Salt Lake City is soliciting public input on the future of garbage fees, enforcement and curbside compost.
Carve out two minutes and take the short survey!
Category Archives: Recycling & Waste
Week #1: New Year’s Resolutions Update
We’re off to a great start in 2014! If you haven’t made a resolution yet, what are you waiting for?
#WhyWasteIt? An inside look at the recycling process
Guest blog from Katie McKeon of Momentum Recycling
In response to increasing community demand for better glass recycling options, Momentum Recycling built a state-of-the-art glass recycling plant in Salt Lake City in 2012.
Here’s an inside look at the glass recycling process!
#WhyWasteIt? The Logistics of Glass Collection
Here’s the scoop on the logistics of curbside glass collection. For program details, including information on how to sign up, check out “The Basics of Curbside Glass.”
Guest blog by Katie McKeon of Momentum Recycling.
The curbside glass recycling is a once per month collection that does not occur on your standard garbage day.
We have divided up the City into 20 different service zones, each having their own glass pick up date. Check out the map below to find your neighborhood glass pick up date. Continue reading
#WhyWasteIt? Glass Recycling in SLC
Glass has a checkered past in Salt Lake City. It has been only recently that the City, through a close partnership with Momentum Recycling, has offered a voluntary curbside recycling service to residents.
One of the most common questions we are asked is “Why can’t I recycle my glass in the blue bin?” Many cities throughout the country offer glass recycling in the mixed recycling bin.
So why not Salt Lake City? Continue reading
SLC Seeking Comments on Proposed Business Recycling Ordinance
Recycling stations at Moscone Convetion Center to help achieve 75% waste diversion, as mandated by city of San Francisco. Photo: IntelFreePress via Flickr.
Did you know? The waste diversion rate for Salt Lake City homes hovers around 38%. This means that roughly 38% of all waste collected through the City’s residential collection program is recycled or composted.
Now compare that to the estimated 10% diversion rate for Salt Lake City businesses.
In an effort to increase business and multi-family (i.e. apartment) recycling rates, Salt Lake City is proposing a new Business & Multi-Family Recycling Ordinance that would require property owners or managers where 4 or more cubic yards of solid waste are generated per week to:
- Subscribe to a recycling collection service from an authorized waste hauler.
- Designate area(s) for recycling containers.
- Implement a recycling program for use by occupants, employees or residents that is as convenient as trash collection.
- Distribute educational recycling information to occupants, employees or residents annually.
Zero Waste Awards & Trashed Film Screening
Hosted by the Utah Recycling Alliance (URA)
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Brewvies Cinema Pub (677 South 200 West)
$5 admission includes one free drink ticket, two raffle tickets and an evening of entertainment! RSVP to the Facebook event.
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Extra ‘Leaves Only’ Bins Now Available
Crisp air, bright colors and falling leaves — fall is in full swing in Salt Lake City!
But what should you do with all of those extra leaves?
- Place them in your curbside compost bin (i.e. tan can) for weekly pick up. Raking weekly should keep your leaves from piling up.
- Try composting your leaves at home with a backyard compost bin, or by mulching them into your grass, flower beds or gardens. Gotta love free soil amendment!
- Request an extra ‘leaves only’ bin.
Starting today, Salt Lake City is offering special ‘leaves only’ bins by request. Here are some quick facts about the program:
- Bins will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
- ‘Leaves only’ bins are provided free of charge and are intended to supplement resident’s curbside compost bin in the event of excess leaves.
- Bins will be collected weekly on your curbside collection day throughout the fall.
To request your ‘leaves only’ bin, call (801) 535-6999 or email SLCgreen@slcgov.com. Please provide your name, address and phone number.
Questions? Let us know!
Glass recycling made easy – we can do better than 6%!
This is a guest blog post by Katie McKeon of Momentum Recycling, Salt Lake City’s contracted glass recycling services provider.
How many of these items do you consume?
Here at Momentum Recycling, we often hear people say they don’t use much glass. Most people think of glass bottles and immediately think of alcoholic beverages. While we receive a fair share of this type of glass, there is also quite a bit of glass out there that goes unnoticed. Recycling just one of these glass containers saves enough energy to:
- Light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours
- Power a computer for 30 minutes
- Power a television for 20 minutes
What goes in your bin?
Salt Lake City Green is asking residents one very important question — “What goes in your curbside bin?”
The survey is part of an effort to improve Salt Lake City’s curbside garbage, recycling and composting services.
In the coming months, residents will see a fresh, retooled #WhyWasteIt campaign roll out on Salt Lake City Sanitation trucks, social media and more. The campaign will be focus on optimizing the curbside programs and diverting as much waste as possible from the landfill.
Do you have 60 seconds to spare? Then let us know what goes in your curbside bin!