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.

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.

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PRESS RELEASE: October 5, 2022 A trailblazing partnership of local governments will soon pool resources to fund carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects in the Four Corners region. The 4 Corners Carbon Coalition (4CCC), established by Boulder County, Colorado and the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, today welcomed Salt Lake City, Utah and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Earlier this […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]