Georgia's Gwinnett County to Host Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day July 22

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - June 27, 2023 - PRLog -- In February 2023, Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful (GC&B) and Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources (DWR) hosted the first Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day of the year. As a result, over the course of just four hours, the two organizations and the 50 volunteers they had engaged served 949 Gwinnett County neighbors. They collected 50.76 tons of household hazardous waste for recycling or proper disposal – that's roughly the weight of an adult humpback whale. On Saturday, July 22, GC&B and DWR will team up again for the second installment of this biannual event. Predicting an even bigger response from Gwinnett County neighbors due to warmer temperatures, the two organizations have issued a call for volunteers ahead of the event, to be hosted at Gwinnett County Fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

"As is the case with most of our events, volunteers are vital to the success of our July Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day," said Schelly Marlatt, Executive Director for Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful. "We're expecting well over a thousand cars to move through the Fairgrounds lot during a three-hour period, so we need the help of volunteers to direct traffic, keep cars moving from one station to the next, haul items from attendees' vehicles, break down boxes, and get their neighbors back on the road to enjoy the rest of what we hope will be a beautiful summer day. Not only will we be helping Gwinnett County residents rid their homes of Household Hazardous Waste – like pesticides, weed killers, and expired fire extinguishers – but we'll also be diverting those items from our local landfills, where they could potentially seep into our groundwater and flow downstream. When you consider that, our volunteers are heroes… they're saving the planet, one household at a time!"

To sign on as a volunteer for this and future events, Marlatt encourages interested individuals and groups to visit Volunteer Gwinnett (https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=00...). As for participants at the event, attendees are permitted to bring up to five containers of household waste. Containers must be the size of a copy paper box or laundry basket, and they cannot be returned once removed from the car. Visit https://gwinnettcb.org/events/household-hazardous-waste-c... to view the list of items that will be accepted at the event. Items that will NOT be collected include Ammunition, Radioactive Waste, Pharmaceuticals, and Biomedical/biohazard waste. Gwinnett County Fairgrounds is located at 2405 Sugarloaf Pkwy in Lawrenceville, and volunteers are asked to report at 7 a.m.