Looking for volunteer opportunities in Gwinnett County that will help you help the planet? Want to join our team of citizens working to advance recycling in our community? We’d love to have you!
Gwinnett Recycles is a grassroots organization made up of citizen volunteers. Following us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) is the best way to be the first to hear about new volunteer activities and events. You can also sign up for our newsletter to get updates.
There are lots of ways to volunteer!
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Contacting your commissioner
Make your voice heard to our county leaders by contacting your commissioner about waste issues, like the need for convenient drop-off recycling facilities and more recycling education! We have links to all the contact information, plus template letters, to make it easy.
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Blogging for our website
Do you like to write? Blog articles can be a page or two long and on a topic of your choosing related to reducing, reusing, recycling, composting, donating, upcycling, etc. The goal is to help readers learn an important fact or two! Check out our past blog posts for reference.
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Assisting with graphic design
Calling all creatives! Throughout the year, graphic design needs arise. You might help create a flyer, poster, or graphics for the website or social media.
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Helping maintain our online directory for recycling and donation opportunities
Perfect for those who enjoy research! Our recycling and donation directory is comprehensive and needs to be regularly reviewed and refreshed, including adding additional items and drop-off options. This involves some Internet searching and sometimes phone calls.
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Hosting a documentary viewing night
Some of our best get-togethers as a group have been documentary nights, where we gather at a Gwinnett Recycles member’s home to watch a sustainability-themed documentary film. You host and pick the movie and we’ll bring the snacks!
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Organizing a facility tour
Who doesn’t love a field trip? We’ve learned a lot from our group tours of facilities like the Snellville Recycling Center, Center for Hard to Recycle Materials in Atlanta, WestRock materials recovery facility (MRF) in Marietta, and the Novus Solutions electronics recycling plant in Marietta. We need volunteers to find cool places in the area for us to tour and work with facility managers to arrange our group’s visit.
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Organizing a litter cleanup
Litter cleanups are a Gwinnett Recycles tradition. Through a few hours of teamwork on a nice day (or a rainy one — we’ve had fun with those too), we get to leave our community cleaner than we found it and prevent trash from entering ocean-bound streams and rivers. We need volunteers to look out for littered roads, pick a date to have the cleanup, and take trash and/or recycling home for disposal at the end of the cleanup. A one or two mile stretch of road that is not already adopted and is safe for pedestrians is ideal for a cleanup. Connect with Come Clean Gwinnett to join or schedule a community cleanup!
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Helping with booths at community events
Up for talking with neighbors about recycling? Volunteering at one of our educational booths is one of the most direct and satisfying ways to make an impact. Keep an eye on our calendar for dates to show up and help, and let us know if there’s an event in your part of Gwinnett that might provide a good audience for our message.
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Coordinating a presentation to a neighborhood group
If you know of a group in the community that gathers 30+ residents together and invites speakers, please get in touch. We can arrange to come and present a “how to recycle in Gwinnett” presentation that residents will find useful and informative!
Thanks for considering contributing your valuable time and talents to our cause. When you’re ready to volunteer, contact us at gwinnettrecycles@gmail.com to let us know how you’d like to get involved!