New Orleans, LA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

00 per month for commercial, industrial and manufacturing establishments. The charge is collected by the property owner from the service recipient and billed through the Sewerage and Water Board water/sewerage bill; a payment missed by the due date draws a ten percent penalty. The Director of Finance issues a 12-month exemption certificate to any head of household who is 65 or older and whose income falls at or below HUD's low-income standard, renewable annually with proof of age (state ID, driver's license, birth certificate) and income (SSI card, Medicaid card, food-stamp ID, or SSA award letter).

Property owners can also get an annual exemption under subsection (e) by swearing that a private company already provides regular refuse and recycling collection at the address, but "all private recycling programs must have a waste reductions goal of 25 percent, consistent with applicable state law," certified in the sworn application. Anti-scavenging protections in the adjoining section 66-288 reinforce the curbside program: once recyclables are placed in a city-provided bin at the designated collection location on the scheduled day, they become the property of the authorized recycling contractor, and unauthorized removal is a separate offense.