Sandy, UT Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Sandy City Code section 19-4-6 makes it unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation other than one authorized and approved by Sandy City to collect, remove, or dispose of garbage or newspaper within the City, establishing an exclusive collection system rather than an open market for haulers. The section carves out one exception: it does not apply to a person transporting their own garbage or rubbish to the sanitary landfill or to places outside the City limits, so self-haul to the dump remains legal even though hiring an outside company does not.

A separate duty sits in section 19-4-2: no person owning or occupying a building, lot, or premises in Sandy City may suffer, allow, or permit garbage or rubbish to collect and remain on that lot for more than one week, regardless of who eventually hauls it away. Section 19-4-5 gives a duly authorized City representative, or the contractor engaged by the City for solid waste removal, authority to examine the sanitary condition of premises from time to time and determine compliance with the chapter. Together these sections mean a resident cannot circumvent the City's franchised hauler by hiring an unapproved private company, and cannot simply let trash accumulate indefinitely between whatever collection they do receive.