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Recycling Resources and Recyclers
Parish and Municipal Recycling Resources
Recycling Pickup: Put out Sunday night for Monday pickup.
The most common mistakes made when using curbside recycling is contamination of recyclable materials due to food
or grease being in/on containers. Please rinse before you recycle. Sometimes people use recycling bins for
regular garbage. This garbage contaminates clean recyclables.
Recycling guidelines can be found at: https://www.townofabitasprings.com/_files/ugd/509006_150a5066b7344c258f2764bd4b955498.pdf
Acadia Parish Police Jury
The Acadia Parish Solid Waste Department is responsible for the Acadia Parish Landfill located in Egan and the recycling centers located throughout the parish.
Recycling Drop Off Centers
Crowley Center
1552 West Highway 90
Monday thru Friday
7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Rayne Center
1315 Section Street
(City Barn)
Wednesday only
8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
The City of Rayne unlocks the gate and recyclable items may be deposited in bin.
RECYCLABLE ITEMS
Plastics with recycle codes 1 and 2
Steel (tin cans), clean
Aluminum cans
Magazines, telephone books, catalogs and mail
Newspaper
Cardboard
Paper- Copy, notebooks, white and colored
Shredded paper (No Carbon Paper)
Please do not put food, dirty paper plates, coffee cups, tissues, paper towels, styrofoam, aerosol cans, or glass with recyclables.
City of Alexandria 
Recycling Facilities
Follow this link for a map and list of the recycling facilities found in the city of Alexandria:
https://www.cityofalexandriala.com/recycling-facilities.
Ascension Parish
Keep Ascension Beautiful
42077 Churchpoint Road
Gonzales, LA 70737
225-450-1506
Baton Rouge - City and Parish 
- Recycling Collection, Household Hazardous Material Collection Days
- Residential Curbside Services
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BR Recycling Drop-Off Center
Bossier City 
Bossier City Recycling Center
Located at 3301 Old Shed Road, Bossier City, LA 71111.
Accepted Materials:
Cans - (Rinse and containerize aluminum cans separately from steel and tin cans.)
Clear Plastic 1 PET - soda bottles (discard lids and rinse)
Cloudy Plastic 2 HDPE - water, milk, and juice jugs (discard lids and rinse)
Corrugated paper/cardboard (flatten boxes)
Mixed paper
Newspaper and telephone books
Breaux Bridge 
1035 Ruth Bridge Highway
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, 70517337-442-1015
The Breaux Bridge Recycling programs include curbside recycling services from residential properties, dumpster collections at apartments and commercial properties, and transfer stations that accept recyclable materials.
City of Broussard
Dark gray recycle bins are serviced on Wednesdays in Broussard, LA.
PLACE RECYCLABLE ITEMS UNBAGGED AND LOOSE IN THE RECYCLING BIN.
Click here for basic guidelines for residents participating in The Recycling Foundation's curbside recycling programs: https://www.cityofbroussard.com/home/showpublisheddocument/391/637619545125170000
Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish has two Residential Solid Waste Convenience Centers at which residents can bring sorted recyclable items. This service is at no cost to Calcasieu Parish residents with a valid driver's licenses.
Center locations and hours of operation:
Public Works - East Public Works - West
East Maintenance Facility West Maintenance Facility
5500 B Swift Plant Road 2915 Post Oak Road
Lake Charles, LA 70615 Sulphur, LA 70663
Regular hours are now 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Thursday - Monday. They are CLOSED on Tuesday and Wednesday of each week.
City of Carencro
The City of Carencro contracts with Pelican Waste & Debris for waste disposal and recycling. Residents can find their pickup day with this link: https://www.republicservices.com/locations/louisiana/carencro-trash-pickup-and-recycling. For more information, contact City Hall at 337-896-8481 or email Utilities@Carencro.org.
City of Covington
The city of Covington recycling is picked up on Thursdays. Recycle containers street side on Wednesdays will be picked up as garbage. All containers for garbage and recycling should be curbside by 5 a.m. Note: No glass or plastic bags in recycling.
City of Denham Springs
City of Denham Springs
Waste Pro is currently serving as the City of Denham Spring's waste collection service provider. The recycling collection day is Wednesday.
Click here for recycling guidance: https://cityofdenhamsprings.com/Documents/DocumentResources/Curbside%20Recycling%20Information.pdf
For questions, contact:
Deseree Phillips
(225) 665-8121
garbage@cityofdenhamsprings.com
City of Gonzales
The City of Gonzales has taken a Green Initiative in Recycling.
Residents may pick up recycle bins at City Hall during operating hours free of charge. Recycled items are collected curbside on Mondays.
Phone: (225) 744-640
City Hall Hours:
Monday-Thursday 7:00am - 5:00pm
Friday 7:00am-11:00am
City of Gretna
City of Gretna Recycling
RECYCLABLES WILL BE PICKED UP ON YOUR SECOND GARBAGE COLLECTION DAY OF THE WEEK.
Residential utility customers are provided with one standard recycle bin.
Download the flyer for materials accepted for recycling here.
