Mark your Calendar for our 14th Annual America Recycles Day (ARD)

Join the Global Paint for Charity to celebrate our 14th annual America Recycles Day (ARD) with our partners, the Gwinnett Solid Waste Management and Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful, at Gwinnett County Fairgrounds (at 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA) Parking Lot on Saturday, November 8th, 2025, from 9:00am until noon.

Gwinnett County residents can drop off items typically more challenging to recycle, such as latex, oil-based paint, electronics, and tires. The event aims to keep the county beautiful and sustainable, with an expected attendance of 500-3,000 people and partner organizations. The goal is to recycle over 6,000 gallons of paint to support our mission.

If you have leftover or unused paint from home renovation projects, you can bring it for proper disposal and to support free paint donation programs worldwide.

Here are some essential things to remember before you come:

– Oil-based and Latex paint will be accepted and limited to 10 gallons per vehicle

– Ensure the lid of the containers is tightly sealed

– Other accepted items include

– Paper shredding is limited to five copier paper boxes

– Tires without rims are limited to eight tires per vehicle; no dealer tires

– Electronics recycling is free except for TVs, monitors, and printers – ($35 cash fee per projection/console TV; $15 cash fee per computer monitor or TV; $5 cash fee per printer)

Electronics commonly recycled include CD/DVD players, cable equipment, cameras/camcorders, cash registers, cellphones, circuit boards, computers, copiers, fax machines, hard drives, keyboards, laptops, mainframes, mice, monitors, POS equipment, printers, scanners, security equipment, servers, speakers, telephone systems, televisions, terminals, typewriters, and VCR players.

– All attendees should remain in their vehicles, and recycled items should be placed in disposable containers or boxes

For more information, please call the Solid Waste Call Center at 770.822.7141 or Global Paint for Charity at 855-853-7772.

America

Recycles Day, celebrated every November since 1997, aims to unite

communities to keep the planet clean and beautiful. Volunteer

opportunities are available for individuals, families, and groups from

7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will receive a complimentary America

Recycles Day T-shirt, masks, gloves, and a safety vest. For volunteer

registration, visit https://www.globalpaints.org/volunteer/ or the

Gwinnett County Government site at

https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0024&console_type=event.

Dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers collect paint from residents.

Photo courtesy: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful

To learn more about organizing a Paint Drive in your community, visit www.globalpaints.org

October 2nd 2025