Trash Continues To Pile Up As Recycling Collection Suspended In Gwinnett County

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Republic Services announced Tuesday that it was suspending recycling, bulky item and yard waste collections in unincorporated Gwinnett County until their workforce begins to normalize.

“We apologize for the inconvenience this temporary service interruption is causing residents,” the company said in a statement. “Like many industries all over the country, we are trying to manage a severe manpower shortage. The COVID Omicron variant continues to hit our operations hard; we currently have approximately 20 percent of our Gwinnett workforce on quarantine.”

On Tuesday the company had fallen so behind schedule that its workers could only collect household trash.

County commissioners at a recent meeting said that residents have been calling and emailing, saying the problem had gotten much worse, reported the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

In the past week, Republic has missed trash pickups at about 8,000 households, said county spokesman Joe Sorenson, reported the AJC.

Read more at the AJC.com.

Republic customers in Gwinnett can drop off their recycling, bulky items or household trash to a free drop-off site at one of the following locations:

• Recyclable Materials Only – 75 Curtis Road, Lawrenceville, GA (Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.)
• Household Trash/Bulky Items – 51 Patrick Mill Road SW, Winder, GA (Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday 6 a.m. – noon)
• Household Trash/Bulky Items – Richland Creek Landfill, 5691 S Richland Creek Road, Buford, GA (Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday 6 a.m. – noon)
• Household Trash/Bulky Items – Oak Grove Landfill, 937 Carl Bethlehem Road, Winder, GA (Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday 6 a.m. – noon)