Household Hazardous Waste: Collection Day

Summertime is here! So join us July 20 from 8:00am to 12:00pm for the 2nd Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day! Gwinnett residents are allowed to bring up to five “containers” each 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.

So beat the heat 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.