Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Corks - Natural

Corks are usually made from natural cork or plastic, and are used to contain wine or other liquids in a glass container.

Consider repurposing corks before collecting for recycling. Did you know cork comes from the bark of the cork oak, native to the Mediterranean, and does well in the Bay Area? Bark stripping is carried out manually, and the tree regenerates the bark. Cork oaks can live to 200 years of age.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Whole Foods Market (Oakland) 230 Bay Place Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off Ask for bin location
Whole Foods Market (1150 Ocean Ave) 1150 Ocean Ave San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Ask for cork bin location
Whole Foods Market 450 Rhode Island St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Ask for Cork barrel location
Whole Foods Market 399 4th St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Ask for bin location
Whole Foods Market 3950 24th St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Ask for bin location
Whole Foods Market 1765 California St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Ask for bin location
Wente Tasting Room 5565 Tesla Rd Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off Collection bin in tasting room.
Waste Management of Alameda County 172 98th Ave. Oakland Compost Pick-up for a Fee Commercial waste hauling service
Trader Joe's 401 Bay St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
TerraCycle 121 New York Ave Trenton Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Sports Basement (Walnut Creek) 1881 Ygnacio Valley Rd Walnut Creek Recycle Free Drop-off
Sports Basement (Sunnyvale) 1177 Kern Ave Sunnyvale Recycle Free Drop-off
Sports Basement (SF Stonestown) 3251 20th Ave
Suite 390
San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Sports Basement (SF Presidio) 610 Old Mason St San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Sports Basement (SF Bryant St) 1590 Bryant St San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Sports Basement (San Ramon) 1041 Market Place San Ramon Recycle Free Drop-off
Sports Basement (Redwood City) 202 Walnut St Redwood City Recycle Free Drop-off
SCRAP 801 Toland St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off
ReCork America-Drop-off Locations 525 Embarcadero West
(BevMo, Store #5; Jack London Square - drop-off container in store)
Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up Become a drop off site. Minimum 1500 (15 lbs) cork for pick up/mailer.
Rainbow Grocery 1745 Folsom St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off

Curbside Service

Organics Note
Alameda
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Albany
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Berkeley
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
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Dublin
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Emeryville
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Fremont
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Hayward
Consider collecting for future reuse craft/art projects or ReCork recycling collection bins.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Livermore
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Newark
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Oakland
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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)
Consider collecting for future reuse craft/art projects or ReCork recycling collection bins.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Consider collecting for future reuse craft/art projects or ReCork recycling collection bins.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
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Union City
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