Salt Lake City, UT Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- Salt Lake City Code § 9.08.030
- Enforcing agency
- Department of Sustainability
- Set-out window
- Evening before to 7:00 A.M.
- First citation fine
- $25
- Opt-out method
- Written notice naming private hauler
Summary
Salt Lake City automatically bills every residence for weekly refuse collection unless the owner cancels water/sewer/refuse service or notifies the sustainability director in writing that a private hauler will haul the trash instead.
Except where water, sewer, and refuse service to a residence is properly terminated, or the owner of that residence notifies in writing the director of sustainability that the owner's refuse will be picked up and disposed of by a private hauler, the owner of every residence shall be responsible and liable for the below enumerated monthly charges for refuse service. The charge for such service shall be billed with the city's regular water and sewer billings to the owner, at the owner's address as shown on the records of the public utilities department. In those instances where the water and sewer bill for a residence is currently being sent to the property manager of that residence at the owner's request, the refuse service will be similarly billed. However, the owner of the residence is responsible to pay and is liable for all charges for refuse service furnished to that residence if such property manager fails to pay the same.
2. Sizes Of Refuse Containers And Charges For Refuse Service To Residences:
a. Automated refuse containers are available in ninety (90) gallon, sixty (60) gallon, and forty (40) gallon sizes. The owner or property manager of a residence may arrange, in writing, to have one or more automated refuse containers, of the size or sizes described above. Any owner or property manager of a residence who changes refuse container size shall continue to use the new refuse container size for at least twelve (12) months before the owner or
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-21: Code current through: Ord. 40-26, passed June 16, 2026).
Full Breakdown
City Code section 9.08.030.A.1 makes refuse service automatic: every residence is billed monthly through the water and sewer account unless the owner formally terminates service or files written notice with the director of sustainability naming a private hauler. Under section 9.08.090, containers go to the curb no earlier than the evening before pickup and must be out by 7:00 A.M. on collection day, spaced three feet from obstructions, then pulled back the same day they're emptied. The Department of Sustainability administers billing and enforcement.
Violations & Fines
Container placement or set-out violations under section 9.08.090 draw $25 for a first citation, $50 for a second within six months, and $100 for a third; the city may also discontinue collection service entirely.
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