Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
for Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and the City of Palo Alto

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Egg Cartons - Paper - Clean

Egg cartons have dimples to safely contain and transport eggs. They are usually made from paper pulp, styrofoam, and clear plastic.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Alameda Food Bank (City of Alameda) 650 W Ranger Ave Alameda Reuse Free Drop-off Clean, stacked reusable condition. The cartons that close, not the flat trays.
Berkeley Food Pantry 1600 Sacramento St Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off To repack eggs that come by the flat/pallet
California Waste Solutions (CWS) 1820 10th St. Oakland 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
East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse 4695 Telegraph Ave.
(drop-off at loading dock on Shattuck Ave between 46th and 47th streets)
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station 41149 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Separate recyclables and deposit into marked containers at facility
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Mt. Diablo Recycling 1300 Loveridge Road Pittsburg Recycle Free Drop-off
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Compost Drop-off for a Fee
Re-Up Refills 6025 College Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Drop-off your clean, empty egg cartons for others (or you) to shop for bulk delivery eggs.
REAP Center 2133 Tynan Ave Alameda Reuse Free Drop-off
Republic Services, Inc. 42600 Boyce Road Fremont Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
SCRAP 801 Toland St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off
SMaRT Station 301 Carl Rd Sunnyvale Recycle Free Drop-off The SMaRT Station serves Mountain View and Sunnyvale residents only.
Waste Management of Alameda County 172 98th Ave. Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial waste hauling service

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Recycling Note
Alameda
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Albany
Clean paper or cardboard egg cartons accepted; polystyrene cartons go in the trash.
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Berkeley
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
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Dublin
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Emeryville
Clean paper or cardboard egg cartons accepted; polystyrene cartons go in the trash.
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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
Food or cracked-egg soiled cartons belong in Compost.
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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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