Recycling in Ruston, LA

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Checked October 26, 2026

• Solid Waste Collection (opens in new tab) · City of Ruston
  • Household hazardous items are taken the 2nd Saturday of each month at 2609 S. Farmerville St., 8:30-11:30 a.m. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Computers, printers, TVs and phones are accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Lead-acid, NiCad and alkaline batteries are accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Up to 5 tires per individual, per vehicle, per day, without rims. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Up to 10 cans of paint, plus chemicals and aerosols. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • White goods (appliances) and furniture are accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Paper, including cardboard, is accepted. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Sofas and household goods (white goods) go in one debris pile, separate from yard debris; appliances go in their own pile. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • No call-in is needed; Solid Waste runs routes daily and collects visible piles. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The City of Ruston does not pick up tires, brick or concrete. 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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