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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 | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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| UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland |
2201 Broadway Suite 600 |
Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Books for babies-12th gr, softly used. | |
| Urban Ore | 900 Murray St. | Berkeley | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Waste Management of Alameda County | 172 98th Ave. | Oakland | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial waste hauling service | |
| Way Side Inn Thrift Shop | 3521 Golden Gate Way | Lafayette | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| West County Detention Facility Library | 5555 Giant Hwy | Richmond | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| White Pony Express |
3380 Vincent Road #107 |
Pleasant Hill | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Gently used and new condition | |
| 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. | |
| Wonderland Books | 7511 Fairmount Ave. | El Cerrito | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off | ||
| Youth Homes Auxiliary Thrift Shop | 15 B Vivian Dr. | Pleasant Hill | Reuse | Free Drop-off |
Curbside Service
| Bulky Pickup | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Piedmont | |||
| Pleasanton | |||
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| San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) | |||
| San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) | |||
| Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) | |||
| Union City |