Paper products
Corrugated cardboard and boxboard
Steel and ferrous, metal food containers and lids
Plastics – coded 1 and 2
Aluminum cans
Items not accepted:
Glass
Aerosol spray cans
Containers that held oil
Paint or pesticides
Styrofoam-like egg cartons, packing peanuts
Plastic grocery bags
Pizza boxes and other food contaminated cardboard
Coated take-out boxes
Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish collects recyclables once per week.
Recyclables that are collected include: Household recyclables such as paper and plastic. All items must be placed inside the 18 gallon cart provided by the Parish.
City of Kenner
The City of Kenner Recycling Schedule:
(All recycling materials are collected on the second day of your regularly scheduled garbage collection day)
Blue: Monday and Thursday Route
Orange: Tuesday and Friday Route
Purple: Wednesday and Saturday Route
Recycling Guidelines:
Paper Products:
* Office Paper
* Newspaper, including color inserts
* Magazines and Catalogs
* Junk mail and telephone books
* Paperboard boxes, including cereal boxes, freezer food boxes, and 12 pack soft drink boxes and other food/snack boxes and other corrugated cardboard
Plastic Products:
* Plastic food and beverage containers coded 1,2, and 3
* Essentially everything constructed out of plastic should be marked with a code
Metal Products:
* Aluminum cans, steel and ferrous metal food containers and lids
Lafayette Consolidated Government
Curbside, Drop Off Recycling
- Drop-off recycling - Residents without curbside recycling can drop off recyclables at the Republic Services office, located at 102 BJ Services Drive.
The same items that are collected with the curbside recycling program can be dropped off.
Times are M-F 8am-5pm and Saturday 8am-12pm. 
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Call (337) 291-5637 to get more information on Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling.
FEET ON THE STREET: Cart Tagging and Education Campaign is a citywide initiative to improve the quality of recycling by providing personalized and real-time curbside recycling education and feedback. The campaign, funded in part by a grant from The Recycling Partnership, will remind residents what belongs in their single-stream recycling carts in order to save taxpayers money, reduce the number of new resources used in creating packaging products, and improve the health of the community.
Project Front YardA community effort to build awareness and improve the community through recovering the cities gateways and streetscapes, litter clean- up and prevention, public art, river clean-up, and education.
Lake Charles 
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Recycle! Lake Charles
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Green Guide: A comprehensive booklet for proper ways to recycle, and the disposal of unwanted items.
City of Mandeville
Mandeville City Hall
985-626-3144
3101 East Causeway Approach
Mandeville, LA 70448
The Mandeville city schedule for recycling is Tuesday: https://www.cityofmandeville.com/community/page/water-sewer-garbage-services
City of New Iberia
Recycling in New Iberia includes plastic bottles, cans, paper and cardboard. The key to recycling the right way is ensuring your items are clean and dry. For tips on how to recycle properly and efficiently, visit WM's Recycling 101 guide: https://www.wm.com/us/en/recycle-right/recycling-101.
New Orleans 
Curbside Recycling
Recycling Drop-Off and Household Hazardous Materials Collection Days
NOLA’s Recycling Drop-Off Center is located at 2829 Elysian Fields Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122
Items Accepted at the Recycling Drop-Off Center
• Plastics #1 (soda/water bottles) and #2 (milk/juice/shampoo/detergent containers)
• Newspapers, junk mail, phone books, catalogs, office paper
• Corrugated cardboard
• Boxboard (cereal boxes/soft drink boxes)
• Small aluminum and steel cans
• E-Waste
• Batteries (AA, AAA, AAAA, C, D, 6 & 9 volt, Lithium); Light bulbs (Incandescent and fluorescent)
• Televisions (Limit 4)
• Glass (Limit 50lbs.)
• Tires (Limit: 5)• Mardi Gras Beads
Village of Parks
The Village of Parks contracts with an outside Waste Management company for solid waste collection and recycling.
Everyone is required to have garbage collection with recyclilng optional.
City of Ponchatoula
Residential recycling can be dropped of at the City’s maintenance facility in the 300 block of North Fourth Street, on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month.
Acceptable Recycling Items * Please place these items loose in a container or clear plastic bag*
- Aluminum cans: Cans shall be rinsed.
- Paper: Clean, unsoiled newsprint?type paper, magazines, catalogs, gift wrap, paper bags, junk mail, white or colored paper, envelopes. No bound books, paperbound/wrapped in plastic, rubber bands, or photos.
- Plastics: PET, HDPE, and PVC containers should be rinsed and caps removed.
- Tin Cans: Steel food containers should be rinsed prior to placement in the recycling bin.
- No glass or styrofoam accepted
City of Ruston
Recyclable materials include: paper, colored paper, newspapers, bags, magazines, phonebooks, mail, paperboard, tissue boxes, toilet paper rolls, food
To sign up for recycling visit: https://www.ruston.org/ruston-recycles.
