TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa’s Solid Waste Department is working against the clock as back-to-back hurricanes have left unprecedented amounts of debris across the city.
The goal? To collect an estimated 1 million cubic yards of debris within 90 days. To give perspective, that’s about 10,000 football fields of debris.
“Cabinets, wood floors, everything,” said Ron Krueger, Culbreath Bayou resident. “We had a good foot of water in the house, so it pretty much impacted everything and this is the second time the second pile we already had a pile earlier this morning that was taken away.”…