Jefferson Parish asks residents to recycle magazines, newspapers, and corrugated cardboard, containerized or bundled. Bundles may not exceed four feet long, two feet in diameter, and 75 pounds so they're safe to handle and don't litter.
Under Chapter 16 (Garbage and Other Solid Waste), magazines, newspapers, and corrugated cardboard should be recycled when possible and must be containerized or neatly stacked and tied in bundles not exceeding four (4) feet in length, two (2) feet in diameter or width and seventy-five (75) pounds in weight, so they are easily handled by the collection system and to minimize littering. Recycling is collected once per week on your scheduled day in the unincorporated parish. Contaminated or improperly prepared recycling may be left as garbage. The Department of Environmental Affairs administers the recycling program and the parish landfill.
Oversized or untied bundles may be left uncollected; the parish may treat contaminated recycling as ordinary garbage.
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