North Salt Lake, UT Weighs Mandatory vs. Optional Recycling

This week, the City Council for North Salt Lake, which is a town just north of Salt Lake City in Utah, has opened up the discussion to start a curbside recycling program for their residents for the very first time. Council members are weighing the pros and cons of starting a mandatory or an optional recycling program for their residents.  A mandatory program would require their residents to recycle at their curb whereas with an optional recycling service allows residents tofreely choose if they wanted to participate.  Although this idea is still in preliminary stages, residents have already voiced their concerns about mandatory, stating that it's not the government's role to enforce recycling behaviors. 

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Information for this story from The Salt Lake Tribune.