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Read this if thinking about why, how, and where to declutter books in your collection in the Bay Area.
Vendors
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Method | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighter Beginnings (Oakland Artthaus Center) |
2744 E. 11th Street Suite H01 |
Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | parenting, pregnancy, & children's books | |
| UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland |
2201 Broadway Suite 600 |
Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Books for babies-12th gr, softly used. | |
| Civicorps Recycling | 101 Myrtle St. | Oakland | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| 2 A Good Cause | 530 Midcrest Rd | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | especially children’s . Works with large quantities, businesses and organizations. | |
| Oakland Public Library (81st Ave Branch) | 1021 81st Ave | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Goodwill (Oakland - MacArthur) | 3525 MacArthur Blvd | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse |
4695 Telegraph Ave. (drop-off at loading dock on Shattuck Ave between 46th and 47th streets) |
Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | art, coffee table, picture heavy. In good shape with covers, no mildew. | |
| Dan F Webb Bookstore | 322 15th St | Oakland | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off | ||
| Once Upon A Child (Newark) | 39644 Cedar Blvd | Newark | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off | Pregnancy, Parenting and children's books | |
| Hope Services (Mountain View) | 460 East Middlefield Rd | Mountain View | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Curently not accepting any donations at this location due to COVID | |
| Goodwill (Mountain View) | 855 E. El Camino Real | Mountain View | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Friends of the Moraga Library Bookstore | 1500 St Marys Rd | Moraga | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Women's Prison Book Project |
c/o Boneshaker Books 2002 23rd Ave S |
Minneapolis | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Most prisons do not allow hardcovers. Most requested: self-help, dictionaries, activity books (guided journals, soduku, coloring), arts & crafts (knitting, origami, how-to-draw, crochet), horror/fantasy/sci-fi, cookbooks, books in Spanish, romance, mysteries/thrillers. No tears/yellowing, writing inside. | |
| Friends of the Martinez Library | 740 Court St. | Martinez | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Tri Valley Haven Thrift Store | 116 N L St | Livermore | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store (Livermore) | 1817 2nd Street | Livermore | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| The Haven Thrift Store (Tri-Valley) | 116 North L St | Livermore | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Goodwill (Livermore) |
1374 Railroad Ave (Livermore Arcade Shopping Center) |
Livermore | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Discover Books Bin Drop-off Locator | 7041 Las Positas Road | Livermore | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Reuse | |
| Way Side Inn Thrift Shop | 3521 Golden Gate Way | Lafayette | Reuse | Free Drop-off |
Curbside Service
| Bulky Pickup | Note | ||
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| Alameda |
Bundled & labeled for reuse/donation. Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up. ### |
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| Albany | |||
| Berkeley | |||
| Castro Valley Sanitary District |
Separate and label good/working condition items for donation as part of your Bulky & Reuse Pick-up set out. ### |
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| Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) | |||
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| San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) | |||
| San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) | |||
| Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) | |||
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