Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful and Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources will collaborate to host a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on June 13.
The event aims to help residents properly dispose of household hazardous waste, which is defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as leftover household products that can catch fire, react, or explode under certain circumstances, or that are corrosive or toxic.
The collection will be held at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
“Due to potential environmental impacts, products that fall under the household hazardous waste category cannot simply be tossed in the trash or flushed down the drain,” said Schelly Marlatt, Executive Director of Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful. “They can cause groundwater, lake, or stream pollution, which needlessly harms our local ecosystems and water quality. We hosted our first Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day back in 2018, with that inaugural event serving 800 households and processing more than 30 tons of waste. Last year, with our two 2025 HHW events combined, we served 2,236 households and processed 87 tons of waste – illustrating the significant growth and impact of these events over the last eight years.”…