INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES                             

The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, in conjunction with Waste Management, provides quality residential roadside garbage and trash collection services in the unincorporated areas of Wards 2 through 8.

To be considered a residence, you must have water and electric connections as well as a 911 address. Your cooperation is needed to ensure delivery of top quality service. It is important to understand the difference between garbage and trash, and sort your waste accordingly.

Calcasieu Parish and Waste Management have entered into an updated contract effective January 1, 2023.

Click HERE for a Waste Management trash collection guide.

GARBAGE: Waste Management will provide curbside collection of all properly containerized residential solid waste once a week for each residential unit, up to a limit of three (3) Waste Management provided containers per household. One container is provided free of charge to each residence.  Additional containers can be purchased for $75.00 per container. Only containers provided by Waste Management will be serviced. Containers may be requested by calling 337-436-7229. Containers shall be placed at curbside by 5:00 AM, or the night before, on the scheduled day of service and removed from the right of way within 24 hours. All waste items, other than Bulky Waste items as identified below should be placed inside the container(s).  

TRASH OR BULKY WASTE:

• Stoves, refrigerators (where Chloro fluoro carbons – freon or like substances - have been removed), water tanks, and washing machines should be scheduled for pick up by calling 337-436-7229.
• Furniture or other large waste items occasionally produced by a residential unit, with weights or volumes greater than those allowed for bins or containers - including tree, shrub and brush trimmings - should be bundled and securely tied together forming an easily handled package.
• Bundles should not exceed 6 feet in length and/or 35  pounds in weight.
• Excessive, recurring or unbagged, unbundled or overweight waste (over 35 pounds) will not be collected, but tagged and reported to the Parish. 

RESTRICTIONS: Waste Management will not provide services at unoccupied residences or vacant lots. Items not included in residential waste collection are scrap materials from construction, remodeling or repair of buildings, concrete bricks, tree stumps, earth or earthy material, automobile bodies or large parts, materials of toxic, highly inflammable or explosive nature.

1. Please have your container at the roadside by 5 a.m. on your day of collection. It may be more convenient to place the container out the night before.

2. Please do not overload containers for automated collection with heavy items, hazardous material or protruding objects.

3. Lids should be kept shut to keep animals and rainwater out and refuse inside.  

4. Once garbage has been emptied, residents are responsible for moving container off the street and placing in a safe location.

5. Containers may not be left next to the roadway at all times, since this increases the chance of potential theft or damage by traffic. Replacement of containers damaged or stolen on a non-collection day will be the responsibility of the resident.

6. Since Waste Management containers are assigned to a specific residential location, containers must not be taken when a resident moves.

7. If your container is missing, you will  need to notify the Sheriff's Office who will issue you a claim number. Your first lost container will be replaced with this claim number. Thereafter, you will be required to purchase a replacement cart.

8. The only holidays observed by Waste Management are Christmas and New Year's Day. When these holidays fall on your collection day, you will be notified by the news media of the holiday collection schedule. Do not confuse municipality (city) holiday schedules with the unincorporated areas of the parish.

Click HERE for information about the two Solid Waste Convenience Centers.