Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Cameras & Camcorders - Non-working

Broken photography or video equipment may include a lens and film or memory card compartment.

Household Hazardous Waste

This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Emeryville) 3700 Mandela Pkwy. Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off
Staples 1230 Fitzgerald Dr. Pinole Recycle Free Drop-off
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Union City) 31350 Courthouse Dr. Union City Recycle Free Drop-off
Staples 2120 Crescent Dr. Pleasant Hill Recycle Free Drop-off
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Hayward) 269 Southland Mall Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off
Staples 2710 Crow Canyon Rd. San Ramon Recycle Free Drop-off
Serco Technical Services 12520 Morgan Territory Rd Livermore Repair Free Drop-off
iFixit 1330 Monterey St San Luis Obisbo Repair Free Mail-in DIY repair instructions
Best 1 TV Repair 936 Industrial Ave Palo Alto Repair Drop-off for a Fee Repairs: LCD and CRT tv's , car stereos, blue Ray players, monitors, steroes, laptops, computers, camcorders; Does House calls.
Mike's Camera 715 Santa Cruz Ave Menlo Park Repair Drop-off for a Fee Repairs: video cameras, mirroless cameras, dSLRs, lenses
FixIt Clinic (In-person & Virtual) Repair Free Mail-in Self-repair through the Global Fixers Server on Discord or through Zoom FixIt Clinics.
Camera-Revivor's Repair Service (Appointment only) 2326 Fairway Dr San Leandro Repair On-site for a Fee
iCamera Service. (please call for App't) 408 12th St Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
Looking Glass Photo & Camera 1045 Ashby Ave Berkeley Repair Drop-off for a Fee
Mike's Camera Inc 7192 Regional St Dublin Repair Free Drop-off
SCRAP 801 Toland St. San Francisco 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 Okay non-working

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Note
Alameda
Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up.
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Albany
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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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Dublin
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Emeryville
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Fremont
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Hayward
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Livermore
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Newark
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Oakland
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Piedmont
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Pleasanton
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San Leandro
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
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Union City
Place electronics in a box clearly labeled “e-waste” that is easily accessible and in plain view (about a foot from the pile).
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