Why did Gwinnett County implement a new garbage plan?
• Cleaner neighborhoods: About 20,000 homes previously did not use waste collection services at all. • Environmental sustainability: A single hauler provides service to each neighborhood, reducing truck traffic and pollution. Now homeowners can recycle 35 different materials as part of their regular solid waste pick-up service. State law requires the County to update its solid waste management plan every 10 years and to work toward reducing the solid waste deposited in landfills. • More efficient and cost-effective: The one-hauler system is more efficient, cost-effective, and better for roads than having multiple trucks crisscrossing neighborhoods. The standard service fee is the same in all districts with the majority of residents seeing a decrease in monthly service fees.
