Lake Charles, Your Trash Won’t Be Picked Up Monday And Here’s Why

If you live in the city limits of Lake Charles and your trash usually gets picked up on Mondays, you will need to make plans for it not to be picked up this Monday, November 11, 2024.

The big question is since your trash will not be picked up on Monday, then when will it be picked up and why is your trash not going to be picked this week? You may not have realized this yet but the Veterans Day holiday is this Monday, Monday, November 11, 2024. and since it is a national holiday, federal, state, and local agencies will be closed that day.

One such local agency is the city of Lake Charles, Katie Harington with the city said that the city of Lake Charles will be observing the Veterans Day Holiday and that city hall and other services will be closed or suspended that day.

She did give us an insight on the trash schedule and we wanted to pass it along to you. So if your trash gets picked up on Mondays, here is the new schedule.

Kattie Harrington with the city said,

The City of Lake Charles will observe Veterans Day on Monday, November 11, 2024. There will not be any trash or garbage picked up on Monday, November 11, 2024.  

 

Changes in trash and garbage pickup are as follows:

• Trash and garbage normally picked up on Monday will be rescheduled for pickup on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
• Trash and garbage normally picked up on Tuesday will be rescheduled for pickup on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.
• Thursday and Friday routes will remain on their regular scheduled.

All Recycling stations, including the Team Green recycling truck and the Incinerator will be closed on Monday, November 11, 2024. They will resume regular operations on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

For those of you who live in the parish of Calcasieu and have Waste Management picking up your trash, your service will not be interrupted even though the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury offices will be closed on Monday, November 11th, 2024 to observe the holiday.