Carpet
Carpet is flooring material of thick, woven material usually made from cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
Find CARE drop-off sites & preparation guidelines for carpet, carpet tiles, and padding here for residents and businesses. (California Carpet Stewardship Program). Click here outside CA.
See CalRecycle's resources on best practices for carpet removal (from Kings Co., WA), how to prepare and load a trailer of waste carpet.
Vendors
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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| Marin Resource Recovery Center | 565 Jacoby Street | San Rafael | Landfill | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| SMaRT Station | 301 Carl Rd | Sunnyvale | Landfill | Drop-off for a Fee | Call for fee information. Please note that the SMaRT Station serves Mountain View and Sunnyvale residents only. | |
| Recology San Francisco Transfer Station Public Recycling and Disposal Drop Off | 501 Tunnel Ave. | San Francisco | Landfill | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Pleasanton Transfer Station | 3110 Busch Rd. | Pleasanton | Landfill | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Oakland Resident Free Bulky Item Drop Off - Bulky Block Party |
7101 Edgewater Dr |
Oakland | Landfill | Free Drop-off | ||
| GreenWaste of Palo Alto | 2765 Lafayette St | Palo Alto | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | C&D/Debris Box. Small amounts can be collected for no charge during your Clean Up Day. | |
| Marin Resource Recovery Center | 565 Jacoby Street | San Rafael | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Certified Blue Recycling, Inc. | 2075 Williams St. | San Leandro | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | CA Carpet Stewardship Recycling Drop-off Site (CARE). Carpet and pad must be dry, debris-free (free of tack strips, nails, trash & dirt), & prepared (cut into manageable sections, separate pad from carpet, roll, stack or fold). Carpet pile gets stacked on a pallet and wrapped (4' high max). https://carpetrecovery.org/california/ca/ | |
| Los Angeles Fiber | 4920 Boyle Avenue | Los Angeles | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| GreenWaste Hayward Transfer Station | 3458 Enterprise Ave | Hayward | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | CARE carpet recycling site - both broadloom (residential and commercial) and carpet tile. Instructions: Keep it dry, free of debris (remove tack strips, nails, trash & dirt), and prepare it (roll carpet after cutting into manageable sections, separate from pad, stack carpet tile). Contaminants on carpet that will designate load as trash include paint and drywall mud, body fluids, chemical or pharmaceutical contaminants. | |
| Independent Recycling Services | 9039 San Leandro Street | Oakland | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| EcoHaul | 636 F Street | Petaluma | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Green Waste Carpet Recycling | 1201 North 15th Street | San Jose | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | commercial broadloom carpet and/or carpet tiles | |
| Soex West Textile Recycling | 2360 South Orange Ave. | Fresno | Recycle | Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Zanker Road Landfill |
705 Los Esteros Road (north of Zanker Road, one mile north of Zanker and Highway 237) |
San Jose | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Aquafil Synthetic Fibers and Polymers |
550 N. Pioneer Ave Suite 400 |
Woodland | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Commercial volume carpet recycler | |
| Zanker Road Materials Processing Facility | 675 Los Esteros Rd | San Jose | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | CARE carpet recycling drop-off location. Accepts directly from the public. | |
| NixxIt | 19532 Center St | Castro Valley | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Union Recovering |
28970 Hopkins Street #F |
Hayward | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Call first | |
| Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) | 2615 Davis St. | San Leandro | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Public Drop-off Area. CA Carpet Stewardship Recycling Drop-off Site (CARE). Reduced tonnage fee. Carpet and pad must be dry, debris-free (free of tack strips, nails, trash & dirt), & prepared (cut into manageable sections, separate pad from carpet, roll, stack or fold). Carpet pile gets stacked on a pallet and wrapped (4' high max). https://carpetrecovery.org/california/ca/ |
Curbside Service
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| Alameda |
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| Albany |
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| Berkeley |
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| Castro Valley Sanitary District |
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