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
Fasthuma iT 42307 Osgood Rd #B Fremont Repair Free Drop-off
Fix That Mac 2140 Oxford St Berkeley Repair Free Drop-off
FixIt Clinic (In-person & Virtual) Repair Free Mail-in Self-repair through the Global Fixers Server on Discord or through Zoom FixIt Clinics.
Flash 2 Unlock Cell Phone Repair 39164 Paseo Padre Pkwy Fremont Repair Free Drop-off
Gazelle 10121 Barnes Canyon Rd San Diego Recycle Free Drop-off
Geek Squad 31350 Courthouse Dr Union City Repair Free Drop-off
Geek Squad 3700 Mandela Pkwy Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
Golden Bear Transfer Station 1 Parr Blvd. Richmond Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Gorilla Fix 2086 Newpark Mall Newark Repair Free Drop-off
GreenCitizen 1831 Old Bayshore Hwy, Ste. #2 Burlingame Recycle Free Drop-off
GreenCitizen 1831 Old Bayshore Hwy, Ste. #2 Burlingame Reuse Free Drop-off
GreenDisk 580 8th Ave NE
#104
Issaquah Recycle Mail-in for a Fee
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Consider repair and reuse options before reycling. Remove battery and put phone in sealed, clear, tear-resistant bag and place in recycling cart. Take battery to HHW Station.
Hi-Tek Communications - Metro by T-Mobile - pcs 1008 University Ave Berkeley Repair Free Drop-off
HopeLine from Verizon Verizon Wireless
PO Box 9998
Fort Worth Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
iFixit 1330 Monterey St San Luis Obisbo Repair Free Mail-in DIY repair instructions
IPHONE REPAIR SERVICE 31683 Hayman St Hayward Repair Free Drop-off
iphone repair Squad 4018 Piedmont Ave Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
iPhone Repair Squad 5652 Bay St Emeryville Repair Free Drop-off
iResurrect Repairs 2387 Telegraph Ave Berkeley Repair Free Drop-off

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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