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September 11, 2020 | From City of New Orleans

City to Host a Recycling Drop-Off Event on Saturday

NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans will host a Recycling Drop-Off Event on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Department of Sanitation’s yard at 2829 Elysian Fields Ave.

 

Recycling Days 

On the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, Orleans Parish residents can drop off the following recyclables at the City's Recycling Drop-Off Center:

  • Paper: newspapers, junk mail, phone books, catalogs, office paper
  • Corrugated Cardboard
  • Boxboard: cereal boxes and soft drink boxes
  • Plastics #1 (soda/water bottles) and #2 (milk/juice/shampoo/detergent containers)
  • Small metals: aluminum and steel
  • Mardi Gras beads
  • Batteries: AA, AAA, AAAA, C, D, 6 volt & 9 volt, Lithium
  • Light bulbs: incandescent and fluorescent
  • Electronics: iPads, tablets, computers, laptops, telephones/cell phones, keyboards, speakers, cables, x-boxes, PlayStations, Wii, MP3/DVD/CD players, gaming consoles, DVD movies, video games, UPS, circuit boards, portable navigation/GPS devices, inkjet/toner cartridges, digital cameras/video recorders (DVRs), fax machines, small printers, monitors, processors, networking equipment, stereos, security systems 
  • Televisions: limit 4
  • Tires: limit 5 
  • Glass: limit 50 lbs. (please remove corks and caps)
  • Composting*fruit and vegetable scraps (peels, skins, pits, or seeds), tea bags, coffee grounds (including paper filters), eggshells, nutshells, seed shells, plain bread, grains and plain pasta (no toppings).

* Please note: toppings, meat, dairy, bones and foods with oil are not accepted. 

 

Since the City initiated a Recycling Drop-Off Center in August 2010, approximately 2,983 tons have been recycled. Since the current curbside recycling program began in May 2011, approximately 60,191 tons have been recycled. Properties that are eligible to receive solid waste collection by the City are also eligible to register to receive free, curbside recycling services.

 

For more information, please call 311 or visit nola.gov/sanitation/recycling.     

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