Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Clothes Hangers - Broken

Metal hangers are made from thin metal rods bent into a shape to hold garments.

Do not place in recycling carts or bins as hangers jam the recycling machinery.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center 7501 Schmidt Ln. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off Steel bin for metal hangers.
Super Link Plastic, Inc. 888 92nd Ave Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Plastic. Free pick up available for quantities over 500 lbs.
Green Planet 21 336 Adeline Street Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Metal hangers must be bundled or tied together.
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Landfill Drop-off for a Fee
Schnitzer Steel (San Jose) 11665 Berryessa Rd. San Jose Recycle Buyback Pick-up Commercial quantity. Metal
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Landfill Free Off-site Public Drop-off Area
iFixit 1330 Monterey St San Luis Obisbo Repair Free Mail-in DIY repair instructions
PlasticsMarkets.org - Plastics Recycling Directory PO Box 1327 Sonoma Recycle Pick-up for a Fee, Buyback Mail-in Connecting recycled plastics buyers & suppliers. This site's purpose is to connect suppliers and buyers of all types of scrap plastic (from bales to post consumer resin). It's supported by the plastics industry and intended for use by the recycling industry in North America.

Curbside Service

Garbage Bulky Pickup Note
Alameda
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Albany
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Berkeley
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Consider reuse or drop-off at a dry cleaner before landfilling.
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Dublin
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Emeryville
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Fremont
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Hayward
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Livermore
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Newark
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Oakland
May also go into Residentail Bulky Pick-up.
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Piedmont
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Pleasanton
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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
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