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Electronics - Working

Electronics are items with one or more circuit boards, computer chips, and/or or a video display.

Household Hazardous Waste

This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.

Designate a box to accumulate old or unwanted electronics over time for donation to local community members or organizations.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Out of the Closet (SF - Polk St) 1498 Polk St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off No printers or fax machines.
Out of the Closet (SF - Folsom St) 1295 Folsom St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off No printers or fax machines.
San Jose Conservation Corps 1650 Berger Dr San Jose Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up Resell gently used electronics in the Recover and Reuse Center
TDR Electronic Recycling 529 Race St San Jose Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up Free pick-up for large quantities. Call for details.
TDR Electronic Recycling 529 Race St San Jose Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up Free pick-up for large quantities. Call for details.
San Leandro Library of Things & Seed Lending (The Main Library) Main Library
300 Estudillo Ave
San Leandro Reuse Free On-site Library of Things lending items, including: maker materials like simple machines activity lab, air quality monitor, video2digital converter, portable multimedia DVD player, slide viewer, professional wireless keyboard and mouse combo, USB video camera, wireless charging crystal pads
Goodwill (San Mateo) 28 W. 25th Ave San Mateo Reuse Free Drop-off Consumer electronics including networking equipment. https://sfgoodwill.org/donate/donate-electronics/
Goodwill (San Rafael) 809 Lincoln Ave San Rafael Reuse Free Drop-off Consumer electronics including networking equipment. https://sfgoodwill.org/donate/donate-electronics/
All Computer Resource 5151 Lafayette St Santa Clara Recycle Free Drop-off
Gizmogul 6 Merchant St
St 5
Sharon Reuse Buyback Mail-in Cellular Wholesale Smartphones & Tablets | Computer & Mobile IT Asset Management | Retail Mobility | B2B & D2C Buyback
Goodwill (South San Francisco ) 225 Kenwood Way South San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off Consumer electronics including networking equipment. https://sfgoodwill.org/donate/donate-electronics/
North State Environmental (South San Francisco) 220 South Spruce Avenue
Suite 200
South San Francisco Reuse Pick-up for a Fee
Zarc International 26 South Linden Ave South San Francisco Reuse Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity.
Goodwill Outlet (South San Francisco) 100 Utah Avenue
(at Corey Way)
South San Francisco Reuse On-site for a Fee Clearance center sales open to the public. No donations accepted at this location.
Tri Valley Recycling- Bay Area 1988 E. Alpine Avenue Stockton Recycle Buyback Drop-off, Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee Call for buyback details and for pick-up arrangement fees. Fee for large copiers and microwaves.
Iron Mountain (Union City) Iron Mountain - Union City
29555 Kohoutek Way
Union City Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Destruction & shredding - media/back-up tapes, thumb drives, microfilm/fiche
Goodwill (Vacaville) 1317 E. Monte Vista Ave Vacaville Reuse Free Drop-off Consumer electronics including networking equipment. https://sfgoodwill.org/donate/donate-electronics/
Goodwill (Valejo) 3475 Sonoma Blvd Vallejo Reuse Free Drop-off Consumer electronics including networking equipment. https://sfgoodwill.org/donate/donate-electronics/
Savers (1997 Tice Valley Blvd.) 1997 Tice Valley Blvd. Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off
Goodwill (Walnut Creek) 2536 N Main Street Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off Consumer electronics including networking equipment. https://sfgoodwill.org/donate/donate-electronics/

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Note
Alameda
Bundled & labeled for reuse/donation. Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up.
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Albany
Berkeley
Castro Valley Sanitary District
Separate and label good/working condition items for donation as part of your Bulky & Reuse Pick-up set out.
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Dublin
Emeryville
Fremont
Hayward
Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Livermore
Newark
Oakland
Piedmont
Pleasanton
San Leandro
San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Union City

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