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(KSL News) -- It's time to do spring cleaning. The Transjordan Landfill is accepting all lawn clippings and other junk you want to get rid of.
You can drop off you lawn clippings at 108th South and 72nd West. It will cost you 3-dollars.
State law requires you transport your clippings covered completely with a tarp that's tied down.
Also, any extra junk you want to get rid of, you can take a standard size load to the landfill for 7-dollars. They ask you not to throw away empty plastic grocery bags, instead fill them with garbage to weigh them down. Officials say the empty sacks cause a lot of problems.
Dwayne Woolley, Transjordan Landfill - "WE CALL THEM PARACHUTES... THE WIND CATCHES THEM AND THEY FLOAT ALL OVER THE VALLEY. IT'S A REAL HARD THING TO CONTAIN WHEN THEIR SO LIGHT AND IF THERE'S ANY BREEZE AT ALL IT'S HARD TO CONTAIN IT. SO MAKE SURE THE PLASTIC BAG HAS SOMETHING IN IT BEFORE YOU THROW IT AWAY."
The landfill will also take all your household hazardous materials for free.. This includes cans of paint, antifreeze, and oil: all chemicals that shouldn't be dumped on the ground.
