Negotiations between the St. Landry Parish Landfill and Evangeline Parish officials could lead to a deal that would allow the landfill to take in Evangeline Parish's residential waste, resulting in more revenue and funding for St. Landry Parish and the future projects.

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) -- Negotiations between the St. Landry Parish Landfill and Evangeline Parish officials could lead to a deal that would allow the landfill to take in Evangeline Parish's residential waste, resulting in more revenue and funding for St. Landry Parish and the future projects.

Executive director for St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Richard LeBouef says this process began just weeks ago when the solid waste commission received a letter from the Evangeline Parish solid waste commission.

"Stating that in July of 2025, their contract with the present dump site was going to expire as well as their waste hauler," said LeBouef.

With Evangeline Parish's contract expiring as well as increasing in cost for a renewal, LeBouef says the St. Landry Parish commission was asked to take in their residential waste beginning when the contract expires; adding up to about 14,000 tons of waste per year.

"Last year we took 94,500 of just within St Landry Parish and we're permitted for 130,000. So, what we take in a day and a half is what they would bring in in a month. Evangeline and Avoyelles parish are in our permit," LeBouef explained.

LeBouef says the permit allowing them to work with Evangeline Parish has been in place since 1984.

In fact, St. Landry and Evangeline parishes previously had a deal like this that lasted nearly 20 years and resulted in almost $14 million being brought into the parish and it's 12 municipalities.

"That was from just Evangeline Parish garbage back in the day coming in here," said LeBouef.

With plenty of space in the landfill to take on the additional waste as well as room to grow, LeBouef and Parish President Jessie Bellard says these negotiations will not put strain on the parish and will present the opportunity for additional money that will be used on parish projects.

"Is the money that we will receive from this deal is going to go straight to code enforcement and clean up throughout the parish. We are already doing that now. This is just going to enhance it and make it better for the parish," Bellard.

While no deal is in place yet, St. Landry parish solid waste commission has approved the negotiation process to begin.

Depending on how negotiations proceed, a deal could be reached to begin the waste collection in the summer of 2025.

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