Recycling in Utah
Where to recycle, donate or get rid of things in 30 cities and towns across Utah. Pick your city, or search for your item. We also pick up anywhere in the state.
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Utah rules
- Utah charges a $1 fee on each new tire, including tires on a new vehicle; tire retailers and new vehicle dealers collect it and send it to the Tax Commission. Source: Utah DWMRC: Waste Tire Program (opens in new tab)
- The Tax Commission says the waste tire recycling fee is $1.00 per new tire with a rim size up to 24.5 inches. Source: Utah State Tax Commission: Waste Tire Recycling Fee (opens in new tab)
- Wholesale tire purchases and tires the seller delivers to another state are exempt from the fee; sales tax exemptions do not apply to it. Source: Utah State Tax Commission: Waste Tire Recycling Fee (opens in new tab)
More Utah rules (21)
- Fee money goes to the Waste Tire Recycling Fund, which partly reimburses the cost of processing, recycling or disposing of waste tires and of cleaning up tire piles. Source: Utah DWMRC: Waste Tire Program (opens in new tab)
- The state waste tire recycling program, created by the 1990 Utah Waste Tire Recycling Act, is mainly a recycling program for used car and truck tires. Source: Utah DWMRC: Waste Tire Program (opens in new tab)
- Waste tire stockpiles at municipal landfills are removed regularly and newly generated waste tires are recycled. Source: Utah DWMRC: Waste Tire Program (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says there are markets in Utah for all waste tires generated in the state each year. Source: Utah DWMRC: Waste Tire Program (opens in new tab)
- The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control registers and monitors waste tire recyclers. Source: Utah DWMRC: Waste Tire Program (opens in new tab)
- For used tires, DEQ tells households to buy new tires at a shop that will recycle the old ones. Source: Utah DWMRC: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- DEQ tells households to return lead-acid (vehicle) batteries to the dealer. Source: Utah DWMRC: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- DEQ lists batteries among household products with hazardous ingredients that need special care at disposal. Source: Utah DWMRC: Recycling/Waste Reduction/Reuse (opens in new tab)
- DEQ points residents to a drop-off locator for lithium batteries such as e-bike and power-equipment batteries. Source: Utah DWMRC: Recycling in Utah (opens in new tab)
- Manufacturers selling consumer electronic devices in Utah must file an annual report listing eligible programs, mainly take-back programs, that consumers can use to recycle e-waste; DEQ publishes the reports. Source: Utah DWMRC: Electronic Waste Take-Back Programs (opens in new tab)
- DEQ publishes the manufacturer reports under 2025 Senate Bill 217, Recycling and Waste Amendments. Source: Utah DWMRC: Electronic Waste Take-Back Programs (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says e-waste can also go to an R2-certified electronics recycler, which handles devices and their data safely. Source: Utah DWMRC: Recycling in Utah (opens in new tab)
- DEQ suggests bringing electronics, batteries and other hard-to-manage materials to a community collection event. Source: Utah DWMRC: Recycling in Utah (opens in new tab)
- DEQ names televisions, monitors, laptops and computers among devices that manufacturer take-back programs may recycle. Source: Utah DWMRC: Recycling in Utah (opens in new tab)
- Laptops and computers are among the devices DEQ says may be recycled through manufacturer take-back programs listed on its site. Source: Utah DWMRC: Electronic Waste Take-Back Programs (opens in new tab)
- DEQ treats paint as household hazardous waste that needs special care and points to its map of HHW collection centers. Source: Utah DWMRC: Recycling in Utah (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says Salt Lake, Weber and Morgan counties run household hazardous waste programs; residents of other counties should contact their local health department. Source: Utah DWMRC: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- PaintCare runs paint recycling programs only in states with paint stewardship laws; Utah is not on its list of states. Source: PaintCare: Paint recycling (state list) (opens in new tab)
- The Mattress Recycling Council runs statewide mattress recycling only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island; Utah has no state mattress program. Source: Mattress Recycling Council (opens in new tab)
- DEQ suggests selling or donating appliances instead of sending them to the landfill. Source: Utah DWMRC: Recycling in Utah (opens in new tab)
- DEQ lists corrugated cardboard among the most commonly recycled items and says what you can recycle depends on where you live. Source: Utah DWMRC: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)