Salt Lake County, UT Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

56, Litter Control, which lays out the broader duty to keep property free of debris around that mandatory-service rule. 020 makes owners, agents, occupants and lessees responsible for keeping exterior private property free of litter, including material trapped at fence bases, planted areas and embankments, and it separately makes properties facing municipal sidewalks responsible for those sidewalks and the strip between the sidewalk and the street; sweeping litter from a sidewalk into the street is its own violation, and sweepings have to go into household or commercial solid waste containers instead.

030 requires plans for solid waste containerization and storage to be approved by the department of public works before a building permit issues for commercial buildings or multiple-dwelling units, and no certificate of occupancy can be issued until that approval is on file. 050 requires commercial establishments, institutions, apartment houses and multiple-dwelling units to keep solid waste containerized and covered at all times and removed at least once a week, and bars dumping that commercial waste into a sidewalk litter receptacle meant for pedestrians. 080 backs the containerization duty with a general litter rule: throwing, discarding or depositing litter anywhere in the unincorporated county other than in a lawfully provided container or area is unlawful. 52.