Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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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
Bigfoot Repair 3722 MacArthur Blvd Oakland Repair Drop-off for a Fee
Best Phone Repair Serramonte 1 Southland Dr Hayward Repair Free Drop-off
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Union City) 31350 Courthouse Dr. Union City Recycle Free Drop-off head sets, chargers and accessories
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Hayward) 269 Southland Mall Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off head sets, chargers and accessories
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Emeryville) 3700 Mandela Pkwy. Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off head sets, chargers and accessories
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Dublin) 4820 Dublin Blvd. Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off head sets, chargers and accessories
Best Buy 5839 Lone Tree Way Antioch Recycle Free Drop-off
Best Buy 3260 Buskirk Ave. Pleasant Hill Recycle Free Drop-off
Best Buy 715 El Camino Real Mountain View Recycle Free Drop-off
Best Buy 1490 Fitzgerald Dr. Pinole Recycle Free Drop-off
Berkeley iPhone repair 6019 College Ave Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
Bay Area Electronics Recycling Center (Union City) 33548 Central Ave Union City Recycle Free Drop-off Buy back value may be available
AT&T Wireless (Union City) 30870 Dyer St. Union City Recycle Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless (Oakland) 3333 Lakeshore Blvd Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless (Livermore) 2452 Las Positas Rd Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless (Fremont) 39121 Fremont Blvd. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless (Emeryville) 5691 Bay St. Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless (Berkeley) 2180 Shattuck Ave Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless 4250 Macdonald Ave., Suite F Richmond Repair Buyback Mail-in May refurbish and resell.
AT&T Wireless 402 Sun Valley Mall, Spc A201 Concord Reuse Buyback Mail-in Refurbish & resell, or recycle.

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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