RECYCLING RESOURCES & FAQ
Recycling Resources
Check with your city guidelines. As an alternative, paper may be taken to paper mins located in public school parking lots. This paper gets recycled locally into insulation and helps raise money for the school.
– Newspaper
– Office paper
– Cereal Boxes
– Magazines
– Junk Mail
– Brown Paper Bags
– Cardboard
Curbside recycling is facing a contamination crisis. Contamination is caused when people place materials in the recycling bin that do not belong. Recycling processors have a difficult time sorting out the trash, which makes its way into the sorted/baled material that is sold to market. For a long time, China was the largest buyer of this material from the U.S. And because of increasing contamination levels, China made the decision to stop importing this material. This left the U.S. with an overabundance of recyclable commodities (re: baled material) with a lot of trash mixed in.
To address the contamination issue and ensure curbside recycling is sustainable:
1) Only put Items excepted by your city into your curbside bins.
2) Place items in loose—do not bag recyclables
3) Only put clean, dry and emptied recyclables in the bin.
4) All other waste goes in your garbage can.—when in doubt, throw it out!
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Trans-Jordan Landfill – Temporarily Suspended
No. The “chasing arrows” symbol is simply a communication tool used by manufacturers. Sometimes it means a manufacturer used recycled material in the product. Other times it shares information about how the product is made. For instance, the chasing arrows symbol with a number indicates the plastic resin code—meaning the base type of plastic being used. But plastics are made in different ways, and use various additives, which give them their shape, flexibility, strength, etc. So, not all plastics with a particular number (ex: #1 PET) are the same.
Follow the Big 3 guidelines only when deciding whether something should be placed in your curbside bin. You can use the chasing arrows symbol as a guide when buying materials, as you look for items that include recycled content in the product.
Curbside recycling is facing a contamination crisis. Contamination is caused when people place materials in the recycling bin that do not belong. Recycling processors have a difficult time sorting out the trash, which makes its way into the sorted/baled material that is sold to market. For a long time, China was the largest buyer of this material from the U.S. And because of increasing contamination levels, China made the decision to stop importing this material. This left the U.S. with an overabundance of recyclable commodities (re: baled material) with a lot of trash mixed in.
To address the contamination issue and ensure curbside recycling is sustainable:
1) Only put items accepted by your city into your curbside bins.
2) Place items in loose-do not bag recyclables.
3) Only put clean, dry and emptied recyclables in the bin.
4) All other waste goes in your garbage can. -when in doubt, throw it out!
Trans-Jordan does not manage any garbage or recycling pickup. Residential garbage pick up is managed by your city.
ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING IS SUSPENDED AS OF 5/19/2020
DUE TO COMPLICATIONS WITH HAULING AND LABOR SHORTAGES. ALL ELECTRONICS WILL BE TAKEN AS TRASH AND CHARGED REGULAR RATES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
We accept Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) is anything in or around your home that is poisonous, flammable, corrosive, or toxic.
Examples include:
- Fuels
- Paint
- Pesticides
- Yard care chemicals
- Many cleaning supplies
- Batteries
- Automotive fluids and products
- Aerosols
- Fluorescent light bulbs (LED and incandescent light bulbs are regular trash)
Items not accepted:
Radioactive Materials Explosives (such as ammunition or fireworks)
Contact your local police department to dispose of such items
It is dangerous to dispose of these items in your garbage can or down sewers, and it is illegal to abandon them or pour them in gutters, storm drains, or waterways . Storing or disposing of these items improperly poisons our land, air, and water and may result in both civil and criminal penalties.
If you have questions about HHW, or to make an appointment* for business waste drop off, call 801-971-1976
*Appointments for Very Small Quantity Generators (under 220 pounds per month) may drop off by appointment only. Appointments are available on Tuesdays.
Yes, we accept these items if all fluids (gas and oil) are removed before coming to our facility
We do accept these materials, however, they are costly to dispose of at Trans-Jordan as they are charged by weight at our normal gate rate. Look for alternative disposal locations (Construction and Demolition Landfills) on the internet.
We accept residential tires at an additional fee. There is a limit of 4 tires per customer per day.
Yes, we accept mattresses and box springs. The first 3 units (mattress or box spring) is included in your base fee, additional units will cost $15.00 a piece.
Trans-Jordan DOES NOT accept the following items:
- Asbestos
- Dead Animals
- Liquid Loads
- Septic Loads
- Unopened drums
(All drums must have the top completely removed and contents removed for possible acceptance) - Any item, or part of an item, that has been registered. Examples: Vehicles, Trailers, Camp Trailers, Motorcycles, ATVs, Boats, etc.
These items must be taken to a Licensed Dismantler for disposal. You can find a list of dismantlers at mvp.tax.utah.gov/_/#1 under the “Dealer
business directory search” link and then choose to look for Dismantlers.
In order to maintain our Conditional Use Permit from South Jordan City we are required to enforce ALL loads coming to the landfill are tarped and secured. The State of Utah also has a similar requirement. These requirements / laws are put into place to ensure that flying debris do not cause safety issues on our roadways as well as keep the cities clean from unwanted garbage that can leave uncovered loads.
Recycling Information
Curbside recycling is facing a contamination crisis. Contamination is caused when people place materials in the recycling bin that do not belong. Recycling processors have a difficult time sorting out the trash, which makes its way into the sorted/baled material that is sold to market. For a long time, China was the largest buyer of this material from the U.S. And because of increasing contamination levels, China made the decision to stop importing this material. This left the U.S. with an overabundance of recyclable commodities (re: baled material) with a lot of trash mixed in.
To address the contamination issue and ensure curbside recycling is sustainable:
1) Only put items accepted by your city into your curbside bins.
2) Place items in loose-do not bag recyclables.
3) Only put clean, dry and emptied recyclables in the bin.
4) All other waste goes in your garbage can. -when in doubt, throw it out!
No. The “chasing arrows” symbol is simply a communication tool used by manufacturers. Sometimes it means a manufacturer used recycled material in the product. Other times it shares information about how the product is made. For instance, the chasing arrows symbol with a number indicates the plastic resin code—meaning the base type of plastic being used. But plastics are made in different ways, and use various additives, which give them their shape, flexibility, strength, etc. So, not all plastics with a particular number (ex: #1 PET) are the same.
Follow the Big 3 guidelines only when deciding whether something should be placed in your curbside bin. You can use the chasing arrows symbol as a guide when buying materials, as you look for items that include recycled content in the product.
Trans-Jordan currently recycles the following material:
Fully recyclable loads will be taken free of charge for residents.
To learn more about what recyclables can be dropped off at the landfill click here