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Drums - Metal

Metal drums are portable cylindrical containers larger than five gallons in volume.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Container Exchanger 6025 Lagrange Blvd SW Atlanta Recycle Buyback Mail-in
RAS Metals 695 B Cedar Street Berkeley Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
Berkeley Recycling Center 669 Gilman St.
(corner of 2nd & Gilman)
Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off 55 g drums must be completely empty and dry and either cut in half or with a visible four-inch diameter hole.
Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station 41149 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Must be triple rinsed, cut in half, and punctured on bottom - cannot hold liquid.
Containers Unlimited 3375 Arden Road Hayward Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantity
Myers Container Management Services 21301 Cloud Way Hayward Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity. Drum and Barrel reconditioning and recycling.
Questar 30983 San Clemente St. Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee No charge if previously used for food products only. Call first, may drop-off 1/2 truck load or more. Pick-up available for large quantities.
Repurposed Materials 10220 Brighton Rd
Unit 7
Henderson Reuse Buyback Mail-in Commercial volume.
Nica Metals 101 N. Greenville Rd. Livermore Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Schnitzer Steel (Oakland) 1101 Embarcadero West Oakland Recycle Buyback Pick-up Commercial quantity. Rinsed. No closed containers.
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Bulky Pickup. Please consider reuse and repair before disposal. This item can be collected curbside for a fee or for no charge during your Clean Up Day.
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Action Metal Recycling 385 Pittsburg Ave. Richmond Recycle Free Drop-off Top must be removed to verify it is empty and dry.
Safety Kleen Systems (Rohnert Park) 5750 Commerce Blvd Rohnert Park Safe Disposal Pick-up for a Fee
Safety Kleen Systems (Sacramento) 6000 88th Street Sacramento Safe Disposal Pick-up for a Fee
Recology San Francisco Transfer Station Public Recycling and Disposal Drop Off 501 Tunnel Ave. San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Schnitzer Steel (San Jose) 11665 Berryessa Rd. San Jose Recycle Buyback Pick-up Commercial quantity. Rinsed. No closed containers.
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Recycle drop-off area, must be empty (no liquids).
North State Environmental (South San Francisco) 220 South Spruce Avenue
Suite 200
South San Francisco Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Phoenix Container 2224 South Daubenberger Rd. Turlock Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantities

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