Starting February 3, 2025, Salt Lake City is changing its curbside collection route for weekly pickup of garbage, recycling, and compost cans.

Through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), local governments in Salt Lake County and Tooele County have the opportunity to develop the Greater Salt Lake Area Clean Energy and Air Roadmap (CLEAR). Learn more

Salt Lake City entered The Other Side Village (TOSV) site into the Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s Voluntary Cleanup Program to ensure the area is safe for residential use. Learn more here.

Click here for a variety of tools for residents and businesses interested in learning more about Salt Lake City’s anti-idling ordinance.

Fees are going up across all three sizes. Click here to learn more.

Learn which materials are recyclable in Salt Lake City and which items do NOT belong in your blue bin.

Information about materials that belong in your brown curbside compost can.

Click here to learn about the Community Renewable Energy Act and how Salt Lake City is working towards a Climate Positive future.

Every year, we release a Year-in-Review featuring our high-level accomplishments as well as priorities for the year ahead. This is an important time and opportunity for us to take stock, learn from the experiences we had the previous year, and to continue to improve our programs, services, and operations. Let’s take a moment to look […]

We’re so excited to share the news that we received the Inaugural City Excellence for Human Rights Award! The Department of Sustainability (aka SLCgreen) received the award for creating and launching Clean Air SLC, an initiative to distribute equipment and information to help residents improve air quality in their neighborhoods and inside their homes.

The holiday season is upon us! However you celebrate, we encourage sustainable habits around gathering for the holidays, from food waste to decorations. And what better place to start than buying local food! SLCgreen’s summer intern Kate Kuwahara visited the Downtown Summer Farmers’ Market for the first time and shares her new perspective on farmer’s markets and […]

Transportation is an important and necessary component of our day-to-day, but in the face of worsening air quality and the sustained effects of climate change, it’s a component we have to be increasingly conscious of. The question is no longer just about where we’re headed or when we get there, but how we choose to do so. Read […]