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Aluminum Foil & Pans - Clean

Aluminum foil and pans are baking dishes, pie tins, and other mid-weight aluminum ovenware designed for short-term use.

Free of food and grease/oil for recycling. Paper-lined foil belongs in trash.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Berkeley Recycling Center 669 Gilman St.
(corner of 2nd & Gilman)
Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off, Buyback Drop-off Aluminum foil must be separate from aluminum scrap and cans; it should be free of food. Bi-metal cans, primarily pet food cans, may be added to aluminum foil at the drop-off. Aluminum scrap includes foil, signs, aluminum windows, aluminum shavings, rims, scraps, car and bicycle parts. Berkeley Recycling will purchase your aluminum scrap, or accept it at the drop-off.
Concord/Pleasant Hill Recycling Center 1320 Galaxy Way Concord Recycle Free Drop-off
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center 7501 Schmidt Ln. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off Scrap Aluminum bin.
Republic Services, Inc. 42600 Boyce Road Fremont Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station 41149 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Separate recyclables and deposit into marked containers at facility
Aaron Metals (Hayward) 25101 Clawiter Rd Hayward Recycle Buyback Drop-off Aluminum pans okay, no foil.
Fry's Metals 1845 W. Winton Ave. Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
Refund Recycling Center 2680 Old First St. Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off
Elite Recycling Services (Newark) 37530 Enterprise Ct.
Suite #5
Newark Recycle Free Pick-up
Waste Management of Alameda County 172 98th Ave. Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial waste hauling service
Civicorps Recycling 101 Myrtle St. Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Aaron Metals (Oakland) 750 105th Ave Oakland Recycle Buyback Drop-off Aluminum pans okay, no foil.
CASS (Custom Alloy) 2730 Peralta St. Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off
California Waste Solutions (CWS) 1820 10th St. Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Mt. Diablo Recycling 1300 Loveridge Road Pittsburg Recycle Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity
Pittsburg Recycling Center (Recycling Zone Inc.) 181A Clark Avenue Pittsburg Recycle Free Drop-off
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Charron Metals Corp 1720 Monterey Road San Jose Recycle Free Drop-off
ALCO Metals (San Jose) 1788 Rogers Ave San Jose Recycle Free Drop-off, Buyback Drop-off Call for current buyback prices. Pick up is available for large quantities.
Elite Recycling Services (San Jose) 175 Tully Rd San Jose Recycle Free Pick-up

Curbside Service

Recycling Note
Alameda
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Albany
Free of food and grease/oil, otherwise the foil and pans belongs in the trash.
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Berkeley
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash. Paper-lined foil belongs in trash.
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Dublin
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Emeryville
Free of food and grease/oil, otherwise the foil and pans belongs in the trash.
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Fremont
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Hayward
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Livermore
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Newark
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Oakland
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Piedmont
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Pleasanton
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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San Leandro
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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Union City
Free of food and grease/oil, or it belongs in the trash.
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