South Jordan, UT Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Recyclables ownership
- resident's until City empties bin
- Scavenging by others
- prohibited, infraction
- Each incident
- separate offense
- Selling own recyclables
- still allowed
Summary
Recyclables set at the curb in South Jordan stay legally yours until the City empties the bin: anyone else who scavenges them first is committing an infraction.
Recyclable materials or solid waste placed in a container for curbside collection are owned by and are the responsibility of the occupants of the corresponding structure until the container is emptied by the City or City's contractor. It is a violation of this chapter for any person who is not the owner of recyclable or solid waste materials placed in a container used for curbside collection to collect, pick up, remove, or to come to be collected, picked up, or removed any such recyclable or solid waste materials. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent any occupant of a structure from donating or selling recyclable or solid waste material from his or her own refuse. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction. Each and every occurrence in violation of this chapter shall be considered a separate offense. HISTORY Amended by Ord. 2017-14 ARCHIVED on 6/20/2017
Full Breakdown
South Jordan's curbside recycling rule, section 7.02.070, is really an ownership-and-antiscavenging rule: recyclables and solid waste set out in a curbside container remain the property and responsibility of the household that put them there until the City or its contractor empties the bin. It's an infraction for anyone else to pick through, collect, or remove that material first, and the code treats every instance as a separate offense. The section does carve out one exception, nothing stops a resident from donating or selling recyclable material generated at their own structure instead of setting it out for pickup.
Violations & Fines
Collecting or removing recyclables from someone else's curbside container is an infraction under section 7.02.070; the code counts each incident as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can someone else take recyclables I put out at the curb?
Can I sell my own recyclables instead of setting them out?
Sources & Official References
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