Newspapers, Cereal Boxes Among Items No Longer Recyclable in 7 Salt Lake County Cities

 Citing a change in the global recycling market, five cities in southern Salt Lake County are telling residents that office paper, newspaper, junk mail, magazines, cereal boxes and other items that were previously recyclable items no longer belong in a recycling bin.

Instead, residents in Draper, Midvale, Murray, Riverton and South Jordan are being told to focus on three items to recycle: corrugated cardboard, plastic bottles/jugs with necks and metal food/beverage cans. Those are the changes Trans-Jordan Landfill, which is comprised of those seven cities, made during a board meeting earlier this month, Trans-Jordan executive director Jaren Scott said on Wednesday.

There are no changes yet for Sandy and West Jordan residents. Those cities also use the Trans-Jordan Landfill, but officials haven't opted into the recycling changes. West Jordan officials said they are weighing options before they decide.

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