Utah trash pickup is run by cities, counties and private haulers, not by the state.
Your pickup day comes from your city’s or hauler’s own lookup. Among the largest cities, Salt Lake City collects curbside itself; West Valley City and West Jordan contract a private hauler. Utah has no statewide bottle deposit, PaintCare paint or mattress program.
Find your city
The largest Utah cities and their official collection pages:
- Salt Lake City: Salt Lake City Waste and Recycling Division. Garbage, recycling and compost carts are collected weekly and must be set out by 7 a.m. on collection day and taken in the same day. Official page ↗ Look up your collection day ↗
- West Valley City: West Valley City Sanitation (collection contracted to ACE Recycling and Disposal). West Valley City contracts with ACE Recycling and Disposal to provide garbage, recycling and bulky waste services. Official page ↗ Look up your collection day ↗
- West Jordan: West Jordan Public Works Department (collection contracted to ACE Disposal). The city contracts with ACE Disposal for garbage and recycling, and cans must be on the curb by 7 a.m. on your designated garbage day. Official page ↗ Look up your collection day ↗
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Who collects in Utah
- DEQ’s 2023 data found only 5 percent of the waste produced in Utah was recycled, composted or digested, while 94 percent went to a landfill. Source ↗
- Utah’s Solid Waste Program works with local health departments across the state to respond to questions about improper disposal of solid waste. Source ↗
National haulers (Republic Services, WM, Waste Connections) hold contracts in many places; the city or county names the hauler for each street.
State-level rules
- Container deposit: No statewide container deposit law. NCSL’s state beverage container deposit laws page says ten states and Guam have deposit-refund systems and Utah is not among them. Source ↗
- Paint: Not a PaintCare state. PaintCare’s own list of program states covers twelve states and the District of Columbia and does not include Utah. Leftover paint goes through the local household hazardous waste program; see paint. Source ↗
- Mattresses: No statewide mattress take-back program. The Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress program operates only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island. See mattresses. Source ↗
State agency
- State agency: Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. It permits and inspects Utah’s solid waste, recycling and composting facilities, runs the used oil and household hazardous waste programs, and collects statewide recycling data. Official website ↗
- Find your local program: Recycling in Utah - recycling and waste facility map ↗
- Contact: (801) 536-0200
Flag of Utah. Public-domain artwork. Artwork: The State of Utah. Source. Resized to 480 pixels wide.
Materials with their own rules
Paint · Lithium-ion batteries · Household hazardous waste · Mattresses · Pizza boxes · Christmas trees
Neighboring states
Arizona · Colorado · Idaho · Nevada · Wyoming
Sources
Official pages used: deq.utah.gov · deq.utah.gov · slc.gov · slc.gov · wvc-ut.gov · wvc-ut.gov · westjordan.utah.gov · westjordan.utah.gov · ncsl.org · paintcare.org · byebyemattress.com · deq.utah.gov.
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