Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Hillsborough County curbside pickup is allowed for live trees trimmed and cut as yard waste. Care to recycle? Whole trees devoid of decorations are accepted at one of three yard-waste processing facilities, including one in the Greater Brandon area.
The build-up to Christmas inevitably leads to the 12 days of cleanup and included in that mix of seasonal-aftermath chores for many Greater Brandon residents is the disposal of the live Christmas tree. _______________ Links For Information About Recycling Real Christmas Trees ______________ That majestic evergreen, coniferous tree that lives on in digital print becomes, devoid of its decorations, simple recyclable yard waste. As such it can be brought to the curb for pickup on regular collection service days for yard waste. But first, you need to trim the tree. This time around "trimming" does not mean "decorating" for the holidays. It means "cutting away" and "reducing in size." Trees for pickup as yard waste must be absent all tinsel, …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
It's a "dirty, messy job" but it netted big bucks for the Ronald McDonald House of Tampa Bay and awards for two Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office employees working at the Orient Road and Falkenburg Road jails.
Recycling cans can be a "dirty, messy job," but somebody stepped up to do it, and doing it well added up to big bucks for the Ronald McDonald House of Tampa Bay, thanks to the efforts of Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office employees at the Orient Road and Falkenburg Road jails. For their efforts helping to operate a can-recycling program at the jails in the Greater Brandon area of Tampa, Lt. Waltraud Addison and Deputy Gordon McIntyre received community service recognition. The employees received their awards June 13 at the Jail Assembly Room, 502 North Falkenburg Road, as part of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's 2012 Second-Quarter Awards Ceremony. Calling them "dedicated advocates of the program," Col. James Previtera noted …
Monday, December 27, 2010
Curbside pickup is allowed for live trees trimmed and cut as yard waste. Whole trees devoid of decorations are accepted at the Falkenburg Road waste facility.
The build-up to Christmas inevitably leads to the 12 days of cleanup and included in that mix of seasonal-aftermath chores for many Greater Brandon residents is the disposal of the live Christmas tree. That majestic evergreen, coniferous tree that lives on in digital print becomes, devoid of its decorations, simple recyclable yard waste. As such it can be brought to the curb for pickup on regular collection service days for yard waste. But first, you need to trim the tree. This time around "trimming" does not mean "decorating" for the holidays. It means "cutting away" and "reducing in size." Trees for pickup as yard waste must be absent all tinsel, ornaments, garland, popcorn strings and candy canes. No lights, either, not even the …
