Recycling Information for Vermilion Parish: Dropoff centers established throughout parish

The Vermilion Parish Police Jury Solid Waste Recycling Program has offered the following advice and instructions on recycling in Vermilion Parish.

Materials Accepted:

Paper: Newspaper and inserts; magazines, catalogs, office paper, manila folders, file folders, paper bags, boxboard - cereal boxes, shoe boxes, phone books, greeting cards, envelopes, shredded paper.

Cans - Please rinse first! Aluminum: soda and beer cans; Steel and Tin: vegetable, soup, tuna cans, etc.; Empty aerosol cans.

Glass - Please rinse first! Glass bottles and jars (please take the lids off and throw the lids in the regular garbage.)

Plastic bottles - Please rinse first! #1 - #7; water, juice, soda, milk, shampoo, soap, etc. *Bottles only, no plastic containers, bags or trays. Please take caps off first.

Corrugated cardboard: No pizza or soiled food boxes.

Tires: *Can be recycled at the landfill only. Regulations for tires: 5 tires per day per resident with their driver’s license is required. Tires still on the rims are accepted.

White Goods - Appliances: *Appliances are recycled at the landfill only. Examples: washers, dryers, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, stoves, hot water heaters.

Where to bring recyclables:

Police Jury Owned Facilities - Hours of operation: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.:

Mondays: Erath - Max Switch Road

Tuesdays: Abbeville - Junius Road and Calvin LeBoeuf Road

Wednesdays: Gueydan - Hwy 14

Thursdays: Kaplan - Gladu Road

Fridays: Abbeville - Public Works Complex

Vermilion Parish Solid Waste Facility (Landfill off of Hwy 696): Open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Participating Schools:

Dumped Wednesdays after 10 a.m. *Allowing only students, teachers and parents of the students at the school to use the dumpster.

*Indian Bayou 1-2 yd

*Rene Rost 1-4 yd

*Abbeville High 2-2yd

*Erath Middle School 2-96 gallon cans emptied at Police Jury Barn in Erath

*Jesse Owens - Gueydan 1-4 yd

For more information, please contact City Hall or Vermilion Parish Solid Waste Facility.