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Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling outlines 2026 cost-saving changes and new enforcement tools for Taylorsville
Summary
At a Taylorsville City Council briefing, Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling general manager Evan Tyrell reviewed 2025 service data for Taylorsville and detailed 2026 changes including monthly billing, expanded SCRAP capacity, and proposed fees for repeated contamination and late setouts aimed at recouping costs.
Evan Tyrell, the new general manager of Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling, told the Taylorsville City Council that the district is pursuing a number of operational changes for 2026 aimed at saving costs and improving service reliability. Tyrell, who said he has been on the job a little over three months, walked the council through 2025 service metrics for Taylorsville and districtwide trends.
Tyrell reported that as of Sept. 30 the district provides household service to 13,789 Taylorsville homes and has hauled about 14,000 tons of curbside waste from the city year to date. Districtwide tonnage totaled 16,745 tons, he said. He said Taylorsville’s diversion rate through 2025 is approximately 17% compared with a district goal of about 18.8%…
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