Recycling in New Orleans, LA

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Checked October 26, 2026

• Trash Collection (opens in new tab) · City of New Orleans Department of Sanitation
  • Bulky waste collected by the city includes white goods, sofas, mattresses, appliances, furniture, rolled carpet and up to 4 tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Up to 4 tires can be placed curbside on the scheduled collection day after a Request Large Item Pickup request to 311. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Residents must contact 311 to request bulky waste collection and may not set items out more than 24 hours before the scheduled collection day, or they will be fined. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • For refrigerators, sofas, mattresses, tires and other large items, residents call 311 to request bulky waste collection. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Small businesses are not eligible for bulky waste collection and must contract with private vendors. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • City trash collection serves residential properties with four or fewer units under one roof and small businesses. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The Department of Sanitation offers an annual Household Hazardous Waste Materials Collection Day, open to Orleans Parish residents only (businesses and organizations excluded). Checked October 26, 2026.
• Recycling (opens in new tab) · City of New Orleans Department of Sanitation
  • The city lists hazardous waste such as paint, chemicals and oil among items with no curbside pickup, handled through the Elysian Fields drop-off calendar that includes Household Hazardous Waste Day. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Curbside recycling takes corrugated and paperboard boxes; flatten them and place them in or next to the bin. No pizza boxes. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The city offers once-weekly curbside recycling to properties eligible for city solid waste collection, and eligible residents get one free recycling container. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Recycling Drop-Off (opens in new tab) · City of New Orleans Department of Sanitation
  • The Recycling Drop-Off Center at 2829 Elysian Fields Ave is open weekly on Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., to Orleans Parish residents; businesses and organizations are excluded. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Recycling Resources and Recyclers (opens in new tab) · Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
  • LDEQ lists NOLA's Recycling Drop-Off Center at 2829 Elysian Fields Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122. Checked October 26, 2026.
• City to Host Free Paper Shredding During Recycling Drop-Off Event on Saturday, September 19 (opens in new tab) · City of New Orleans, Office of the Mayor
  • Businesses and organizations are not eligible for Recycling Drop-Off services. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Contact Us (opens in new tab) · New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
  • The New Orleans ReStore is at 2900 Elysian Fields Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122; ReStore donations phone (504) 943-2240. Checked October 26, 2026.
• What's in the ReStore? (opens in new tab) · New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
  • Drop-off donations are accepted 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; residential pickup can be scheduled. 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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