Salt Lake City contracts
with Allied Waste to collect recyclables from an estimated
45,000
residential homes, and 1,100 small businesses and multi-family
complexes every day, five days per week. An average of
900
tons of material are recycled each month.
What You Can Recycle
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| Newspaper and
newspaper inserts |
Steel (tin) food cans |
| Cardboard boxes,
shoe boxes, cereal boxes, paper tubes |
Plastic containers (#1-7) and bags |
| Magazines and
phone books |
Plastic-coated milk and juice cartons |
| Aluminum cans |
Junk mail, office paper, envelopes |
"Contaminants" = Unacceptable Items
Placing unacceptable items in your recycling
container can affect everything else in the recycling truck
and increase the cost of this program. If we find
unacceptable items in your container, it may not get serviced.
About 250 tons of unacceptable materials are
collected in our curbside bins every month. If you see a
contaminated recycling bin, please email us at
slcstreets@slcgov.com.
Be sure to include the location, date and time.
Unacceptable Items Include
| glass |
yard waste |
| food and food
wrappings |
clothings |
| small
appliances |
napkins, paper
towels, toilet paper, paper plates |
| home
improvement and construction material |
hazardous
waste |
| electronics
and computers |
toys, garden
hoses, plastic swimming pools |
Recycling and Disposing of the Less Common Items
Are those compact flourescent light bulbs you bought five
years ago finally burning out? Wondering what to do with
the old computer in the garage? Remodeling your home or
business and have some perfectly reusable laminate countertops
you are looking to unload? We may have an anwer for you.
How to Recycle...
Electronics
Flourescent light bulbs
Medications
Building Materials
Household Hazardous Waste
Additional Resources
Report
a Missed Pickup
Get answers: Frequently Asked (Recycling) Questions
How It All Gets Sorted Out
Recycling for Multi-Family and Business
Request Changes to my Waste and Recycling Service
Find My Collection Day
What You Can Do
Organize a latex paint collection project
Start a
campaign to educate your neighbors about recycling
Compost at
home
Reuse
and Reduce
Buy
Recycled
More...
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