Consider reuse or posting for reuse on FreeCycle, Craigslist, or such. Compost hubs may be interested in high volume donations.
Burlap
Burlap bags are made of coarsely woven cloth from natural fibers, such as jute, flax or hemp.
Vendors
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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| Farm2Market Farm | 677 West Ranger Ave | Alameda | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Good condition (non-ripped) burlap bags. Leave on the stage inside the farm during listed hours. Contact first if you have a large quantity to see if they have the capacity to accept it. | |
| Farm2Market Farm | 677 West Ranger Ave | Alameda | Reuse | Free Drop-off | burpap bags in good enough condition to hold sand (sand bags used to weight down solarizing plastic film/tarps) | |
| Berkeley Transfer Station | 1201 2nd St. | Berkeley | Compost | Paid Drop-off | Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. | |
| Ecologic Designs |
2500 47th ST Unit 12 |
Boulder | Reuse | Free Mail-in | burlap coffee bean bags, burlap potato sacks, brewers grain bags, aquarium salt bags | |
| Repurposed Materials |
10220 Brighton Rd Unit 7 |
Henderson | Reuse | Buyback Mail-in | ||
| 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 | No scrap pieces, must be in increments of a yard or more, or clean bags | |
| GreenWaste of Palo Alto | 2765 Lafayette St | Palo Alto | Landfill | Paid Pick-up | Consider reuse or repair before disposal. | |
| Pleasanton Transfer Station | 3110 Busch Rd. | Pleasanton | Landfill | Paid Drop-off | ||
| Looptworks | 2410 SE 11th Street | Portland | Reuse | Paid Mail-in | ||
| Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) | 2615 Davis St. | San Leandro | Compost | Paid Drop-off | Public green waste drop-off area | |
| Bountiful Bag | San Marco | Reuse | Paid Mail-in | Takes in grain bags to upcycle into bags. Services available for commercial volumes. Arrange pick-up with vendor. | ||
| TEK Tailor Factory Store / Sonoma USA |
3253 Santa Rosa Ave (behind Sequoia Floral) |
Santa Rosa | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Including coffee and cacao burlap bags. |
Curbside Service
| Organics | Garbage | Note | ||
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| Alameda |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Albany |
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| Berkeley |
Poor, damaged condition cut into smaller pieces. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Castro Valley Sanitary District |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Dublin |
Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Emeryville |
Not accepted in organics cart/bin. Collect, save, and/or offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Fremont |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Hayward |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Livermore |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Newark |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Oakland |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Piedmont |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Pleasanton |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| San Leandro |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse in your community. ### |
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| Union City |
Poor, damaged condition. Collect, save, and offer for reuse to compost hubs and farms. ### |
