CONTACT:
Jamie Angelle
337-291-8012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 15, 2021

ICY ROADS PREVENT REPUBLIC SERVICES’ COLLECTION AGAIN TOMORROW

Tuesday-Friday collection delayed one day 

Lafayette, LA – Because of icy road conditions, Republic Services will not run again tomorrow, February 16. Monday customers, whose garbage and recycling were not collected today, will be collected next Monday. For safety reasons, the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) prohibits sanitation workers from working more than six consecutive days. To resume a normal schedule next Monday, workers must have a day of rest on Sunday. Tuesday-Friday collection will be delayed one day.

The following is the schedule for the remainder of the week:

• Tuesday customers will be serviced on Wednesday, February 17
• Wednesday customers will be serviced on Thursday, February 18
• Thursday customers will be serviced on Friday, February 19
• Friday customers will be serviced on Saturday, February 20
• All customers return to the normal collection schedule on Monday, February 22.