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

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Food Service Ware - Plastic Clamshells/To-Go Containers/Trays

Plastic ware are utensils, plates, cups, and bowls intended for one-time-use.

Consider replacing disposables with reusables.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Bay Polymer 1300 E. Victor Road Lodi Recycle Buyback Pick-up Commercial quantities.,We buy plastic food packaging and medical scrap from plant overruns, rejects and trim.
Berg Mill Supply / Classic Fibres 5670 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 1812
Los Angeles Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Bales of PET clamshells
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Landfill Drop-off for a Fee Public Drop-off Area
Green Impact (GI) Plastics GI Plastics Vernon
5700 S First St
Vernon Recycle Buyback Drop-off, Buyback Pick-up Buys clean bales. Recycles PET thermoform packaging (berry, produce, pastries, eggs, meat, poultry, etc.).
Green Planet 21 336 Adeline Street Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Empty containers only. No food or liquids.
Mings Recycling 3495 Breakwater Court Hayward Recycle Buyback Drop-off, Buyback Pick-up Commercial quantity
Oakland Communities United for Equity & Justice (Self Help Hunger Program) 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off New/excellent condition washed single-use containers to package meals
PlasticsMarkets.org - Plastics Recycling Directory PO Box 1327 Sonoma Recycle Pick-up for a Fee, Buyback Mail-in Connecting recycled plastics buyers & suppliers. This site's purpose is to connect suppliers and buyers of all types of scrap plastic (from bales to post consumer resin). It's supported by the plastics industry and intended for use by the recycling industry in North America.
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
RAFT - Resource Area For Teaching 1355 Ridder Park Dr San Jose Reuse Free Drop-off Kitchen: Coffee stirrers, food trays, drinking cups, strawberry baskets, plastic bottles, straws. All items must be new and unused.
Republic Services, Inc. 42600 Boyce Road Fremont Landfill Pick-up for a Fee
Super Link Plastic, Inc. 888 92nd Ave Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Must be clean. Free pick up available for quantities over 500 lbs.
TerraCycle 121 New York Ave Trenton Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
The Sutta Co. (East Bay Recycling) 1221 3rd St. Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Large/business quantity only

Curbside Service

Recycling Garbage Note
Alameda
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Albany
Empty and dry.
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Berkeley
All disposable foodware sold in Berkeley is required to be BPI certified compostable. Find more information about Berkeley's Single Use Disposable Reduction ordinance here: https://berkeleyca.gov/doing-business/operating-berkeley/food-service/single-use-foodware-rules
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Empty.
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Dublin
Empty and drip-free.
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Emeryville
Compost food scraps. Empty and drip-free.
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Fremont
Empty and drip-free.
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Hayward
Empty and drip-free.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Empty and drip-free.
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Livermore
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Newark
Empty and drip-free.
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Oakland
Empty food into compost/green bin. Plastic cutlery also belongs in the trash.
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Piedmont
Empty and drip-free.
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Pleasanton
Empty and drip-free.
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San Leandro
Empty and drip-free.
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
Empty and drip-free.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Empty and drip-free.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Empty and drip-free.
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Union City
Labeled #1-2 go in recycling.
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Labeled #3 - #7 go in the garbage.
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