Recycling Centers in Louisiana
159 recycling locations in 65 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
Louisiana at a glance: 97 recycling centers, 47 scrap yards, 7 transfer stations, 5 household hazardous waste facilities, 3 electronics recyclers. Louisiana has no statewide bottle deposit, so scrap yards are the main way to get paid for cans and metal.
Top cities for recycling in Louisiana
- Baton Rouge17 locations
- New Orleans14 locations
- Shreveport11 locations
- Lafayette7 locations
- Monroe5 locations
- Houma5 locations
- West Monroe5 locations
- Port Allen5 locations
- Lake Charles4 locations
- Sulphur4 locations
- Denham Springs4 locations
- Winnsboro4 locations
- Alexandria3 locations
- Ruston3 locations
- Crowley3 locations
- Belle Chasse3 locations
- Bossier City2 locations
- New Iberia2 locations
- Hammond2 locations
- Mandeville2 locations
- Baker2 locations
- Covington2 locations
- Scott2 locations
- Eunice2 locations
All Louisiana cities
- Abbeville 1
- Alexandria 3
- Amelia 1
- Amite 2
- Avondale 1
- Baker 2
- Bastrop 1
- Baton Rouge 17
- Belle Chasse 3
- Benton 1
- Bogalusa 1
- Bossier City 2
- Coushatta 1
- Covington 2
- Crowley 3
- Denham Springs 4
- Deridder 1
- Downsville 1
- Eunice 2
- Franklinton 2
- Geismar 2
- Gonzales 1
- Gretna 1
- Hahnville 1
- Hammond 2
- Harvey 1
- Houma 5
- Jonesboro 1
- Kenner 1
- Lafayette 7
- Lake Charles 4
- Leesville 1
- Mamou 1
- Mandeville 2
- Mansfield 1
- Marksville 1
- Metairie 2
- Minden 1
- Monroe 5
- Morgan City 1
- New Iberia 2
- New Orleans 14
- Oak Grove 1
- Opelousas 1
- Pineville 1
- Pollock 1
- Ponchatoula 1
- Port Allen 5
- Prairieville 1
- Raceland 2
- Robert 1
- Ruston 3
- Saint Francisville 1
- Schriever 1
- Scott 2
- Shreveport 11
- Slidell 1
- Sorrento 1
- Sulphur 4
- Vidalia 1
- Ville Platte 1
- Walker 1
- West Monroe 5
- Westwego 1
- Winnsboro 4
Louisiana recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in Louisiana?
We list 159 recycling locations across 65 cities in Louisiana, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Baton Rouge has the most, with 17.
Does Louisiana pay for cans and bottles?
Louisiana does not have a statewide bottle deposit law, so there is no standard deposit refund. Scrap yards often pay by the pound for loose aluminum cans, and the price changes with the metals market. Call ahead to confirm the current rate.