Storm & Yard Debris Cleanup in Lake Charles, LA

Storm country

This is the service that defines waste work in Lake Charles. The area takes the hurricanes that come off the Gulf - Laura and Delta in 2020 put much of Southwest Louisiana into years of cleanup and rebuilding, and Rita and Ike before them - so storm debris isn't an occasional job here, it's a recurring reality.

After a storm, a property can be buried in downed trees, fencing, ruined drywall and soaked contents all at once, and the volume dwarfs anything a normal week produces. A roll-off lets you clear it in one push rather than dragging load after load to the parish waste center.

Being based locally means that when a storm hits and the whole region needs containers at once, we can respond - and the callers who reach us early get the easier scheduling.

Trees, brush and land clearing

Beyond storms, the everyday tree and clearing work is constant in a place where things grow year-round. The City picks up limited cut brush in four-foot lengths on its trash routes, but a real tree job, a land clearing or a lot cleanup produces far more than that program will take, and a contractor's debris it won't take at all.

Downed trees, large limbs, brush and the debris of a real clearing job are bulky and pile up fast. A container on site clears it in one go, and vegetative debris being bulky but light usually means a 30 or 40 yard.

Keeping clean green waste separate from structural or fence debris keeps its handling efficient and its disposal clean.

Sorting a mixed storm cleanup

Storm cleanups are inherently mixed - vegetation, fencing, drywall, insulation, ruined furniture and appliances all come out together - and a little sorting keeps the disposal clean and the cost down.

Appliances and tires are directed to the parish waste centers rather than the landfill, and household hazardous items - the paint, chemicals and fuels a flooded shed turns up - are barred from any container. We'll help you set aside what has to go elsewhere.

For a big mixed job we'll often stage more than one container so the streams stay sorted and nothing gets dragged over its weight limit.

Wet ground, heavy loads and covered hauls

Stumps and root balls are heavy with the wet gumbo clay clinging to them, so flag those - they can push a load's weight up quickly, like any container carrying dirt or wet debris.

Land-clearing and storm-cleanup placement wants a firm spot clear of the debris being removed, and on the soft, wet Southwest Louisiana ground we take extra care that the container and truck can sit and reach safely.

Every load leaves tarped and secured for the haul - required under Louisiana law, and doubly important with light, loose storm debris on a windy day.

Where we provide this service

We deliver storm & yard debris cleanup across Lake Charles and throughout Calcasieu Parish, plus the surrounding Calcasieu Parish and Southwest Louisiana communities from Sulphur and Westlake to Moss Bluff, Iowa and the towns along I-10.

• Lake Charles, LA
• Sulphur, LA
• Westlake, LA
• Moss Bluff, LA
• Iowa, LA
• Vinton, LA
• DeQuincy, LA
• Carlyss, LA
• Prien, LA
• Gillis, LA
• Bell City, LA
• Starks, LA
• Jennings, LA
• Lacassine, LA
• Ragley, LA