Recycle: It's Good for the Earth

Gwinnett County currently handles the solid waste pick up for the unincorporated areas of the county and also for the Peachtree Corners untll the city takes over that service at a later date.

The county has expanded what can be recycled as part of its regular solid waste pickup service. Here's a list of recyclable items:

Aluminum

• Aluminum beverage containers
• Aluminum baking tins
• Aluminum food containers

Cardboard

• Cardboard boxes (broken down)
• Pizza boxes

Glass

• Glass bottles and jars

Junk Mail

• Discarded mail
• Greeting cards
• Envelopes

Kraft Paper

• Paper grocery bags
• Shopping and lunch bags - paper

Magazines

• Magazines and shopping catalogs

Mixed Paper

• Calendars
• School papers
• Carbonless forms - paper

Newspaper

• Newspapers and inserts

Other Paper

• Computer paper
• Old phone directories
• Paperbook books

Paperboard

• Cereal boxes
• Tissue boxes
• Paper towel cores
• Tissue paper cores
• Soda and beer cartons
• Shoe boxes

Plastic

#1: Soda and water bottles
#2: Milk jugs, juice bottles, butter and yogurt tubs
#3: Detergent and household cleaner containers, shampoo, and cooking oil bottles
#4: Only squeezable bottles
#5: Syrup, ketchup, and medicine bottles, straws, and some yogurt containers
#6: Disposable plates and cups, aspirin bottles, CD cases
#7: Three and five-gallon water bottles, certain food containers

If you have items that are not on this list that you want to recycle, check out the recycling directory to find out where you can take certain items to be recycled.

Gwinnett's solid waste haulers use dedicated trucks for recycling and a method called "single stream recycling." This means that recyclables are sorted at the recycling center, not curbside.

Simply throw all of your recycling into one container - be sure to rinse out your cans, bottles, and containers - and your solid waste hauler will sort it all later.

Source: Gwinnett County Recyclable Service