Household Items Recycling

Recycling Drop-Off

The Department of Sanitation offers semi-monthly recycling drop-off at the Recycling Drop-Off Center at 2829 Elysian Fields Avenue on the second and fourth Saturday of every month from 8:00am until 1:00pm.

View the household items recycling drop-off schedule, including Household Hazardous Waste Day and Shred Days.

Items Accepted at the Recycling Drop-Off Center

All food items should be thoroughly washed before recycling. Monthly Drop off-Sorting is not required; however, citizens should separate paper, metals, cardboard and plastics, which are disposed of through different processes.

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 (computers, laptops, telephones/telephone systems, keyboards, speakers, telephone/computer cables, x-boxes, PlayStation, Wii, MP3/DVD/CD players, UPS, Circuit boards, Portable Navigation/GPS devices, ink jet/toner cartridges, digital cameras/video recorders (DVRs), fax machines, small printers, monitors, processors, networking equipment, stereos, security systems)

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

Organics for Composting (fruit/vegetable scraps (peels, skins, pits, or seeds), tea bags, coffee grounds and paper filters, eggshells, nutshells, seed shells, plain bread, grains, and plain pasta (no toppings, meat bones, dairy or foods with oil)

Citizens should not place their recyclables in plastic bags for curbside recycling or Recycling Drop-Off.

Styrofoam, containers with food, and items stained with grease (i.e. pizza boxes) are not accepted in the curbside program or at the Recycling Drop-Off Center.

Special Recycling Dates

The Department of Sanitation coordinates a number of opportunities to recycle special household objects. These include:

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) MATERIALS COLLECTION Day

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) encompasses leftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients. Residents cannot and should not place Household Hazardous Waste in trash during regular pick-up. Note: HHW Materials Collection Day is open to Orleans Parish residents only, business excluded.

**CANCELED** May 9, 2020: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Materials Collection Day

**UPDATED** October 24, 2020: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Materials Collection Day

Shred Days

On Shred Days, the Department of Sanitation offers citizens the ability to shred personal and/or sensitive paper goods up to 50 pounds per person. This is a free community service offered in partnership with Iron Mountain.

June 27, 2020: Shred Day

August 8, 2020: Shred Day

November 14, 2020: Shred Day



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