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City to reshuffle residential collection days in February to improve route efficiency
Summary
Salt Lake City will change most residential collection days Feb. 3 to align heavy routes midweek and build operational resilience; the city mailed bilingual notices and plans door tags and direct outreach for affected residents.
Salt Lake City Sustainability Division and collection staff told the council on Jan. 7 the city will change residential collection days beginning Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, to improve operational efficiency and resilience.
Under the plan, Monday routes will switch to Tuesday, Tuesday to Monday, Wednesday to Friday and Friday to Wednesday; Thursday routes remain unchanged. The swap does not reduce service levels, change routes or affect private hauler customers and apartment/multifamily properties served by private contracts. The department said the timing in February was chosen because seasonal yard-waste service is suspended starting Jan. 20, creating an available crew for a transition month and because February tends to be a low generation month for waste streams.
Sustainability staff said a bilingual mailer was sent to residents in advance, an interactive online map went live the same week and bilingual cards will be affixed to all residential garbage carts to remind households of their new day. Subscribers to the optional curbside glass program were told they would receive direct notification from the glass provider. Staff said any missed pickups during transition week will be addressed by routed crews and that the reshuffle is designed to align the city\'s heaviest collection days to the center of the week, when equipment and crew capacity peaks.
Council members asked about costs of additional pickup sweeps, and staff said incremental costs will be managed through route efficiency and that the city would prefer to invest in clear pre-notification; staff said they would monitor the first weeks of the change for issues.
No council action was required; the update was informational and staff said they will continue resident outreach.
