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
Livermore iPhone Repair 136 S L St Livermore Repair Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless (Livermore) 2452 Las Positas Rd Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off
iRetron 15466 Los Gatos Blvd
#109-46
Los Gatos Recycle Buyback Mail-in
AT&T Wireless 1150-A, Arnold Drive
Suite A
Martinez Reuse Buyback Mail-in Refurbish & resell or recycle.
AT&T Wireless 1150-A, Arnold Drive
Suite A
Martinez Repair Buyback Mail-in Refurbish & resell or recycle.
AT&T Wireless 1150-A, Arnold Drive
Suite A
Martinez Recycle Buyback Mail-in Refurbish & resell or recycle.
Staples Office Supply 700 El Camino Real Menlo Park Recycle Free Drop-off There is a limit of 6 items per day. They do not accept televisions, appliances, copiers, stereos, alkaline batteries and other household electronics.
Best Buy 715 El Camino Real Mountain View Recycle Free Drop-off
All Green Electronics Recycling 800 W El Camino Real
Suite 180
Mountain View Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Gorilla Fix 2086 Newpark Mall Newark Repair Free Drop-off
Elite Recycling Services (Newark) 37530 Enterprise Ct.
Suite #5
Newark Recycle Free Pick-up
Recycle Free 587 North Ventu Park Road
Suite E-301
Newbury Park Recycle Free Pick-up Mail-In Program. Provides return shipping labels with a minimum number of phones.
ewasteCollective (Novato) 42 Digital Drive #3 Novato Recycle Free Drop-off
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Oakland Facility) 2100 East 7th Street Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off  
Cole Hardware (Rockridge) 5533 College Ave Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off
Geek Squad 3700 Mandela Pkwy Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
AnB Repair 339 14th St Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
Berkeley iPhone repair 6019 College Ave Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
My Emergency Guy 6019 College Ave Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
Bigfoot Repair 3722 MacArthur Blvd Oakland Repair Drop-off for a Fee

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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