Love the Boot Week
Love the Boot Week

Recycling

During Love the Boot Week, April 18-26, 2026, Coca-Cola has partnered with Keep Louisiana Beautiful to spearhead the recycling of plastic bottles and aluminum cans for litter cleanup events in select parishes. This effort, facilitated by Osprey Initiative, will lead to thousands of bottles and cans being diverted from the landfill. When registering for Love the Boot Week at www.lovetheboot.org, events in eligible parishes can sign up for recycling. 

Coca-Cola is a proud sponsor of Love the Boot. Our bottles and cans can live many lives. Your participation in efforts like this to collect and recycle are fundamental to that process.

Recycling Program Details

Pick-Up

For litter cleanups in the following 16 parishes, Osprey Initiative will coordinate directly with event organizers to pick up recycling from your cleanup.

Acadia, Ascension, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Livingston, Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa

 

Drop-Off

A recycling drop-off pod will be available in the following parishes to collect #1 plastic bottles and aluminum cans picked up at litter cleanups. Groups with registered Love the Boot events in these parishes and the surrounding areas are invited to utilize the recycling drop-off sites. 

Bossier, Ouachita, Rapides

Addresses of drop-off sites will be provided soon.

 

How To Participate

  • Register a Love the Boot Week cleanup event, and select “yes” when asked whether your group is interested in recycling. 
  • A representative from Osprey Initiative will contact you with instructions for either pick-up or drop-off, depending on your location.
  • Osprey will mail to you blue recycling bags and instructional signage to use at your event.
  • At your cleanup, instruct your volunteers to collect only #1 plastic bottles and aluminum cans in the designated recycling bags. Keep these separate from the rest of the litter bags.
  • Depending on your location, Osprey will pick up the recycling bags from you, or you will be responsible for dropping them off at your nearest drop-off site.

Questions about participating in Love the Boot recycling can be directed to [email protected].

Other Recycling Resources

If you are not in one of the above listed parishes, you may still have options to recycle! Recycling varies from community to community, so it’s important to check with your local recycling services on the different options that may be available to you. These may include:

Information about recycling resources by city and parish can be found on the Department of Environmental Quality website. 

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