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Your Neighborhood Cleanup Date You will receive a flyer in the mail announcing your Neighborhood Cleanup week at least one month before your date. If you would like to find out your date now, call 535-6999 or email us. To receive email notification on this program and other streets programs sign up here. Cleanup Pile Instructions
Place
piles street side
no sooner than ten days prior to your
scheduled cleanup date.
Do not block traffic, fire hydrants, sidewalks, and mailboxes.
Pile
size
must
be no larger than 20 ft. long X 5 ft. wide X 5 ft. high.
The city will only collect one dump truck load of material
Separate
green
waste materials such as small branches, thorn less shrubs, lawn, and other
organic plant material from your other cleanup pile.
Refrigerators/Freezers
must be tagged by a professional showing the Freon has been removed. Doors must
be removed or firmly secured shut.
Enforcement -
Failure to follow these instructions is a violation of city and county
ordinance. Items We Will Not Remove
Construction material Concrete, asphalt, and roofing material will no longer be accepted. This material is very expensive to collect and can damage your curb and gutter, the street, and city vehicles. You should take this material to the landfill at 6030 W. 1300 South.
There has also been a problem with contractors dumping material into neighborhood cleanup piles. If you see this taking place, please write down the contractor's company name, date, time, address of illegal dumping, and type of material being dumped and report it to The Salt Lake Valley Health Department 313-6641. Contractors are responsible for removing their own material. This includes yard waste, construction, or any other thing a contractor should be removing from your home. Make sure that you agree to that before you sign a contract.
Stumps
and branches wider
than 6 in. diameter or longer than 6 ft.
Tires
or household hazardous waste such as paints, pesticides, oil, florescent lights, batteries, and
other chemicals. For information on
how to dispose of these items call 974-6902.click here. Flammable or explosive material such as aerosol cans, gas cans, propane tanks, etc. Call your local fire station for disposal information on how to dispose of them.
Recycling
Usable Items Recycle usable items as much as possible. Charitable organizations ( Deseret Industries, Salvation Army, etc.) will accept old appliances and furniture. For information on unusual recyclable items call 974-6902.
Illegal Dumping Illegal dumping was the #1 complaint from the Neighborhood Cleanup Survey. If you see someone illegally dumping in your neighborhood, write down the following information and then contact The Salt Lake Lake Valley Health Department at 313-6641 regarding illegal piles.
More Information If you have further questions you can call Salt Lake City Streets at 535-6999.
See also
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