Heads Up Lake Charles, Your Garbage Pickup Times Have Changed

The holiday season is here and coming up Thursday, folks around Southwest Louisiana will be celebrating Thanksgiving with friends and family. People will be cooking big meals to feed the entire family which will also result in a lot of trash that they will accumulate.

With the holiday comes closures of businesses, facilities, and services you are used to having daily.  Banks, city and state agencies, and local public services will all be shut down to observe the Thanksgiving holiday.

For Lake Charles residents, the Department of Public Works and other City departments, including Lake Charles City Hall, will be closed on Thursday, November 28, 2024, and Friday, November 29, 2024, in observance of Thanksgiving. Regular hours will resume on Monday, December 2, 2024.

Now as far as when will your trash be picked up next week, the scheduled pick-up times and days have been altered due to the city observing the holiday for two days. Kattie Harrington with the city of Lake Charles gave us all the information you will need to know about what day your trash will be picked up next week.

She said,

The City of Lake Charles will observe the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday, November 28, 2024. There WILL NOT be any trash or garbage picked up on that day. Changes in trash and garbage pickup are as follows:

Trash and garbage regularly scheduled for pickup on Thursday will be rescheduled for pickup on Friday, November 29, 2024.

Trash and garbage regularly scheduled for pickup on Friday will be rescheduled for Saturday, November 30, 2024.

All Recycling stations, including the Wood Waste Facility and the Nelson Ball Field (Alma Lane) will be closed on Thursday, November 28, 2024. Normal hours will resume on Friday, November 29, 2024.

So make a note of that and also make sure you have your trash cans out before 7:00 am on the day it will be collected. Have a great Thanksgiving.