Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Cell Phones - Working

Working cellular phones are functioning hand-held communication devices. They include 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 reselling, reuse or donation before recycling as electronic waste.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Verizon 6471 Lone Tree Way Brentwood Reuse Free Drop-off
Goodwill (Concord - Willow Pass Road) 1659 Willow Pass Road Concord Reuse Free Drop-off
Goodwill (North Oakland) 6624 San Pablo Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless 4010 El Cerrito Plaza El Cerrito Reuse Buyback Mail-in Resell.
TDR Electronic Recycling 529 Race St San Jose Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
Verizon 20 Cresent Dr.
Ste E
Pleasant Hill Reuse Free Drop-off
Goodwill (Walnut Creek) 2536 N Main Street Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off
Goodwill (San Francisco - Marina) 3605 Buchanan St San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless 2390 Monument Blvd., Ste B-2 Pleasant Hill Reuse Buyback Mail-in Resell.
Verizon Wireless Device Trade-in Program 3990 Hollis St.
store
Emeryville Reuse Buyback Mail-in smart phones & accessories
Verizon 1141 Locust St. Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off
Goodwill (San Pablo) 100A San Pablo Towne Center San Pablo Reuse Free Drop-off
Goodwill (Mill Valley - Donation Trailer) 1 Camino Alto Mill Valley Reuse Free Drop-off
AT&T Wireless 1150-A, Arnold Drive
Suite A
Martinez Reuse Buyback Mail-in Resell.
Menlo-Atherton High School PTA 555 Middlefield Rd Atherton Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
Goodwill (Palo Alto) 4085 El Camino Way Palo Alto Reuse Free Drop-off
All Computer Resource 5151 Lafayette St Santa Clara Recycle 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
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Oakland Facility) 2100 East 7th Street Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off  
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Livermore Facility) 5584 La Ribera Street Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off  

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