Park City handed Recycle Utah a parcel more than 10 times the size of its current home, and Basin residents will get their first look at what the nonprofit plans to build there later this month.

The Park City Council approved conveying roughly four acres of city-owned land along Paintbrush Road near Home Depot to Recycle Utah in May, according to TownLift. The 4.18-acre parcel in Silver Summit, east of U.S. 40, will replace the nonprofit's roughly 0.4-acre site on Woodbine Way in Bonanza Park, which Recycle Utah must vacate by March 1, 2027.

The city's long-planned Bonanza 5-Acre mixed-use redevelopment forced the move.

Recycle Utah will publicly unveil designs for the new Community Recycling and Sustainability Center at its 11th annual 100 Mile Meal fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Red Pine Lodge on Park City Mountain. The design reveal takes place during the Recycle Utah Rendezvous after-party, which begins at 7:30 p.m. and is included with a dinner ticket or available separately.

"We'll also be sharing the first public look at the plans for Recycle Utah's new Community Recycling and Sustainability Center," executive director Andy Hecht said in an Aug. 15 event invitation.

What the new facility could include

Recycle Utah plans to use the expanded site for more public recycling drop-off, material consolidation, special-handling materials, education and outreach, commercial recycling and reuse opportunities. The nonprofit has also identified food-waste collection as a potential service at the new location.

Beyond recycling, the organization has discussed becoming a community hub with office space, storage and a commercial kitchen available to other local nonprofits, the Park Record reported Aug. 11. The design drew on a community survey that collected more than 600 responses.

Summit County's June 24 agenda shows the county considered waiving development fees and transportation impact fees for the project, formally identified as Lot 4 of the Gillmor Subdivision.

Transition plan

After vacating Woodbine Way by March 2027, Recycle Utah plans to set up a temporary facility about five miles north while the permanent building is constructed. The organization says there will be no lapse in recycling service.

The nonprofit currently accepts more than 45 types of materials and collects roughly 1,775 tons of recyclables annually. It averaged 400 visitors a day in 2025.

Summit County solid waste supervisor Tim Loveday said on Aug. 5, when the county opened four new neighborhood recycling drop-off sites, that those locations "complement, rather than replace Recycle Utah." Future county drop-off sites are planned in Silver Summit and Park City as the relocation proceeds.

How to attend the design reveal

The 100 Mile Meal runs from 4:30 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. A cocktail hour begins at 4:30 p.m., followed by a five-course dinner prepared by the Vail Resorts culinary team using ingredients sourced within 100 miles of Park City. The Rendezvous after-party starts at 7:30 p.m. Attendees ride the Sunrise Gondola to Red Pine Lodge.

No construction timeline for the permanent facility has been announced. The Aug. 22 design reveal is the next public milestone.