Recycling Information
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Recycling means taking a product or material at the end of its useful life and turning it into a usable raw material to make another product. Team Green of Southwest Louisiana and the City of Lake Charles along with several local businesses have teamed up to bring a recycling pick-up center near you. Stop throwing out computer paper, magazines, newspapers, phonebooks, boxes, aluminum cans, bills, envelopes and books. Bring them to the Roving Recycling Truck instead.
The schedule for the Roving Recycling Truck is listed below.
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Site
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Time
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Monday
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Wal-Mart- North Hwy. 171 (Moss Bluff)
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11:00am - 2:00pm
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Tuesday
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Stine Lumber- Nelson Road
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11:00am - 2:00pm
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Wednesday
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Kroger's - 12th Street
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11:00am - 2:00pm
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Thursday
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K-Mart- Ryan Street
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11:00am - 2:00pm
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Saturday
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Wal-Mart - Hwy. 14
Prien Lake Mall
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8:00am -10:30am
11:00am - 2:00pm
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The Team Green Roving Recycling Truck accepts the following items:
Disposal of Mercury Products:
Team Green of SWLA and the City of Lake Charles Wastewater Division is pleased to announce the opening of a Residential Mercury Collection Site! Remember to store items in a safe manner to limit opportunities for breakage (many of these items, when broken, release mercury vapor into the air).
The items on this list should NEVER be placed in your household garbage, as they present dangers to your family, sanitation workers and the environment.
Household items listed below will be accepted for proper disposal and recycling at:
Wastewater Division
1132 W. 18th St., Lake Charles
Every Friday, 9 am - 2 pm
For Questions, please call: 337.491.1450 or 337.491.9185.
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Products:
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Safe Storage Steps: |
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Thermometers
Silver liquid in tube.
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Place in:
1. Hard plastic case or bubble wrap
2. Zip-top bag or other air-tight container.
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Thermostats
All non-electronic/digital
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Entire device into:
1. Hard plastic air-tight container
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2. Bubble wrap & zip-top bag
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Lamps
Flourescent, high intensity discharge (HID), neon, mercury vapor, high pressure sodium and metal halide
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Unbroken bulbs into:
1. Boxes that the new bulbs came in
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2. Bubble wrap & zip-top bag (if small)
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Old Alkaline Batteries
Bought before 1990. Check expiration date.
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Safe to handle if not leaking, place in:
1. Zip-top bag
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2. Air tight container
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Chemistry Sets
May contain mercury compounds
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All containers:
1. Seal lids tight
2. Hard plastic case or bubble wrap
3. Zip-top bag or other air-tight container.
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Vials or Jars of Mercury, Sometimes on Necklaces
Small containers of mercury used for ceremonial purposes. May be found in basements or garages.
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Unopened, unbroken containers:
1. Bubble wrap
2. Zip-top bag or other air-tight container
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