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
IPHONE REPAIR SERVICE 31683 Hayman St Hayward Repair Free Drop-off
Bigfoot Repair 3722 MacArthur Blvd Oakland Repair Drop-off for a Fee
uBreakiFix 43506 Christy St Fremont Repair Free Drop-off
iphone repair Squad 4018 Piedmont Ave Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
CA Communication 429-B 9th St Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
Velocity iPhone Repair 4500 Barrett Ave Suite A Richmond Repair Free Drop-off
iPhone Repair Squad 5652 Bay St Emeryville Repair Free Drop-off
Cell Phone Repair -Sale & Service 26940 Hesperian Blvd Hayward Repair Free Drop-off
We Fix It Phone Repair 10770 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito Repair Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless 402 Sun Valley Mall, Spc A201 Concord Repair Buyback Mail-in Refurbish & resell, or recycle.
FixIt Clinic (In-person & Virtual) Repair Free Mail-in Self-repair through the Global Fixers Server on Discord or through Zoom FixIt Clinics.
iResurrect Repairs 2387 Telegraph Ave Berkeley Repair Free Drop-off
Cellairis 1 Stoneridge Mall Rd 1 floor Pleasanton Repair Free Drop-off
We Fix It Phone Repair 7429 Amador Valley Blvd Dublin Repair Free Drop-off
Mobile Kangaroo - Apple Authorized iPhone & Mac Repair 610 Main St Pleasanton Repair Free Drop-off
Mobile Repair Squad 2774 Livermore Outlets Dr Livermore Repair Free Drop-off
Joe iPhone Unlock & Repair Services (JIURS) 2081 Center St Berkeley Repair Free Drop-off
Cellular City Phone Repair 2789 Castro Valley Blvd Castro Valley Repair Free Drop-off
Wi-Fi Wireless 26775 Hayward Blvd Suite D Hayward Repair Free Drop-off
Wireless Options 1503 Solano Ave Albany 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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