Lafayette, LA Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Recognized holidays
- 8, incl. Mardi Gras, Thanksgiving, Christmas
- Weekly service guarantee
- At least once per week, holiday or not
- Normal collection hours
- 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Route/day change notice
- 2 weeks' advance notice to LCG + residents
- Missed-pickup penalty
- $25 per unit/day from day two
Summary
Lafayette City-Parish Government's residential trash contractor may suspend curbside collection on eight recognized holidays, but the contract requires at least one collection per Residential Unit every week regardless. Expect a shifted, not skipped, pickup day around Mardi Gras, Thanksgiving and other listed holidays.
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 of his obligation to provide Collection Service at Residential Units at least once per week.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 65).
Full Breakdown
The rule sits in the solid waste collection contract at Appendix D of the Code of Ordinances, in the General Specifications attached as an exhibit. " In practice that means a holiday falling on a normal route day pushes collection to another day within the same week rather than cancelling it. 03 requires the contractor to submit any route or collection-day change to LCG for approval at least two weeks in advance and to give residents prompt written or published notice of the change. 01.
This contract governs Residential Unit collection within the city limits of Lafayette and the rural areas of Lafayette Parish under the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government, so the holiday-shift rule reaches beyond the city limits into the parish's rural service area covered by the same agreement.
Violations & Fines
A missed pickup is handled as a complaint under Section 4.05: residents report it to the contractor, who must investigate promptly and, if the missed collection is verified, collect the uncollected material within 24 hours of the complaint. The contractor also files a monthly report to the LCG Director of Public Works logging every complaint, its legitimacy determination, and the resolution date. Section 4.06 backs this with a financial penalty on the contractor, not the resident: $25 per un-serviced Residential Unit per day, beginning the second day, deducted from LCG's monthly payment to the contractor.
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