Utah County, UT Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

120 requires every owner, lessee, or occupant of a building, place of business, or premises to keep suitable, sufficient metallic, plastic, or other approved receptacles with tight-fitting lids for garbage, market waste, and other wet refuse, plus separate suitable receptacles for trade waste and other dry refuse. 130 bars putting garbage or wet refuse in wooden boxes, barrels, or pasteboard cartons; dry trade waste may go in wooden boxes, cartons, or barrels only if they are built well enough not to scatter refuse and have wide necks and mouths that resist clogging and littering.

Garbage may also go in weather-resistant bags made for refuse collection holding between twenty and thirty gallons. 160 separately bans placing storage receptacles for garbage, market waste, trade waste, or other refuse in a location or position that is filthy, unsightly, or offensive to anyone living on adjoining property, and treats that condition as a public nuisance in its own right. 170 requires anything subject to decay, other than leaves or grass, to sit in a tightly covered metal, plastic, or approved container rather than lying uncovered anywhere in the county. 040 it may condemn worn-out, rusted, or filthy containers and order the owner to clean or replace them.