Month: January 2022

Once every 10 years, the Georgia General Assembly modifies the district boundaries for various governing bodies, such as county boards of commissioners, so that each elected official represents roughly the same number of people. The purpose of redrawing political districts is to rebalance representation following the U.S. Census count based on the principle of one person, one vote. According to the 2020 Census, Gwinnett County’s population grew by approximately 150,000 residents over the last decade.
Georgia legislators grant local governments the opportunity to propose their own maps for consideration by the General Assembly. In order to obtain public input, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners hosted a series of open houses in each commission district to learn what matters most to residents when it comes to redistricting.
The County took these preferences into account while working with the General Assembly’s Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office to draft the proposed commission district map. As a result, the proposed map keeps geographic areas together with more compact districts and creates districts that closely represent the makeup of the most diverse county in the state.
The Georgia General Assembly plans to address local government redistricting during the upcoming session that starts January 10 for new district lines to be in place by the next election cycle. Ultimately, the Georgia General Assembly will make the final decision on a new commission district map for Gwinnett County.
View the proposed district mapView the current district map

Republic Services’ trash and recycling customers in unincorporated Gwinnett County can expect uninterrupted, on-schedule trash collection, but due to the significant impact that a spike in COVID-19 infections is having on Republic’s workforce, recycling services will be suspended until Republic’s workforce begins to normalize. Bulky items and yard waste pickup are also suspended temporarily. On-schedule trash collection remains a top priority.
During this temporary service interruption, Republic Services customers in Gwinnett County may take their recycling or household trash to a drop-off site at one of the following locations:

Recyclable Materials – 75 Curtis Road, Lawrenceville, GA
Household Trash – 51 Patrick Mill Road SW, Winder, GA
Household Trash – Richland Creek Landfill, 5691 S Richland Creek Road, Buford, GA
Household Trash – Oak Grove Landfill, 937 Carl Bethlehem Road, Winder, GA

Republic Services provided the following message to its Gwinnett customers: We apologize for the inconvenience this temporary service interruption is causing residents. Like many industries all over the country, we are trying to manage a severe manpower shortage. The COVID Omicron variant continues to hit our operations hard; we currently have approximately 20 percent of our Gwinnett workforce on quarantine. There will continue to be temporary service disruptions for recycling, bulk materials and yard waste in the coming days. We ask for and appreciate your patience as we work to get past these issues.