Sanitation

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Please check our Schedules page for 2026 holiday collection changes

Martin Luther King Day (1/19) and Presidents' Day (2/16) schedule:

No collection on the holiday. Monday's route will be collected Tuesday. Tuesday's route on Wednesday. Wednesday's route on Thursday. Thursday's AND Friday's routes on Friday.

Picking Up Recyclables, Trash

It’s part of life. We buy stuff, use it and often need to dispose of it and its packaging. Enter your Sanitation Department.

With environmental responsibility and cost efficiency as our guiding principles, your Sanitation Department: 

• Picks up residential solid waste, large items, and recyclables once a week 

Additional Information

• Toters MUST be placed at by 6:00 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. Toters MUST be 3 feet from any obstruction (i.e. mailbox, vehicle, pole, tree), have 2 feet of space in between them, and MUST have a clear path from the curb to the street (not behind vehicles). Toters will not be emptied if the pick up instructions are not followed. 
• Recyclables should NOT be bagged. Comingle recyclables in the recycling toter
• Only latex paint containers are accepted. Containers need to be dried out using kitty litter or similar drying agent and have the lid off for pick up
• Large item pick up is limited to approximately two small pickup truck loads of items once per year per residence. Please note that any additional garbage bags or items outside of the trash toter is considered part of large item pick up
• Building materials from major home renovations or contractors will not be picked up
• No items will be picked up from vacant residences 
• Items and refuse brought in from outside the City of Lafayette service areas will not be picked up
• Concrete blocks, bricks, and similar items will not be collected because of the excessive wear they cause trucks
• Wood fencing, wood decking, and lumber must be cut into sections less than 4 feet in length