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

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Cell Phones - Non-working

Non-working cellular phones are defective or broken flip phones, smart phones, and older style portable phones.

Household Hazardous Waste

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

Consider repair and reuse options before recycling as electronic waste.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
AT&T Wireless 2390 Monument Blvd., Ste B-2 Pleasant Hill Repair Buyback Mail-in Refurbish & resell or recycle.
Target (Pleasant Hill) 560 Contra Costa Blvd. Pleasant Hill Recycle Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless 2390 Monument Blvd., Ste B-2 Pleasant Hill Recycle Buyback Mail-in Refurbish & resell or recycle.
ScreenWorks 915 Main St Suite A Pleasanton Repair Free Drop-off
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Recycle Free Drop-off E-Waste: separate for e-waste drop-off - free for City residents only.
Mobile Kangaroo - Apple Authorized iPhone & Mac Repair 610 Main St Pleasanton Repair Free Drop-off
Cellairis 1 Stoneridge Mall Rd 1 floor Pleasanton Repair Free Drop-off
Payless Wireless 1105 Hilltop Mall Rd Richmond Repair Free Drop-off
West County HHW Collection Facility 101 Pittsburg Ave. Richmond Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee
AT&T Wireless 4250 Macdonald Ave., Suite F Richmond Repair Buyback Mail-in May refurbish and resell.
AT&T Wireless 4250 Macdonald Ave., Suite F Richmond Recycle Buyback Mail-in May refurbish and resell.
Golden Bear Transfer Station 1 Parr Blvd. Richmond Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Velocity iPhone Repair 4500 Barrett Ave Suite A Richmond Repair Free Drop-off
Target (Richmond) 4500 Macdonald Ave. Richmond Recycle Free Drop-off
Modern Waste Solutions 4391 Pell Dr
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Sacramento Recycle Free Drop-off
Gazelle 10121 Barnes Canyon Rd San Diego Recycle Free Drop-off
Lowe's 491 Bayshore Blvd. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
San Jose Conservation Corps 1650 Berger Dr San Jose Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
Elite Recycling Services (San Jose) 175 Tully Rd San Jose Recycle Free Pick-up
TDR Electronic Recycling 529 Race St San Jose Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Special Action Note
Alameda
Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up.
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Albany
Seal cell phones in clear plastic bag. Place CFL in specific Vaporlok bags. Call WM for bags. Place all bags on top of recycling cart.
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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
Single Family Service - Place in clear ziplock bag next to the carts on your pick up day along with batteries (ends taped).
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Livermore
Single Family Service - Cell phones can be put into a sealed clear bag & placed on top of the Recycling cart on collection day.
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Newark
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Oakland
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Piedmont
Place in ziploc bag on top of recycling cart. May also be included in e-waste pick-up.
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Pleasanton
Single Family Service - Place in zip loc bag on top of recycling cart
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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
Single Family & Parcelized Multifamily Dwellings: Put in clear, sealed bag next to recycling cart.
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