TAMPA, Fla. – With more than 34 million pounds of recyclables collected every year in the City of Tampa, the Department of Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management will be celebrating Global Recycling Day with a myth-busting campaign and a sneak peek of the Waste Management Recycling Plant. Servicing more than 80,000 residences, the amount of recyclables collected every year in Tampa is enough to fill eight Olympic-sized pools. In January 2024, the city hit a record with approximately 3.7 million tons of recyclables collected in one month. Though the first step should always be to either…