New Orleans awards new waste collection, recycling contracts

The city of New Orleans has awarded new waste collection and recycling contracts to IV Waste and Richard’s Disposal, both based in New Orleans.

The new contracts include a seven-year agreement with the city to provide collection services to residents in Service Areas 1 and 4.

“The awarding of these new contracts shows how we are continuing to make the necessary long-term investments while improving quality of life and making positive progress towards a cleaner, safer and more vibrant city,” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says.

IV Waste will service households in Service Area 1, which includes the Uptown, Lakewood, Hollygrove, Leonidas, Mid-City, Gert Town, Marlyville-Fontainebleau, Black Pearl, Lower Garden District and Central City neighborhoods. Richard’s Disposal will service households in Service Area 4, which includes the Algiers Point, McDonogh, Whitney, Fischer, Behrman, Tall Timbers-Brechtel, Old Aurora and New Aurora-English Turn neighborhoods, as well as the U.S. Naval Base.

The city says IV Waste and Richard’s Disposal will introduce new equipment, a real-time GPS tracking system, a 360-degree view camera system and route management technologies. The agreement will promote the return of curbside recycling and provide new 95-gallon waste and recycling carts to residents who request an additional container as well.

In 2022, IV Waste and Longwood, Florida-based Waste Pro were awarded contracts to provide waste collection and recycling services to Service Areas 2 and 3, respectively, after a settlement between the city and its previous waste hauler, Metro Service Group, was reached.

“Over the past two years, we, as a city, have been on a mission to transform solid waste and recyclable material collection for our residents,” says Matt Torri, New Orleans director of sanitation. “Within the last year, residents in service areas 2 and 3 have seen an immediate return on their investment with a significant reduction in missed collections, as well as the absence of truck leakage throughout their neighborhoods, and these new contracts will bring those same enhanced service levels to areas 1 and 4.”

New Orleans transitioned to a once-a-week collection schedule in 2021, which the new agreement will continue to provide.