Junk removal costs in Lafayette

Everything goes out on one day in Lafayette. Acadiana Waste Services collects garbage, recycling, yard waste and bulky items once a week, all on the same day, starting at 4 a.m. Set the old couch out the night before, with the carts.

Bulky means anything too big for the 96-gallon cart, like appliances, furniture and TVs. You can add up to five car tires a week, from home use only. Keep the pile at least 3 feet from the carts, the mailbox, your yard waste and parked cars, and out from under trees and power lines so the truck can reach it.

Some things get left behind. Bagged trash belongs in your cart. Hazardous waste stays home, and so does fencing, whether it's wood, plastic or metal. So does debris from a home project, old toilet included. For a bathroom tear-out, Lafayette Consolidated Government points you to a rented dumpster, a construction and demolition landfill, or a contractor who hauls off their own waste.

Yard waste has a weight cap: 50 pounds for each bag, can or pile of big trimmings.

A bigger drop-off is on the way. LCG is building an Environmental Quality Convenience Center on Dugas Road, and its page lists it as coming soon, with no opening date. Once it opens, city and unincorporated parish residents with LCG garbage service can bring garbage, bulk waste, construction debris, electronics and tires, up to two days in any seven. You'll sort it into the bins yourself, and LCG says the details may change before then.