Request a Free Recycling Cart!

Request a Free Recycling Cart!
Request a Free Recycling Cart!

Want to upgrade your plain ‘ol recycling bin to a 65-gallon recycling cart on wheels — for free? Of course you do! If you live in unincorporated Gwinnett County, you can now call your hauler to request a 65-gallon cart to replace your existing recycling bin. Find your hauler below and call today!

  • Advanced Disposal (now Waste Management): 678-684-1493
  • Republic Services: 678-963-2800
  • Sanitation Solutions: 770-886-7323
  • Southern Sanitation: 770-554-6450
  • Waste Pro: 770-451-9395

Don’t know your hauler? Call Gwinnett County Solid Waste Management at 770-822-7141 to request the cart.

By switching to a cart, you’ll enjoy a little more convenience — no longer having to lift the bin and carry it to the end of your driveway — and you’ll help the recycling system at large. Waste collectors have one of the most dangerous jobs in America, and carts protect them by allowing them to stay in the cab, safe from traffic, and minimize manual lifting and twisting. Covered carts shelter paper and cardboard from wet weather that can soak them and make them non-recyclable, and contain lightweight items so they don’t blow away and create litter. Carts also allow you to recycle much more: On average, a total of 450 pounds of recyclables per year! This makes recycling even better for the environment, since the trucks will be driving through your neighborhood anyway.

Says Cody Marshall of the Recycling Partnership, an organization that promotes access to recycling throughout the country and helps communities adopt cart-based recycling programs, “Cart-based recycling increases the amount of recyclables collected. David Alloway with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality always says that the purpose of recycling is to reduce pollution and conserve resources. The more we recycle, the more we reduce pollution and conserve resources. It’s directly connected to greenhouse gas, water and energy savings. The 433,000 carts the Recycling Partnership has deployed over the past four years equates to 164,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide avoided.”

When you get your covered recycling cart, or even if you decide to stick with a bin, be sure to keep it free of contaminants. Take a visual quiz on recycling contamination!

About Gwinnett Recycles: Gwinnett Recycles is focused on helping Gwinnett County, the second-largest county in the state of Georgia, reduce, reuse, compost, and recycle more material and keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Gwinnett Recycles is run 100% independently by citizen volunteers. To connect with us and support our efforts, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, subscribe to our newsletter, and consider volunteering with us!

8 Comments

  • RT Posted July 9, 2019 1:51 pm

    That’s a lie.
    Its July 2019…we’ve requested more than 5 times. Still have not received one. Just called again. Supposed to be here 07/12/2019

    Reply
    • Laura Posted July 9, 2019 3:15 pm

      Please reach out to Gwinnett County Solid Waste with this issue. Their phone number is 770-822-7141.

      Reply
  • C Posted July 27, 2019 6:48 pm

    Same issue here. We have requested a bin more than 3 times and still don’t have one.

    Reply
    • Laura Posted July 29, 2019 6:10 am

      Sorry to hear! Please contact Gwinnett County Solid Waste at 770-822-7141.

      Reply
  • Natalie Woodley Posted January 23, 2022 10:09 pm

    Where can I get. Recycling bins I need two of them one for myself and one for my daughter that lives next door too me

    Reply
    • Laura Posted January 24, 2022 8:14 am

      Hi Natalie! To request a recycling bin, please call your trash hauler (listed above) or contact Gwinnett County Government Solid Waste at 770.822.7141 or gcsolidwaste@gwinnettcounty.com. Happy recycling!

      Reply
  • A. Lacy Posted July 19, 2022 2:01 pm

    We’ve requested a cart and at least 3 times and still no cart. We also don’t get our yard waste picked up and have to end up dragging it from the curb and putting it in our trash bin what he then leaves no room for actual trash

    Reply
    • Laura Posted July 24, 2022 6:26 pm

      Sorry to hear! Please contact Gwinnett County Solid Waste at 770-822-7141.

      Reply

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