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UPDATE: Jefferson Parish extends suspension of garbage service due to possible ice

UPDATE: Curbside garbage and recycling will not be collected on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 for those residents in Unincorporated Jefferson Parish and the Town of Jean Lafitte who regularly receive collection on a Tuesday.

JEFFERSON, La. — Residents of unicorporated Jefferson Parish and the town of Jean Lafitte will not receive their regularly scheduled garbage and recycling services on Monday.


Jefferson Parish officials announced on Sunday afternoon that collections will be suspended at 1 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 15 due to icy conditions from the approaching winter storm. JP officials have extended the service suspension to Tuesday as well.

In the event that collection does not occur as scheduled, residents should remove waste and recyclables from the curbside and place them out again on their next regularly scheduled collection day.

The residential trash drop-off site at the Jefferson Parish Landfill will also close at the announced cutoff time.

All other Parish trash-drop off sites are closed on Monday.