Trash & Recycling in Lafayette Parish, LA (2026)
10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
Verified from official government sources
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Lafayette City-Parish requires trash, yard waste and recycling carts placed within 3 feet of the street and pulled back within 24 hours of pickup, or owners face fines.
Trash Container Setout Rules in Lafayette
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 74-32(a)(3)
All containers for solid waste, yard waste, and recyclables must be placed for collection within three feet of where the street meets the property of the residential or commercial unit... Within 24 hours of the container being emptied on the regularly scheduled service day, the container must be brought to within three feet of the home or business to which they are assigned, except for resident...
Bin Placement Rules
Lafayette City-Parish requires solid waste, yard waste and recycling carts to sit within three feet of the street and go back within 24 hours of pickup, with fees for carts left out too long.
Lafayette Parish Trash Cart Set-Out Rules
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 74-32
All containers for solid waste, yard waste, and recyclables must be placed for collection within three feet of where the street meets the property of the residential or commercial unit. ... Within 24 hours of the container being emptied on the regularly scheduled service day, the container must be brought to within three feet of the home or business to which they are assigned, except for reside...
Bulk Item Disposal
Bulky waste and white goods like old refrigerators go out under the current LCG collection contract. If the hauler's scrap dealer won't take an appliance, the owner must hire a certified provider to remove Freon and PCB oils first.
Lafayette Bulky Waste & White Goods Pickup
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 74-40
All white goods and other bulky waste shall be placed for collection in accordance with the then-current LCG contract(s). If the contractor is not able to locate a scrap metal dealer who accepts large appliances and removes environmentally harmful substances such as freon and PCB oils from solid waste prior to disposal, then it shall be the responsibility of the owner of the residential unit to...
Recycling Requirements
Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government requires recycling collection service for every residential unit in the service area, provided by an LCG-authorized contractor under Code § 74-30, with set-out and container rules in § 74-32.
Lafayette Parish Curbside Recycling Rules
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 74-30
In order to provide for the health and welfare of Lafayette City-Parish residents, collection and disposal service for solid waste, yard waste and white goods is mandatory for all residential units located within the service area. Regularly scheduled collection and disposal service for solid waste, yard waste, white goods and recyclables must be with a contractor authorized by LCG to provide su...
Holiday Pickup Schedule
Lafayette City-Parish's residential trash contract lists eight recognized holidays and lets the hauler skip pickup that day, but weekly service must still happen: plus a special bulky-waste run the week after Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and Easter.
Lafayette Parish Holiday Trash Pickup Shifts
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code, Appx. D (Solid Waste Collection Contract) § 4.04
4.04 Holidays. The following shall be holidays for purposes of this Contract: New Year's Day; Mardi Gras; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; Any Other Holiday Designated by LCG. Contractor may decide to observe any or all of the above mentioned holidays by suspension of Collection Service on the holiday, but such decision in no manner relieves Contractor...
Illegal Dumping
Dumping furniture, appliances, tires, building debris, or bagged household garbage on public or private property anywhere in Lafayette Parish is gross littering: a misdemeanor carrying fines up to $1,000, license suspension, and jail time on repeat offenses.
Illegal Dumping Penalties in Lafayette Parish
Heavy RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 62-123(a)
No person shall intentionally dispose or permit the disposal of any large items, including...household or office furniture or appliances, automotive parts...tires and engines, trailers, boats and boating accessories, tools and equipment, building materials, roofing nails, and bags or boxes of household or office garbage or refuse upon any public place in the parish, upon private property in the...
Yard Waste Collection
Lafayette City-Parish requires yard waste, grass, leaves, branches and tree trunks, to go out in an approved bag or 20-to-35-gallon container for weekly pickup by an LCG-authorized contractor, citywide and in the rural parish.
Lafayette Parish Yard Waste Collection Rules
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 74-32
All containers for solid waste, yard waste, and recyclables must be placed for collection within three feet of where the street meets the property of the residential or commercial unit. If the slope of the property is inclined to such a degree so as to prevent containers from being placed and maintained in an upright position, the containers may be placed in the street, immediately adjacent to ...
Dumpster Rules
Every business in Lafayette city or the parish's rural area needs a lidded, mechanically-dumped container of at least one cubic yard, kept on-site and off public streets.
Commercial dumpster rules in Lafayette Parish
Some RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 74-50
All commercial establishments, institutions, schools and all other nonresidential structures are required to have and use a container for solid waste of one or more cubic yard capacity equipped with closing lids and designed to be mechanically dumped by attachments into a solid waste truck or of such size and design as approved by the public works director. The following general rules shall als...
Collection Schedule
Solid waste collection is mandatory for every residential unit in the LCG service area, both the City of Lafayette and the rural parish, through an LCG-authorized contractor, with pickup allowed only between 4 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Lafayette Parish Mandatory Trash Collection
Significant RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 74-30
In order to provide for the health and welfare of Lafayette City-Parish residents, collection and disposal service for solid waste, yard waste and white goods is mandatory for all residential units located within the service area. Regularly scheduled collection and disposal service for solid waste, yard waste, white goods and recyclables must be with a contractor authorized by LCG to provide su...
Recycling Rules
Lafayette City-Parish bans removing recyclables from curbside bins without authorization, fining scavengers $25 for a first offense, $50 for a second, and $100 for each violation after that.
Lafayette Recycling Bin Scavenging Ban
Significant RestrictionsLafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Code § 74-41
(a)No person, other than the owner or occupant of the residential unit on which the items are placed, or a contractor authorized by LCG, shall remove, pick up or transfer recyclables left at curbside in a container for solid waste or a container for recyclables...(1)Upon first conviction...the person shall be fined $25.00 per violation.(2)Upon second conviction...$50.00 per violation.(3)Upon th...
Trash & Recycling by City in Lafayette Parish
1 cities in Lafayette Parish have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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