Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
for Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and the City of Palo Alto

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Cassette & VHS Tapes - Non-working

VHS tapes are rolls of film plastic with image and sound data contained in hard, rigid plastic cases.

Due to there being no markets for the hard plastics in tapes, there are very limited recycling options for these items.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Landfill Drop-off for a Fee Public Drop-off Area
GreenCitizen 1831 Old Bayshore Hwy, Ste. #2 Burlingame Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Mail-in for a Fee all tape-based media. $1/lb We recycle VHS tapes using the waste-to-energy incineration method.
GreenDisk 580 8th Ave NE
#104
Issaquah Recycle Mail-in for a Fee
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Landfill Pick-up for a Fee
TerraCycle 121 New York Ave Trenton Recycle Pick-up for a Fee

Curbside Service

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Castro Valley Sanitary District
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Livermore
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Newark
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Piedmont
Call hauler to schedule an e-waste pick-up.
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Pleasanton
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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