Ruston Recycles Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.ruston.org/ruston-recycles-faq
St. Landry Parish
The two recycling centers are
Opelousas Recycling Center is located at 2717 West Landry Street, Opelousas, LA. (337) 942-9576
Eunice Recycling Center is located at 450 N. C.C. Duson, Eunice, LA. (337) 457-1336
The centers are open Monday thru Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Accepted materials are cardboard, newspaper, magazines, and other paper products, aluminum and metal cans, and most plastic products.
Both locations operate a buy-back center where individuals are paid for items they deliver. You can make money from items or choose to not get paid for recycling items but donate the money to any school in St. Landry Parish.
Shreveport
**The Recycling Program has been temporarily suspended**
City of Slidell
Recycling in Slidell includes plastic bottles, cans, paper and cardboard.
Here’s the link to the recycling collection calendar: https://ces-la.com/ces/city-of-slidell/
Tangipahoa Parish
The Tangipahoa Parish Recycling Center is open from 7 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 7:00 am to 12:00 noon on Saturday.
Independence
57510 Hano Road west
Independence, LA 70443
Keep Tangipahoa Beautiful’s primary goal is to eliminate the litter issue by changing behavior through education, beautification and enforcement.
206 East Mulberry Street, Amite, LA 70422
Phone: 985-748-3211
Hours: 7:30am - 4:30pm
Terrebonne Parish 
City of Thibodaux
City of Thibodaux City of Thibodaux
Thibodaux's recycling schedule is: all residents SOUTH of Bayou Lafourche (LA 1 side) recyclables will be collected on Tuesday; all residents NORTH of Bayou Lafourche (Hwy 308 side) recyclables will be collected on Wednesday.
Recycled items include paper products, aluminum, tin cans, and plastic containers; NO GLASS. Paper products include newspapers, magazines, cardboard, computer paper, etc. The Works Department can be reached at (985) 446-7223.
West Baton Rouge Parish
For garbage & recycling collection questions:
Outside the Port Allen City Limits - (225) 336-2406
Within the Port Allen City Limits - (225) 383-1620
KWBRB makes it easier than ever to get involved, report littering, and share information with others. Everything you need to make a difference in WBR can be found at: https://www.westbatonrougemuseum.com/185/Keep-West-Baton-Rouge-Beautiful. For question or need help? Call: (225) 490-8549.
City of West Monroe
The West Monroe Recycling Center is a free drop-off facility for the general public, despite where they may live.
The Recycling Center is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
409 Lincoln Street
West Monroe, LA 71291
Phone: 318-397-3290
Phone: 318-396-2600
City of Youngsville
To participate in the Youngsville Recycle Program, please call City Hall (Phone: 337.856.4181) to have a recycling cart delivered at no additional cost to you.
City of Zachary 
Recycling Guide can be found at:
Recycling Organizations
Louisiana Recycling Coalition
The Louisiana Recycling Coalition (LRC) is a membership based network of individuals and representatives from government, industry, and non-profit entities that support environmental stewardship through materials reduction, reuse, and recycling in Louisiana. LRC provides advocacy, information, technical support, networking, and educational opportunities for and about recycling in partnership with local, state, regional and national organizations.
Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) brings people together to build and sustain vibrant, clean communities. Through programs and a statewide network of affiliates, KLB provides the right tools and resources to prevent litter, reduce waste, increase recycling, and protect the natural resources of our communities. KLB’s mission is to promote personal, corporate, and community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana.
Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council
Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) accepts all computer-related electronics, including desktops, laptops, telephones systems, servers, gaming consoles, and more. Services include refurbishment and repurposing of computers, laptops, monitors, and other devices for discounted prices, data destruction, and pickup services.
Louisiana Beverage Association
The Louisiana Beverage Association(LBA) represents 16 soft drink production plants and distribution facilities located throughout Louisiana. These beverage companies have come together in an effort to reduce plastic use and increase collection of their bottles through a new sustainability initiative.
For info on grant opportunities such as the SERDC Recycling Infrastructure Grant Program and American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America follow LBA's link: https://www.labev.org/grant-opportunities.
The Recycling Partnership (TRP) is dedicated to advancing a circular economy by building a better recycling system by working with communities and recycling facilities across the U.S. to improve access, collections, operations, and processing through grants and technical assistance opportunities.
Grant opportunities can be found at: https://recyclingpartnership.org/grants/
TRP has produced a comprehensive report for the year 2022 on the State of Louisiana Residential Recycling Access and Infrastructure. The research concluded that the opportunity in Louisiana is present to not only support the development of a residential recycling system but also, and even more importantly, to collect the hundreds of thousands of tons of recyclables that are currently being landfilled.
Waste Mangement's Guide to Recycling, along with common recycling myths debunked.
Wishcycling is the act of recycling things we wish could be recycled, even though they can't. Educate yourself with Republic Services guide to the basic rules of recycling so your good intentions aren't wasted by adhering to the rules in your area.
How2Recycle is a standardized labeling system that provides clear recycling instructions by offering consistent on-package recycling information.
Other Recycling Resources
LED light recycling- Christmas Lights Recycling Program: Holiday LEDS Recycling
Battery Recycling Corporation: call2recycle
NPR's guide to recycling plastics in which they explain the recycling system and why some plastic packaging shouldn’t go in your recycling bin.