Recycling
Recycling in Salt Lake County
Salt Lake City
- Curbside Service: 801 535-6999
- Pick-up questions: 801 972-4234
Salt Lake City contracts with a local private hauler to collect recyclables from an estimated 6,800 residential homes per day, five days a week. An average of 850 tons of material are recycled each month.
New 2008: Green Waste Bins (brown container) for more information call 535-6999
Recyclables are collected weekly from 90-gallon, blue recycling containers on the same day as garbage collection. To find out your collection day or other information call 535-6999, or see the Route Map (accessible on website).
What can I put in my bin?
- plastics 1 - 7
- plastic coated cartons
- cardboard
- cereal boxes
- office paper
- steel cans
- plastic grocery bags
- paperboard
- magazines
- paper towel tubes
- aluminum cans
- junk-mail
- newspaper
- phone books
- shoe boxes
Closest Drop-off bin locations for glass:
Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Facility
6030 West California Avenue (1400 South)
- aluminum cans
- clear & colored glass bottles
- clear plastic 1 and 2
- colored glass bottles
- corrugated cardboard
- junk mail
- magazines
- mixed ledger paper
- newspapers
- paperback books
- steel cans
- white paper
Rotary Glen Park
800 South 2770 East
- clear glass bottles
- brown glass bottles
- green glass bottles
- corrugated cardboard
Jordan Park
900 West 1000 South (south entrance) - open dawn to dusk
- clear glass bottles
- brown glass bottles
- green glass bottles
Forest Dale Golf Course
2375 South 900 East - open dawn to dusk
- clear glass bottles
- brown glass bottles
- green glass bottles
Closest Drop-off sites for recycling
Rocky Mt. Recycling 3110 S. 900 W.
975-1820
- aluminum cans
- corrugated cardboard
- newspapers
- office paper
- computer paper
- junk mail
- plastics #1 & #2
Dunn Recyclng
1812 S. Empire Rd. (one block west of Redwood Rd.)
975-9700
Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm
- paper- all kinds
- boxes - cardboard & paperboard
- plastics -- number 1-7 and grocery bags
- aluminum & steel cans
