Trash & Recycling in Louisiana (2026)

Commercial trash haulers working in unincorporated Bossier Parish must hold a $40.00 annual permit from the police jury…

Inside the city limits, Sec. 6:388 caps residential garbage pickup at two collections a week and puts trash collection…

Unincorporated Jefferson Parish collects household garbage twice a week and recycling curbside; look up your days at…

In Lafayette's service area, only LCG's authorized contractor or its own employees may collect solid waste, yard waste…

Lafayette City-Parish requires trash, yard waste and recycling carts placed within 3 feet of the street and pulled back…

Section 138-39 spells out what New Orleans residents can't do with a cart once it's out for pickup: no loose…

Shreveport collects household garbage once a week from a 96-gallon cart on the route day set by the city's collection…

St. Tammany Parish limits residential trash and recycling collection in the unincorporated parish to the hours of 6:00…

Permitted haulers in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish must collect residential garbage at least once a week using…

Terrebonne Parish requires residential and small commercial customers to place solid waste at the public point of…

Parish rules under Sec. 6:406 require garbage cans to sit on the neutral ground or right next to the street, at least…

Jefferson Parish residents must roll carts to the curb directly in front of the property generating the waste, not to a…

Lafayette requires solid waste, yard waste and recycling containers to sit within three feet of the curb for collection…

Lafayette City-Parish requires solid waste, yard waste and recycling carts to sit within three feet of the street and…

Lake Charles requires garbage, trash, yard waste and white goods to sit in separate piles at the curb, out no earlier…

New Orleans requires every eligible home and small business to use a city-owned roll cart under Code of Ordinances §…

The city issues each residence one wheeled cart of up to 96 gallons for weekly collection plus a 64-gallon recycling…

St. Tammany Parish requires every residential property owner in the unincorporated parish to keep adequate solid waste…

Garbage carts in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish must sit at curbside no more than five feet from the roadway and at…

Terrebonne Parish sets physical standards for trash containers, parish-issued carts, resident-owned metal or plastic…

In unincorporated Caddo Parish, individual rolling trash and recycling carts cannot sit out on display: the Unified…

Louisiana R.S. 30:2531 and 30:2531.1 make intentional and gross littering criminal offenses statewide, with fines up to…

East Baton Rouge Parish's curbside contractor collects bulk items like furniture, mattresses, box springs, carpet…

Large household items like furniture and appliances get picked up curbside from Jefferson Parish residences, but only…

Lafayette requires white goods and other bulky waste to be set out exactly as the current LCG collection contract…

Bulky waste and white goods like old refrigerators go out under the current LCG collection contract. If the hauler's…

Lake Charles will not curbside-collect white goods with refrigerant, building materials, or tires; owners must arrange…

New Orleans collects normal residential bulky waste once a week, on the second regular collection day, or by on-call…

Bulk pickup in Shreveport is by appointment only through Public Works. One pile per request, capped at 15 feet long by…

Garbage District No. 1 picks up manual bulky waste once a week and boom-truck bulky waste once a week, limited to four…

Terrebonne Parish collects nonputrescible bulky waste from residential units under section 11-26(a)(3) and picks up…

Licensed haulers in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish collect bulk waste like furniture and appliances as part of the…

Louisiana's Solid Waste Recycling and Reduction Law, La. R.S. 30:2411, sets a statewide goal of cutting the waste…

Only the resident, property owner or an authorized carrier may take recyclables left at the curb in East Baton Rouge…

Once you set a recycling bin at the curb on collection day, everything in it legally becomes property of the Parish of…

Inside the City of Lafayette, curbside recycling collection is mandatory and billed alongside trash service; the…

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government requires recycling collection service for every residential unit in the…

New Orleans bills a monthly recycling service charge on the water bill, $1.00 for residences and offices, $2.00 for…

Once recyclable material is placed in a Garbage District No. 1 bin at a designated collection site, it becomes the…

Caddo Parish does not mandate curbside recycling. Sec. 42-21 only encourages separation of recyclables at the parish's…

Terrebonne Parish offers curbside recycling as a voluntary, fee-based subscription service under section 11-101, not a…

Shreveport runs no curbside recycling. The city suspended the program in October 2020 after its hauler contract and the…

Lafayette City-Parish's residential trash contract lists eight recognized holidays and lets the hauler skip pickup that…

Lafayette City-Parish Government's residential trash contractor may suspend curbside collection on eight recognized…

Dumping trash, garbage, or junk on parish roads, canals, drainage areas, rights-of-way, or servitudes is unlawful under…

Dumping trash, rubbish, glass, weeds or other refuse along any road, bridge, highway or waterway in unincorporated…

Caddo Parish bans dumping trash, brush or waste onto public streets, ditches, waterways or another person's property…

Dumping furniture, appliances, tires, building debris, or bagged household garbage on public or private property…

