Terrebonne Parish, LA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Monthly cap
- 30 cubic yards of vegetative debris, residential
- Small commercial cap
- 15 cubic yards per collection call
- Bundle limit, yard waste
- 75 lbs, secured against littering
- Bundle limit, tree debris
- 4 ft long, 2 ft diameter, 50 lbs
- Excess debris
- Resident disposes at own expense
Summary
Terrebonne Parish collects vegetative debris, yard trimmings, leaves, branches, and similar material, from residential units up to thirty cubic yards per calendar month under Sec. 11-26. Tree debris bundles are capped at four feet long and fifty pounds, while loose yard and gardening waste can weigh up to seventy-five pounds per bundle, and anything over the monthly limit is the resident's responsibility to haul away.
b.Yard, gardening wastes and similar material must be easy to handle by collection system personnel, secured to minimize littering and shall not exceed seventy-five (75) pounds. ... (4)The parish government shall collect vegetative debris from residential units in an amount not to exceed thirty (30) cubic yards per calendar month. ... (c)Responsibility for disposing of unauthorized quantities or types of waste. Any residential unit or small commercial unit generating or accumulating solid wastes in quantities greater or types other than those authorized for collection shall dispose of such wastes at their own expense in a manner consistent with this article.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 11-26 sets the volume and weight limits for yard waste the parish will pick up. Vegetative debris, yard trimmings, stumps, weeds, leaves, branches, and similar manageable material, is collected from residential units up to thirty cubic yards per calendar month. Within that limit, magazines, newspapers, cardboard, and light tree debris must be bundled securely, no more than four feet long, two feet in diameter, and fifty pounds each, while loose yard and gardening waste has to be secured to minimize littering and kept under seventy-five pounds so collection crews can handle it safely.
Small commercial units get a smaller allowance, fifteen cubic yards of vegetative debris per collection call, and have to request a service call from the parish before it will be picked up. Waste generated beyond these authorized quantities, or of a type the article does not cover, is not the parish's responsibility: Sec. 11-26(c) puts the cost of disposing of the excess on the residential or commercial unit that generated it. All authorized yard waste has to actually come from the unit receiving the collection service; debris hauled in from elsewhere is not eligible for parish pickup under this article.
Violations & Fines
Yard waste that exceeds the thirty-cubic-yard monthly cap, or that is not the type authorized for collection, is simply not the parish's problem to remove: Sec. 11-26(c) puts disposal of the excess on the resident at their own expense. Because collection is folded into the mandatory solid waste system, leaving unauthorized debris on the property can still trigger the general Chapter 11 accumulation and penalty process under Sec. 11-22.
Frequently Asked Questions
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