Calcasieu Parish runs two free Residential Solid Waste Convenience Centers: East at 5500 B Swift Plant Road in Lake Charles and West at 2915 Post Oak Road in Sulphur.
Both are open Thursday through Monday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Any parish resident can use them; the attendant scans your driver's license.
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, Public Works
5500 B Swift Plant Rd., Lake Charles, LA 70615 Directions
| Thu–Mon | 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
| Tue & Wed | Closed |
Large household items, appliances (empty, doors off), tires (5 a day, off the rim) and sorted recycling. Closed most parish holidays.
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, Public Works
2915 Post Oak Rd., Sulphur, LA 70663 Directions
| Thu–Mon | 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
| Tue & Wed | Closed |
Large household items, appliances (empty, doors off), tires (5 a day, off the rim) and sorted recycling. Closed most parish holidays.
| Item | Rule |
|---|---|
| Large household items too big for the trash cart | Accepted, if it fits in the containers |
| Refrigerators, washers, dryers, dishwashers | Empty, with the doors removed |
| Car and equipment tires | 5 per person a day, off the rim |
| Paint cans | Open, with only a little dried paint |
| Motors, tanks and cans | Drained of all fluids |
| Car batteries | Accepted for recycling |
| Motor oil, grease, antifreeze | Not accepted |
| Asbestos siding, medical waste | Not accepted |
| Boats | Only if cut up to fit, and not wood |
| Commercial or industrial waste | Not accepted |
From the Police Jury's convenience center page. The centers are for residential waste only, and scavenging isn't allowed.
Both centers take sorted recycling: aluminum, tin and steel cans, empty aerosol cans, bicycles and scrap metal like bed frames, fence posts and metal roofing, plastic bottles and jugs, newspapers, magazines, mail, office paper and cardboard, plus car and deep-cycle batteries. They don't recycle foil, glass, small batteries, light bulbs, treated wood, plastic bags or foam.
Louisiana law keeps car batteries out of household trash (stores that sell them must take old ones back), bars whole, unprocessed tires from landfills, and requires appliances (white goods) to go to a collection or recycling site rather than a landfill.
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