Louisiana
Thank you for visiting Earth911’s Louisiana page. Below you can find more resources offered in your state, as well as recent news from your neck of the woods. If you’re looking for where to recycle in your area, please use the Earth911 recycling location search.
Wanda Reed
posted on November 14th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I have been living in Northern Louisiana for 3 months now. There are very few things recycled here. My LCD television was damaged, so I called a local repair shop and found that it was not worth repairing. I asked where it could be recycled and they told me that they recycle theirs in the landfill! Our city also does not recycle plastic of any kind nor glass or cardboard. It is very frustrating to live in a state, in a country that is supposed to be one of the best in the world but it can’t control its own garbage.
shcampani
posted on January 4th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I live in New Orleans and before hurricane Katrina we had a decent recyling program (weekly pickup). Much like a lot of things in our city the program has yet to return. There are a couple programs in place that you might not know about. There is a company that picks up curbside recyling for a 15 dollar a month fee. This is their information.
Phoenix Recycling is offering curbside recycling to the city of New Orleans.To make it possible, they need to have enough people sign up. The fee is $15 a month, with a $1 discount for neighborhood association members. We will lower the price as more people join. Contact your neighborhood organization for group discounts. Phoenix will provide the bins and will collect twice a month. For more info, e-mail phoenix.recycling@gmail.com or call 504-914-0739
Also if you visit this article http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_/ai_n21077752 it gives you details on monthly recyling events in New Orleans. There is a phone number in the article you can call to find out when the next event will be. Hope this helps and welcome to our great city.
Linda Williams
posted on March 3rd, 2009 at 7:27 am
I have many magazines that I would like to recycle and don’t have a place that I know of to bring them.
Please help me with this problem.
Thank you, Linda Williams
tdutile
posted on April 13th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I just ran across an ad in the paper for a recycling center in Pineville, LA (middle of the state) “Best Metal Recyclers” 318-767-6585 – I called and they will take paper and plastic, as well. Hope this helps you!
Christopher
posted on June 8th, 2009 at 10:55 am
I wanted to say that I called that Best Metal Recyclers but they don’t buy plastic they will take it if you give it to them to just to recycle it. I am looking for a company that buys plastic to recycle it. I live in north Louisiana and I know so far I have not find a company yet that has it. But in Lafayette area does have places that recycles all kinds of things just have to look in the phone book or online.
Beverly Coburn
posted on October 14th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Recently moved to Monroe, La and am dismayed by the lack of recycling bins and facilities. There is a scrap yard which accepts metal, corrugated cardboard, and plastics 1 and 2, but not glass. I need to locate a glass recycling facility. Anyone? Thanks!
Crystal Tuey
posted on December 6th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Best Buy will recycle your old TVs. I think they use them for parts to fix other TVs they get. I would call them about recycle any TV, computer, basically all electronics. You have to take the hard drive out of the computer before bringing it to the store or there is a fee.
Mike Barton
posted on January 9th, 2010 at 9:33 am
I live in Franklinton, Louisiana and there is no recycling at all. I take my trash directly to the landfill for disposal. I am trying to start recycling in our small subdivision of 50 homes. We are willing to sell our bottles and cans to a recycler, however, we will not pay someone to pick it up. We will deliver the material to the facility. Many other areas in other states get recyclables picked up at no additional charge. The disposal company may have to include this in their proposal to secure a lucrative trash removal contract with the city. As soon as their are more than a couple of companies are bidding on local trash hauling, Louisiana will see recycling, if our local governments will require recycling to obtain the contract. We may be waiting awhile! If a large company can make a profit on the material then it should provide the bins and pick it up at your house for free. Anyway, off the soapbox, I appreciate the other comments and will continue to look for the closest can and bottle recycler near us.
Wendy
posted on January 13th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
I live in southeast section of Louisiana just North of Lake Ponchatrain. I think that it is horrible that in this time and day I can not locate a recylcing for my newpapers and maganizes. There are no recycling center less than 50 miles away. Curbside recycling in out of the question because I do not live in city limits. When talking to parish government about the subject thety just look at you like you are crazy. Am I the only person around here that feels recycling is a important responsiblility to our planet.? Not to mention I would like to teach my daughter the importance of taking care of the Earth but when our local governenment and State do not see the value and importance.
Thanks for letting me vent!!!!
Frank Morales -KNOE 8 News
posted on January 28th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Hi Everyone!
Just reading through these comments I can feel your frustration of not having anywhere to recycle in the Ark-La-Miss. It almost seems hopeless to do the right thing, right? I, for one, am from Phoenix, AZ where we have curb-side recycling, and no one really thinks twice about disposing their recyclable materials properly. This February I’m doing a series on what we can do to be a little more environmentally friendly around here, and maybe convince some of your local government leaders that it IS necessary. I know people want to do it because EVERYONE is talking about it! If you live in the Ark-La-Miss region, and you are frustrated that you can’t recycle, please contact me!! I would love to air your story. Thanks!
Frank Morales
Reporter
KNOE 8 News
o (318) 388-8888 ext. 261
m (318) 381-3362
frank.morales@knoe.com
Dave Schouest
posted on February 25th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Just moved to Mandeville, La. and I would like to offer some recycle ideas. Some organizations recycle items as fund raising projects. The local animal shelter in Picayune, Mississippi recycles aluminum cans to raise additional funds to offset expenses and will take newspaper to use in the animal enclosures. The Catholic Church in Pearl River, La. recycles newspapers to raise additional revenue for their projects. We need to do a better job of getting this information posted so people like us can use these recycle efforts as a means of doing our part to help our planet. We also need to make sure our local organizations consider these ideas as alternative fund raising projects they can use.