City to Host Paper Shredding Event as
Glass and Compost
Collections Continue
NEW ORLEANS — On Saturday, July 14, 2018, the City
of New Orleans Department of Sanitation will host a paper shredding
event in conjunction with Iron Mountain from 8 a.m. to
1 p.m. at the City’s Recycling Drop-Off Center located at 2829 Elysian
Fields Ave.
Four times a year Orleans Parish hosts shredding days.
Residents can bring up to 50 pounds of personal or sensitive documents to
be shredded safely and securely by Iron Mountain's on-site mobile
unit. Iron Mountain accepts mixed office paper, light cardboard and
similar materials. They do not accept plastic, compact discs, DVDs or
metal (other than paper clips or staples).
The Department of Sanitation, in conjunction with The
Composting Network, will continue to accept frozen food scraps from
residents to be composted. Compost will only be accepted from private
residences (not businesses). The Composting Network accepts
fruit and vegetable scraps (peels, skins, pits or seeds), tea bags, coffee
grounds (including paper filters), eggshells, nutshells, seed shells, plain
bread, grains and plain pasta (no toppings). They do not accept meat,
dairy, bones or foods with oil.
Iron Mountain and The Composting Network offer their services
at no cost to the public in conjunction with the City’s recycling drop-off
events.
On the second Saturday of each month, Orleans Parish residents
can drop off:
- Paper
products including newspapers, junk mail, phone books, catalogs,
office paper and color inserts
- Plastics
#1 through #7, such as water bottles, soda bottles, juice bottles,
detergent containers, plastic pots from nurseries, plastic bags, etc.
- Aluminum,
tin and steel cans
- Cardboard
- Box
board (cereal boxes)
- Mardi
Gras beads
- Batteries
(AA, AAA, AAAA, C, D, 6-volt, 9-volt and lithium)
- Light
bulbs (incandescent and fluorescent)
- Electronics
such as computers, laptops, phones, televisions (limit 4) and
microwave ovens (limit 4)
- Tires
(limit 4)
- Glass
(limit 50 lbs.)
- Designated
organics for composting
The Department
of Sanitation has resumed
the collection of glass. Please remove caps and corks before recycling.
Since the City opened the Recycling Drop-Off Center in August
2010, a total of 1,183 tons have been recycled. Since the current
curbside recycling program began in May 2011, a total of 48,250 tons
have been recycled. Properties that are eligible to receive solid waste
collection by the City are also eligible to receive free recycling
services.
For more information, please call 311 or visit
nola.gov/sanitation/recycling.
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