Household Hazardous Waste: Collection Day
Address: 2405 Sugarloaf Pkwy Lawrenceville, GA 30045
Leap into Spring by getting rid of your household hazardous waste! Join us February 29th from 8:00am to 12:00pm for the 3rd Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day! Gwinnett residents are allowed to bring up to five “containers” of household hazardous waste for FREE! See below for more information on what all you can fit in a “container,” i.e. laundry basket, copy paper box, or similar sized container. ***CONTAINERS WILL NOT BE RETURNED***
So hop to it and bring your HHW items down to Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, located at 2405 Sugarloaf Pkwy in Lawrenceville. This event is brought to you by the Gwinnett Department of Water Resources and Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful.
This is the complete list of what will be accepted at the HHW event:
Aerosol/spray pesticides
Automotive products (engine degreaser, brake fluid, transmission fluid, antifreeze, etc.)
Cleaners, corrosives, spot removers, acids and bases
Aerosol/spray paint
Auto batteries
Batteries (household and rechargeable)
Chlorinated solvents
Cooking oil and grease
Fire extinguishers
Flammables (lighter fluid and waste fuels (kerosene, gasoline, diesel fuel, etc.)
Fluorescent bulbs and ballasts
Insecticides
Latex and water based paints
Lawn care products
Mercury
Mercury salts and elemental mercury thermometers
Oil based paint and stains
Oxidizers
Pesticides
Poisons
Propane cylinders
Solvents and varnishes
Thermostats and other mercury containing items
Thinners and paint strippers
Weed killer
Wood preservatives
Items we will NOT be accepting include:
Ammunition
Radioactive Waste
Pharmaceuticals
Biomedical/biohazard waste
Residents are allowed to bring up to 5 of these
types of containers each.
A “container” is not just one item, but a box or basket worth of items. See images below as a guide on acceptable items and containers. Image without a container is acceptable amount of what would fit into a container. ***Please bring items in a disposable container – containers will not be returned to the residents***
