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.
Salt Lake City
Sustainability
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Highlights & Announcements
What Belongs in the Compost Can?
Click here to learn which materials can and cannot go into your curbside compost can.
What You Can Do for Air Quality
Air quality starts with you! Click here for simple actions you can take today to help keep our air clean.
Winter Suspension for Compost Cans
Brown curbside compost cans will not be collected from January 27 – March 6, 2020 in order to save fuel costs and reduce emissions. Click to read more.
Electrified Transportation
Learn about all things electrified transportation, including our Electric Transportation Roadmap, how EVs help the environment, charging information, and links to our partner organizations.
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.
A Better Neighborhood Cleanup Program
Click here for more information on the annual cleanup program, Call 2 Haul.
Recycling Changes: NO Plastic Bags
Salt Lake City is no longer accepting plastic bags or plastic film in the blue recycling containers.
SLCgreen Blog
SLC Celebrates Largest Clean Tech Financing Deal in Program History
We are thrilled that the largest C-PACE project in the United States – EVER – just broke ground in Salt Lake City!
Resident Food Equity Advisors: Applications due February 21
We have a new program we’d like to share with you and we’re looking for your help spreading the word to recruit applicants.
See What SLCgreen Accomplished in 2019
It’s 2020 already and we can hardly believe it! It was a busy year, and as a community, we have taken major strides in accomplishing our goals. Click to access our full 2019 Year in Review here and to read a few of the major highlights.
Your Waste & Recycling Questions
We thought this would be a good time to share some answers, links, and helpful resources to answer your recycling questions.
