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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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| Salvation Army (Alameda) | 1918 Park St. | Alameda | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Resellable condition only. | |
| SCRAP | 2150 Newcomb St | San Francisco | Reuse | Free Drop-off | National Geographic Magazine; Fashion Magazines; Art, Design Books,; Craft Books and Magazines | |
| SF Public Library Book Donation Center | 1630 17th St. | San Francisco | Reuse | Free Pick-up | Call to schedule a pickup. Not Accepted: 1.) Books that are damp or moldy 2.) General encyclopedias 3.) Legal statutes and casebooks 4.) All Magazines | |
| James Dourgarian - Bookman | 2341 Hickory Dr | Concord | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off, Buyback Mail-in | old, vintage, collectible, rare, first edition, and related ephemera. | |
| Savers | 875 Main St | Redwood City | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Friends of the Oakley Library | 1050 Neoly Rd. | Oakley | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Books for the Barrios | 1125 Wiget Lane | Walnut Creek | 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 | |
| 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. | |
| American Cancer Society Discovery Shop (Fremont) | 40733 Chapel Way Ste A & B | Fremont | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Resellable condition only. | |
| Salvation Army (Oakland) | 601 Webster St. | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Alameda Free Library & Seed & Tool Library | 1550 Oak St | Alameda | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Leftovers Thrift Shop | 2281 Olympic Boulevard | Walnut Creek | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Savers | 3510 Homestead St | Santa Clara | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Friends of the Orinda Library | 24 Orinda Way | Orinda | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| Down Home Music | 10341 San Pablo Ave. | El Cerrito | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off | Inquire with your music-related books | |
| 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 | |
| American Cancer Society Discovery Shop | 40733 Chapel Way | Fremont | 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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