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Salt Lake City recycles almost half of the waste it collects from residents.
Salt Lake City has a goal of reaching zero waste in our landfill by 2040. That's good, as it's expected to be completely full in 60 years.
Salt Lake City has a goal of reaching zero waste in our landfill by 2040. That's good, as it's expected to be completely full in 60 years. The good news is the city is recycling close to 50% of waste collected from residents. The bad news is that when the landfill is full, it will have to move to a new location and most likely far away.
The farther away the landfill, the higher the costs to residents due to gas, transportation, etc. Our city is lucky to have a Master Recycling Facility (MRF), which recycles roughly 95% of everything delivered to it through something known as "single stream…
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