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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% and noted the recycling contamination rate appears to be improving after recent education efforts.
Tyrell flagged several operational changes and policy proposals: a planned move to monthly billing in early 2026 (billing in arrears to smooth customer payments and district cash flow); an intention to expand SCRAP (bulky‑waste) capacity — Taylorsville used nearly 1,200 SCRAP containers in 2025 and the program hauled roughly 1,130 tons of material for the city — and a refinement of the district’s online reservation tiers to reduce repeat users. He told the council the district expects to issue the 2026 container reservation schedule by March or April.
On enforcement and cost recovery, Tyrell described proposed new fees that the board has discussed but not yet implemented: a late setout/return pickup fee for verified missed pickups and a rarely used recycling fee aimed at repeat contamination after education and the district’s “oops” tag program. He said the extra tipping fees paid to one MRF due to contamination totaled about $64,000 year to date, and that the district is trying to balance education with targeted deterrents to cover those expenses.
Tyrell also described efforts to improve resident information — new downloadable guides and embedded images for recycling and green‑waste cans, expanded QR code outreach, and driver‑based tagging of contaminated cans — and said the district is tracking differing disposal costs across facilities to better manage routing and fees. He noted the district will evaluate bulky waste methods in 2026 with potential changes in 2027.
Council members asked about the timing of label/stamp rollouts on lids, the mechanics of the ‘oops’ tag program, container counts during SCRAP season, and whether proposed fees would be widely used; Tyrell said the recycling fee would be infrequent and emphasized an education‑first approach. He also told the council the district is evaluating a new payment processor to limit transaction costs tied to monthly billing.
The presentation concluded with Tyrell offering to send corrected contamination figures and follow-up detail to the council. The district will return to the board and partner cities as specific fee language and schedules are finalized.
