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2nd District - 658-6020 main; 658-6029 QOL Officer Edgar Staehle
3rd District - 658-6030..QOL Officer Patrick Smith
4th District - 658-6040..Officer Chetley Ballex
5th District - 658-6050..Officer Spencer
6th District - 658-6060..Officer Joseph Joia
7th District - 658-6070 main
8th District - 658-6080..Officer Colin Munster
Police Department - Quality of Life Officers

Dumping: The following sites receive waste and debris for a fee:
-Construction debris and woody waste debris -- Gentilly C&D Landfill, 1200 Almonaster Blvd., and at the Highway 90 C&D Landfill, 5000 Highway 90 in Avondale, LA
-Garbage and other waste can be disposed at the River Birch Landfill, 2000 South Kenner Road in Avondale, LA

Recycling:

Phoenix Recycling is offering curbside recycling to the city of New Orleans.To make it possible, they need to have enough people sign up. The fee is $15 a month, with a $1 discount for neighborhood association members. We will lower the price as more people join. Contact your neighborhood organization for group discounts. Phoenix will provide the bins and will collect twice a month. For more info, e-mail phoenix.recycling@gmail.com or call 504-914-0739

City of New Orleans Sanitation Department's recycling guide 299-3670

Aluminum drinking can recycling project at Sacred Heart. Cans may be dropped off in the recycling bins on Carondelet Street behind the school at 4521 St. Charles. We will soon have newspaper recycling too. Cissy Poindexter Tpoindexter1@aol.com

Recycle newspapers and magazines in parking lot of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, corner of Louisiana and Chestnut, there are bins.

You can recycle your newspapers, metal scrap, cardboard, copper, paper, aluminum, and all personal electronic devices (including cell phones) at The Green Project, 2831 Marais St. [map] during business hours: Tue-Sat, 9-4. phone (504) 945-0240

Newman School is now recycling aluminum cans. 24/7 drop off on the corner of Dufossat and Daneel streets . Questions? Contact Stanford at (rosst2@newmanschool.org).

Tire Disposal:
-Citizens can bring up to 20 tires at anytime to tire collections sites free of charge.
-Tires are accepted 6 days a week (Monday thru Saturday) from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
-Drop off locations: 10200 Gentilly Road, 2301 Hendsee St., 2829 Elysian Fields
-One tire per pickup date per household will be taken away the second day of your garbage collection.

Alkaline batteries can be dropped off for proper disposal at the City Sanitation department’s transfer station, 2829 Elysian Fields.*

Both area Whole Foods Markets (5600 Magazine St.; 3420 Veterans Blvd., Metairie) accept discarded cell phones, empty inkjet cartridges and plastic grocery bags for recycling.*

Bead Recycling:
~ St. Michael's at 1522 Chippewa St., 524-7285.
~ The N.O. Sierra Club & The Arc of Greater N. O. 5700 Loyola Ave. For more info call:Jane Wilson at 897-0134 jwilson9189@juno.com or Vance Levesque 416-8710 arccontroller@bellsouth.net
~ The STRIVE Center at 1139 Napoleon Avenue, 895-2557 is gratefully accepting EVERYTHING (beads, cups, doubloons, stuffed toys, etc.)!! The ARC will also be accepting beads in front of the zoo during Earth Fest, March 17 & 18 ... bring a bag and get a discount deal as well.

*Some recyling info was provided by New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles.

An expansive directory of eco-friendly products. www.greenpeople.org

Type in your zip code and get a listing of where to recycle in your area, from paper & plastics … to motorcycle oil and electronics.www.earth911.org

Fun eco-tips, and the opportunity to buy these fabulous, incredibly chic bags - MADE FROM 100% POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED PLASTIC BOTTLES - (so that you can stop using all that tacky, icky plastic)! www.earthchic.com

Environmental Health Department Complaints:
Main 658-2596
1st District - 565-7500
2nd District - 896-4700
3rd District -826-1585
4th District - 364-4000
5th District - 941-4400
6th District - 565-7515
7th District - 241-4600
8th District - 565-7530

Mowing Public Spaces: Parks & Parkways could use volunteers to assist in maintainenance of public green spaces. Contact Anne McDonald 658-2176 or aemacdonald@cityofno.com

Call the state's toll-free hotline, 1 (888) LITRBUG, to report littering. If caught and convicted, litterers face a minimum $75 fine.

To join in YOUR neighborhood's efforts see... Neighborhood Organization Contacts

Neighborhood Debris Removal Contacts: Call 311 or 731-8627,
Orleans Parish:
800-849-1355 or 504-658-2299
Jefferson Parish:
888-376-2220 or 985-359-3016

Section 66-287...The owner, his agent or occupant, of all premises shall be responsible to take up or cause to be taken up all aggregate sweeping of garbage, trash, litter, grass cuttings, leaves and other waste materials from the premises, sidewalks and abutting property, including the space beyond the curb line in front, extending 1-1/2 feet from the curb line into the street or roadway and in the rear and along side thereof such premises owned or occupied so that such sweepings shall not under any circumstances reach the drains, gutters, streets or roadways. The owner, his agent, or occupant shall be responsible to have all sweepings placed into containers sufficient to prevent such sweeping from being scattered by the wind and placed out on the days designated for collection.