The cost of extending curbside recycling to unincorporated parts of the parish would have cost city and non-city residents $5.11 a month, based on the lowest bid, an increase of $2.69 for city ...

A no-bid recycling contract worth $1.1 million a year coupled with a five-year extension of the existing garbage contract worth $14.7 million a year was approved Tuesday by the Lafayette City-Parish ...