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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
Phoenix Container 2224 South Daubenberger Rd. Turlock Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantities
North State Environmental (South San Francisco) 220 South Spruce Avenue
Suite 200
South San Francisco Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
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).
Schnitzer Steel (San Jose) 11665 Berryessa Rd. San Jose Recycle Buyback Pick-up Commercial quantity. Rinsed. No closed containers.
Recology San Francisco Transfer Station Public Recycling and Disposal Drop Off 501 Tunnel Ave. San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Safety Kleen Systems (Sacramento) 6000 88th Street Sacramento Safe Disposal Pick-up for a Fee
Safety Kleen Systems (Rohnert Park) 5750 Commerce Blvd Rohnert Park Safe Disposal Pick-up 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.
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
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.
Schnitzer Steel (Oakland) 1101 Embarcadero West Oakland Recycle Buyback Pick-up Commercial quantity. Rinsed. No closed containers.
Nica Metals 101 N. Greenville Rd. Livermore Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Repurposed Materials 10220 Brighton Rd
Unit 7
Henderson Reuse Buyback Mail-in Commercial volume.
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.
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.
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.
Container Exchanger 6025 Lagrange Blvd SW Atlanta Recycle Buyback Mail-in

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