all items must be in 4-foot or fewer pieces, neatly stacked, or bagged and put into a container.

Burch says the county has organized picking up an unprecedented amount of debris and the biggest lesson they have learned through it all is how key communication is.

“We’ve learned by doing this that the public has been very responsive in getting debris out to the curbside,” he said. “People have responded and brought debris to our collection centers and alerted us to issues with the process.”

Residents are welcome to take any construction or demolition debris to any of the county’s collection centers.