Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal

for Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and the City of Palo Alto

Item

Knives & Shears

A knife is an instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting. Shears are a cutting implement similar or identical to a pair of scissors but typically larger.

Consider resharpening, repair, and donation before disposal.

Vendors

Vendor	Address	City	Destination	Disposal Method	Notes
Bill's Ace Hardware	4451 Clayton Rd.	Concord	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Knife sharpening
Goodwill (Concord - Clayton)	3495 Clayton Road	Concord	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Working condition
Goodwill (Concord - Willow Pass Road)	1659 Willow Pass Road	Concord	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Working condition
Goodwill (Burlingame)	1215 California Dr	Burlingame	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Working condition
Brentwood Ace Hardware	8900 Brentwood Blvd. Ste. J	Brentwood	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	blade sharpening
Goodwill (Brentwood)	6271 Lone Tree Way, Empire Shopping Center	Brentwood	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Working condition
ReUse: CAL's Campus Thrift Store	2495 Bancroft Way MLK Student Union (between Superb & OCF offices)	Berkeley	Reuse	Free Drop-off
Goodwill (Berkeley)	2058 University Ave	Berkeley	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Working condition
Salvation Army Store	525 E. 18th St.	Antioch	Reuse	Free Drop-off
Goodwill (Albany)	505 San Pablo Ave	Albany	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Working condition
Goodwill (Alameda)	2319 Lincoln Ave.	Alameda	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Working condition
Salvation Army (Alameda)	1918 Park St.	Alameda	Reuse	Free Drop-off
Alameda Repair Shop	2436 Webb Ave	Alameda	Repair	Free Drop-off

Curbside Service

	Garbage	Note
Alameda	###
Albany	###
Berkeley
Castro Valley Sanitary District	###
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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