Gretna, LA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Frequency
- Twice-weekly containerized collection
- Hours
- 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- No collection
- Sunday
- White goods
- 4 pickups per household per year
- Service fee
- On city water bill since 1991
Summary
The City of Gretna collects garbage and trash from every private household and business twice a week, using municipal forces or a contractor, under Gretna Code of Ordinances § 48-7(a)-(b). Collection runs between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., white goods pickup happens four times a year, and no collection is ever scheduled on Sunday, per § 48-7(e).
(a)The city, through the use of municipal forces or by employment of fully qualified, experienced and responsible contractors, is responsible for the collection of reasonable amounts of garbage and trash from all private household residences and business establishments and light tree debris and bulky wastes from private household residences within the city.(b)Each unit shall be serviced twice-weekly collection of containerized solid waste, collection of bulky waste and collection of white goods (four per year). ... (e)Collection shall not commence before 6:00 a.m. and shall be completed by 8:00 p.m. ... No collections shall be made on Sunday.
Full Breakdown
Section 48-7(a) of the Gretna Code of Ordinances puts collection responsibility on the city itself, whether it uses its own municipal forces or hires a fully qualified, experienced contractor, and covers reasonable amounts of garbage and trash from every private household residence and business establishment in the city, plus light tree debris and bulky waste from households specifically. Section 48-7(b) sets the frequency: each serviced unit gets twice-weekly collection of containerized solid waste, plus collection of bulky waste and collection of white goods, meaning major appliances, four times a year.
, and no collections happen on Sunday at all, regardless of how the rest of the week's route falls. the following morning. A garbage collection service fee funds this system, charged on city water bills since April 1, 1991 under § 48-9 and adjusted annually to the consumer price index under the city's collection contract. 00 surcharge under § 48-15.
Violations & Fines
Missing a scheduled collection is not itself a violation for a resident, but expecting a Sunday pickup, setting material out before the 4:00 p.m. cutoff the day before collection, or leaving uncollected or exceeding-standard material at the curb past 9:00 a.m. the next morning violates § 48-7(e) and is punished under the general penalty in § 1-8, a fine of up to $500.00.
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