New Orleans treats illegal dumping as a vehicle-forfeiture offense: any motor vehicle used to dump or haul illegally…

Ouachita Parish Code Sec. 8-1 bans dumping trash, rubbish or waste material of any kind into parish ditches, drains…

Terrebonne Parish Code section 11-31(a) makes it unlawful to throw, dump or dispose of solid waste on any public or…

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government bans dumping solid waste, bulky waste, recyclables, or any unsightly or…

Lake Charles bans any unauthorized 'illegal pile' of garbage, trash, debris or yard waste at curbside or on private…

Shreveport bans dumping dirt, rubbish or any waste, liquid or solid, on any public way, in any river, canal, drain or…

St. Tammany Parish bans dumping solid waste anywhere except a licensed subtitle D landfill or a facility authorized by…

Intentionally dumping or littering garbage anywhere in Tangipahoa Parish outside the landfill or a litter receptacle…

Dumping litter or trash on public places or on property you don't own is prohibited in Jefferson Parish (Chapter 16, §…

Dumping garbage, debris, dead animals, or scrap vehicles on any private property in Rapides Parish without the owner's…

Grass, weeds, pine straw, twigs, and tree trimmings cannot go into the containers at Caddo Parish's solid waste…

Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish collect yard waste as bags, yard waste bags or bundles, each capped at 40…

Leaves and grass clippings must go in a container in Jefferson Parish, but tree limbs and shrubbery can be bundled…

Lafayette defines a yard waste container as a 20-to-35-gallon receptacle whose contents can't exceed 50 pounds, and…

Lafayette City-Parish requires yard waste, grass, leaves, branches and tree trunks, to go out in an approved bag or…

Lake Charles will only collect yard waste cut to 4 feet or less, 4 inches or less in diameter and under 50 pounds…

New Orleans bans yard waste, tree branches and shrubbery from roll carts under § 138-44, routing it instead through the…

Shreveport residents set tree limbs, grass clippings, garden waste and shrubbery at the curb before the scheduled…

Terrebonne Parish collects vegetative debris, yard trimmings, leaves, branches, and similar material, from residential…

St. Tammany Parish allows yard waste to go out in a single-use container instead of a standard bin, as long as the…

Commercial dumpsters and recycling containers in unincorporated Caddo Parish cannot sit in a front or corner side yard…

A dumpster left at a single-family home in an A-1 zoned area of East Baton Rouge Parish can stay only 45 days under…

A bulk waste container or roll-off dumpster can't go on any Jefferson Parish property until the owner applies for a…

Lafayette requires every commercial establishment to use a solid waste container of at least one cubic yard with…

Every business in Lafayette city or the parish's rural area needs a lidded, mechanically-dumped container of at least…

Commercial establishments in Lake Charles must keep dumpsters sanitary, close doors and lids at all times, and place…

City Code § 146-584 requires a Department of Public Works permit before placing a dumpster or trash container in the…

New commercial facilities in unincorporated Rapides Parish can't let dumpster-area wash water reach the MS4 without an…

Shreveport treats loud garbage-dumpster loading as a declared noise nuisance. Under Sec. 58-46, hauling vehicles cannot…

Storage areas with three or more refuse containers or one or more dumpsters must be screened on every side with a…

Manufactured home parks, apartment complexes, condominiums and camping grounds in Tangipahoa Parish must supply an…

Terrebonne Parish Code Sec. 19-15 bars placing or keeping a solid waste bin or dumpster on a sidewalk, street…

East Baton Rouge Parish runs an exclusive collection system: Sec. 6:414 bars anyone but the city-parish, or its…

Solid waste collection is mandatory for every residential unit in the LCG service area, both the City of Lafayette and…

New Orleans bills mandatory monthly sanitation service through the Sewerage & Water Board under § 138-57: $24.00 for…

Every residential unit in Terrebonne Parish must use the parish's solid waste collection system; disposing of household…

Caddo Parish runs no curbside pickup route in the unincorporated parish. Residents haul household garbage and trash…

Lafayette City-Parish requires every residential unit in the service area to carry solid waste, yard waste and white…

The City of Lake Charles picks up household garbage at least once a week and household trash at least twice a month…

In unincorporated Ouachita Parish, Code Sec. 8-29(a) requires all solid waste to be collected, conveyed and disposed of…

St. Tammany Parish requires every property owner in the unincorporated parish to have solid waste removed frequently…

Every licensed hauler operating in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish must provide residential units at least once-weekly…

Only the resident, the property owner, or the designated carrier may take recyclables left at curbside in Baton Rouge…

Lafayette City-Parish bans removing recyclables from curbside bins without authorization, fining scavengers $25 for a…

Recycling service in New Orleans carries its own charge under § 138-63, $1.00 a month for residential units and…

Terrebonne Parish limits its recycling receptacles to their intended use: section 11-101(f) reserves curbside bins for…