Recycling in Lake Charles, LA

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Checked October 26, 2026

• Litter and Residential Solid Waste Convenience Centers (opens in new tab) · Calcasieu Parish Police Jury
  • The convenience centers take large waste items and sorted recyclables at no additional cost for Calcasieu Parish residents with valid driver's licenses. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Regular hours are 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Thursday-Monday; closed Tuesday and Wednesday and most parish holidays. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Users must have their driver's license scanned at the attendant's booth to verify Calcasieu residency; residential solid waste only. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Commercial and industrial waste are prohibited. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The convenience centers take large waste items and sorted recyclables at no additional cost for Calcasieu Parish residents with valid driver's licenses. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Regular hours are 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Thursday-Monday; closed Tuesday and Wednesday and most parish holidays. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Users must have their driver's license scanned at the attendant's booth to verify Calcasieu residency; residential solid waste only. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Commercial and industrial waste are prohibited. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • White goods (refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers) must be empty with doors removed. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Vehicle and equipment tires are limited to five per day per person, rims removed. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Paint cans must be open and any paint in them minimal and dry. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Recyclables accepted include cardboard/chipboard, miscellaneous metal pieces and deep cycle/automotive batteries. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Small batteries are not acceptable for recycling. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Recyclables must be sorted into the appropriate containers. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Public Works - East (East Maintenance Facility) is at 5500 B Swift Plant Road, Lake Charles, LA 70615. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Garbage Pickup (opens in new tab) · City of Lake Charles
  • City ordinance defines trash as refuse other than garbage, including furniture, bedding, debris and household rubbish that will not fit in the 98-gallon container. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Solid Waste (opens in new tab) · City of Lake Charles
  • Trash and yard waste are collected from residences a minimum of two times per month. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The Solid Waste Division provides garbage and trash collection for residents of Lake Charles. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Recycle! Lake Charles (opens in new tab) · City of Lake Charles
  • The Green Truck moves daily through the City to assigned locations, e.g. Monday at Wal-Mart North Hwy 171, Wednesday at the Lake Charles Event Center, 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Accepted paper includes cardboard boxes and paperboard; flatten cardboard. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Flatten cardboard boxes; keep recyclables clean, dry and unbagged. Checked October 26, 2026.
• LDEQ: Waste Tire Generator Guidance (PDF, updated Mar. 5, 2026) (opens in new tab) · Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
  • The waste tire fee must appear on its own line of the sales invoice as the "LDEQ Waste Tire Fee", and no tax may be applied to it. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • No fee is collected on tires of 500 lb or more, solid tires, or small tires such as lawn mower, bicycle and golf cart tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • LDEQ guidance: one waste tire for every tire sold is collected unless the buyer keeps it; extra tires may be taken but are program-ineligible. Checked October 26, 2026.
• LDEQ: Waste Tire Consumer Notices (PDF, effective Oct. 1, 2018) (opens in new tab) · Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
  • Tire dealers must take one waste tire for every tire sold, at the time of sale, unless the buyer keeps the old tire. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Tire dealers collect a $2.25 waste tire fee on each new passenger/light truck tire sold. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The waste tire fee is $5 for each medium truck tire. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The waste tire fee is $10 for each off-road tire. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The waste tire fee is $1.25 for each recapped or retreaded tire. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The fee is charged whether or not the buyer leaves the old tire with the dealer. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The fee also applies to recall and adjustment tires, designated spare tires, and ATV and UTV tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2419: Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibition; scrap and scrap metal recycling, prohibited items (opens in new tab) · Louisiana State Legislature
  • No one may knowingly put a lead acid battery in mixed solid waste or dispose of it except by delivering it to an automotive battery retailer or wholesaler, an authorized collection or recycling facility, or a permitted secondary lead smelter. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Lead acid batteries may also go to a collection or recycling facility authorized under Louisiana law, or to an EPA-permitted secondary lead smelter. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2420: Lead acid batteries; collection for recycling (opens in new tab) · Louisiana State Legislature
  • Anyone selling lead acid batteries at retail must accept used lead acid batteries offered by customers at the point of transfer, at least as many as the new batteries bought. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Battery sellers must post a notice saying state law requires them to accept used motor vehicle and other lead acid batteries for recycling in exchange for new batteries purchased. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The required store notice states that it is illegal to discard a motor vehicle battery or other lead acid battery. Checked October 26, 2026.

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