Resident Food Equity Advisors
The Resident Food Equity Advisors program is currently accepting applications for the 2022-23 program! Click here for more information and to learn how to apply.
Salt Lake City
Sustainability
Contact SLCgreen (801) 535-6470 | slcgreen@slcgov.com
Highlights & Announcements
Idle Free Salt Lake City
Click here for a variety of tools for residents and businesses interested in learning more about Salt Lake City’s anti-idling ordinance.
Garbage Rates Update
Fees are going up across all three sizes. Click here to learn more.
Community Food Resources
What Belongs in the Blue Bin?
Learn which materials are recyclable in Salt Lake City and which items do NOT belong in your blue bin.
What Belongs in the Compost Bin?
Information about materials that belong in your brown curbside compost can.
100% Renewable Electricity
Click here to learn about the Community Renewable Energy Act and how Salt Lake City is working towards a Climate Positive future.
The Art on Our Refuse Trucks
Learn more about the designs on our waste and recycling truck wraps!
SLCgreen Blog
Eating Local
by SLCgreen intern Mariah Trujillo Last week we celebrated Utah Climate Week but did you know it was Eat Local Week too? This is a weeklong event developed by Urban Food Connections of Utah, that challenges participants to eat food grown or raised within a 250-mile radius. Eat Local Week is intended to highlight and […]
Utah Climate Week Win: Salt Lake City’s Comprehensive Sustainability Policy Now Includes All-Electric Provisions
What This Means and Why it is Important for our Air Quality and Climate It’s the Sixth Annual Utah Climate Week and we’re bringing you news and tips from around Salt Lake City. Today, we wanted to highlight an exciting update made in 2022 to Salt Lake City’s internal Comprehensive Sustainability Policy. This policy was originally put in place in […]
It’s National Public Lands Day! Let’s Talk About Climate Change
In Utah, 45 million tons of fossil fuels are extracted each year from federal public lands, the equivalent emissions of 9.7 passenger cars driven for one year. These extraction practices, designed to help fuel our energy grids, creates a positive feedback loop. The University of Calgary explains, “Similar to how keeping money in a savings […]
Utah Climate Week is Coming Up!
We are a week away from the Sixth Annual Utah Climate Week (September 25th through October 1st)! Check out the list of events compiled by the Utah Climate Action Network (a project of Utah Clean Energy) and mark your calendar to get involved. The goal of Utah Climate Week is to provide opportunities for YOU […]
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