Lafayette, LA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Lafayette folds large-item disposal into the same solid waste chapter that governs weekly trash service rather than running a separate bulky-pickup program. Sec. 74-1 defines bulky waste as large appliances, furniture, and other LCG-designated items whose weight or volume exceeds what a standard solid waste container can hold, destined only for a sanitary landfill, the definition carves out tires, construction debris, hazardous waste, stable matter, and anything predominately metal, which are handled elsewhere in the chapter. White goods (refrigerators, freezers, and similar large appliances) get their own operative rule at Sec.

74-40: they must be placed for collection strictly in accordance with the terms of the then-current LCG collection contract. The section anticipates a real logistical problem, freon and PCB oils have to come out of old refrigerators and freezers before a scrap dealer will accept them. If the collection contractor can't line up a scrap metal dealer willing to strip those substances, Sec. 74-40 shifts the cost and duty to the homeowner, who must hire a certified service provider to remove the freon and PCB oils before the contractor will collect the unit.

Collection authority is locked down elsewhere in the chapter: Sec. 74-42 makes it unlawful for anyone other than an LCG-authorized agent, contractor, or employee to collect bulky waste or white goods from the curb, though a resident already paying for weekly service may hire a separate hauler for bulky items that fall outside the standard contract. Because neither Sec. 74-40 nor the definitional section imposes its own fine, a bulky-waste violation is punished under Lafayette's general penalty clause, Sec. 1-9(c).