Bossier Parish, LA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Bossier Parish Code § 102-32 requires any commercial hauler, defined as anyone operating a vehicle to remove dry or wet solid waste for others on a regular basis for pay, to get a permit from the office of the police jury before serving the parish. 00, due on or before March 1 each year, and the full fee applies even for a partial year. Before a permit issues, the applicant must give the parish engineer a description of every collection vehicle, including make, model, serial number, license number and cubic-yard capacity, and must report any equipment change within 15 days.

Permits are nontransferable and the fee is nonrefundable if the permit is cancelled. The parish engineer issues and can deny or revoke permits, but a denied or revoked applicant may request a police jury hearing within ten days of the notice. Section 102-35 then governs how the collected waste has to move and be dumped: every approved vehicle must be equipped and covered to prevent spillage between the pickup point and the disposal site, materials can only be deposited in the designated areas of the parish's sanitary landfills, and haulers may not bring waste collected from outside the parish limits into the parish landfills.

Removing material from a landfill without the police jury's written permission is also unlawful. 00 per cubic yard for loads found on inspection to contain garbage that originated outside the parish, while individual households, nonprofits, school systems and public agencies dump for free.