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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| Dress Best For Less Boutique |
4020 Piedmont Ave (Retail Store - donation drop-offs not accepted at store) |
Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Resellable condition only. | |
| Urban Ore | 900 Murray St. | Berkeley | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland |
2201 Broadway Suite 600 |
Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Books for babies-12th gr, softly used. | |
| Rescued Treasures | 1270-I Newell Ave. | Walnut Creek | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Savers | 875 Main St | Redwood City | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Easter Hill United Methodist Church Thrift Store | 3601 Cutting Blvd. | Richmond | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Centro de Servicios Thrift Store | 525 H St | Union City | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Books to Prisoners Programs | Reuse | Free Drop-off, Free Mail-in | ||||
| Goodwill (North Oakland) | 6624 San Pablo Ave | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Bolerium Books |
2141 Mission St. Suite 300 |
San Francisco | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off | Purveyors of rare and out-of print books, posters, and ephemera on social movements | |
| Treasures Hospice Thrift Shop (1539 Washington Ave.) | 1539 Washington Ave. | San Leandro | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) | 2615 Davis St. | San Leandro | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Reuse drop-off area | |
| Salvation Army Store | 1806 Linda Dr. | Pleasant Hill | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Savers | 3510 Homestead St | Santa Clara | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center | 7501 Schmidt Ln. | El Cerrito | Reuse | Drop-off for a Fee | Good condition: Exchange Zone. Torn/tattered: Mixed Paper bin or Discover Books Bin. Must be clean and dry. Fees apply for quantities of 1/4 cubic yard or more. | |
| Hope Thrift (Fremont) | 41200 Blacow Rd | Fremont | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Bandung Books | 2289 International Blvd | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | BOOK donation requests: Black Feminism and Feminist Theory Labor Movement and Worker Organizing. Leftest Theory(writings on Marxism, Socialism, Anarchism,ect), Autonomy, Self Determination, and Decolonization. Black, Indigenous People of Color Authors from the Bay Area, Abolition and Transformative Justice.Libros en Espanol | |
| Goodwill (San Rafael) | 809 Lincoln Ave | San Rafael | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| The Thrifty Kitty | 1509 Webster St | Alameda | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Only Comic books in good condition, any genre. |
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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