JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — New recycling efforts in Jefferson Parish are growing more successful after the parish ended recycling back in February.
With a high volume of traffic at the Eastbank recycling drop-off location, the parish needed more space to accompany residents and moved the drop-off site to the Joseph S. Yenni Building parking lot.
The address for the new location is 1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard. The Westbank drop-off location remains the same at 6440 Lapalco Blvd. in Marrero.
Drop off hours for both are Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A driver's license or utility bill is needed before recycling is accepted.
Jefferson Parish partnered with REALCYCLE and Glass Half Full to provide services. The following materials will be collected:
- Glass bottles & jars (no mirrors or broken glass, ceramics, pottery, etc.)
- Cardboard
- Aluminum/tin/steel cans
- Plastics #1 and #2 (#1 includes soda/water bottles) & #2 includes milk/juice/shampoo/detergent containers)
- Mixed paper
If weather conditions force the cancellation of a planned collection event, collection will take place the following Saturday.
- The following guidelines are offered to help make the program successful:
- Only recycle what is on the list above. Contact the Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs with questions about other items. Representatives from REALCYCLE and Glass-Half-Full will also be on-site to assist with any questions residents may have about their recycling.
- Only recycle the clean stuff. Before tossing metals and plastic food containers, give them a rinse. Anything too dirty, like greasy pizza boxes or take-out containers, should go in the garbage. This helps avoid contamination and mold.
- Don’t bag recycling — toss recyclables directly in the bin. Thin, plastic garbage bags can actually clog the mechanics of recycling sorters. This sort of filmy plastic, like packaging and single-use plastic bags, must be recycled through a separate process. Most grocery stores will take back these kinds of bags.
- Breakdown boxes and crush cans to fit more in your bin.
Customers will continue to not see a charge for recycling on their utility bills while curbside collection is paused.
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