Every new Gwinnett resident hits the same short list of logistical questions in the first month. Here's the plain-English version, with links to where you actually go to handle each one.
Trash and Recycling: You Don't Pick a Provider
Unlike some Georgia counties where residents shop around for a private hauler, Gwinnett County runs its own solid waste management program for most residential customers, and the county has a specific "start new service" process for new residents to get their cart service set up rather than signing with an outside company.
Water and Sewer
Gwinnett County Water Resources handles water and sewer service directly for most of the county, and the department publishes its own resident-responsibility guidance covering what's the county's job to maintain versus what falls on the homeowner — worth a read once you've closed, since it covers things like who's responsible for the line running from the meter to the house.
Vehicle Registration and Tags
New residents need to register vehicles and get Georgia tags fairly quickly after moving, and that process runs through the Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner's office, which publishes its own new-residents guide covering what's needed and the timeline to get it done.
The New Citizen Checklist Worth Bookmarking
The county publishes an actual "New Citizen Checklist" that bundles most of this — utilities, registration, voter registration, and more — into one reference page, and it's genuinely the fastest way to get oriented instead of hunting department by department.