Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful to Celebrate America Recycles Day with November Community Recycling Event

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Rezul -- Commemorated annually on November 15 by millions all across the nation, America Recycles Day is a Keep America Beautiful (KAB) initiative that promotes recycling. It's a day to spread the word about how recycling reduces waste, saves energy, and conserves precious resources. For Gwinnett County's contribution to the celebration, KAB affiliate Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful (GC&B) will partner with Gwinnett County Solid Waste Management to host an America Recycles Day event at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds on Saturday, November 7 from 9AM to noon.

"At Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful, we are all about Connecting People and Resources for a Sustainable Gwinnett," said Schelly Marlatt, Executive Director of the eco-focused nonprofit. "Each year, our America Recycles Day event serves as a shining example of our mission in action. We bring our neighbors together with Solid Waste Management, haulers, and a variety of recycling partners. Unfortunately, we can't host events like this every month. When Gwinnett County citizens aren't sure where to take hard-to-recycle items that aren't accepted curbside, I encourage them to use the Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful website as a resource. On our recycling page, they can type the material they're trying to recycle into our search bar, and they'll be directed to a number of locations that accept them."

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Items that will be collected include:
  • Paper for shredding – participants are asked to limit their paper to five copier paper boxes
  • Electronics – Recycling is free except for TVs, monitors, and printers – ($15 cash fee per monitor or regular TV; $5 cash fee per printer). Projectors/Console TVs will be accepted for a $35 cash fee
  • Paint – Oil-based and latex paint will be accepted during the event, but participants are asked to limit their paint to 10 gallons per vehicle. Empty or rusted paint cans will not be accepted, and cans must contain at least 25% wet paint to be recycled
  • Tires – Participants are asked to limit their drop-off to 8 tires per vehicle. No dealer tires will be accepted, and tires must have rims removed and be free of water and debris
  • Gently Used Clothes and Sneakers
Participants should bear in mind that boxes and containers will NOT be returned, so they may wish to use disposable containers for their collected items. To ensure another successful America Recycles Day (https://gwinnettcb.org/events/america-recycles-day/) event this year, Marlatt has issued a call for volunteers. Anyone 16 and older who is interested in volunteering can register at https://cerv.is/0024x5496. Volunteers should plan to be on-site from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gwinnett County Fairgrounds is located at 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville. Participants should enter at the traffic light off Sugarloaf Parkway.

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Source: Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful
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