Recycling Information
For the Recycling program to benefit everyone, we must all recycle properly.
There are 52 brown containers in various locations on BAFB. Only the following are allowed in the brown containers: corrugated cardboard, brown bags, office paper, junk mail, newspaper, mixed paper, magazines, catalogs, phonebooks and any other paper product. These items need to be flattened. Additionally, at the recycling center, we have provided three separate containers for the collection of aluminum cans, ferrous scrap metal/tin cans and glass bottles. Containers are clearly marked. Please use them properly as mixing of the items creates more work and no benefit. Do not leave items that do not fit within the containers.
The following items are trash and not accepted in any of the recycling containers: Glass, lumber, wood, pallets, furniture, bricks, Styrofoam, scrap metal, construction debris, yard waste, ceramics, lightbulbs, mattresses, mirrors, fabrics.
Illegal dumping at the recycling center or anywhere on base is a punishable offence. Surveillance systems are operable and individuals observed dumping will be reported to the security forces and their commanders. In addition to the base penalties, Louisiana state laws recently increased littering/dumping fines: $150.00 for first offence to $1,000.00 for the subsequent offences.
Fines for improperly disposing of larger litter, like furniture and appliances could reach up to $10,000.00.