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
Schaa's Lawnmower Sales & Service	41144 Roberts Ave	Fremont	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Sharpens these and other blades. We sharpen chainsaw blades, pruners, hedge trimmers and lawn mower blades. We do not sharpen handsaw or circular saw blades.
Brentwood Ace Hardware	8900 Brentwood Blvd. Ste. J	Brentwood	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	blade sharpening
Single Cylinder Repair	10767 San Pablo Ave	El Cerrito	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Sharpening. Ax, chain saw, hedger shears, machete, loppers, pruners, chipper blade, mower blade, hedger blade
Laurel Ace Hardware	4024 MacArthur Ave.	Oakland	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	tool & knife sharpening
U Save Power Equipment	9370 MacArthur Blvd	Oakland	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Blade and tool sharpening, including chainsaws, hedgers.
Grand Lake Ace Hardware	1221 Grand Ave.	Piedmont	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Blade sharpening for lawnmower or gardening tools, kitchen knives and scissors.
Bill's Ace Hardware	3610 Pacheco Blvd.	Martinez	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Knife sharpening
Dale Hardware	3700 Thornton Ave.	Fremont	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Knife sharpening. Knives must be between 2.25″ Min-12″ Max length with a width between 0.5″ Min-3.5″ Max width.
Hassett Ace Hardware	875 Alma Street	Palo Alto	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Sharpening
Standard 5&10 Ace Hardware	3545 California St.	San Francisco	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Sharpening
GreenWaste of Palo Alto	2765 Lafayette St	Palo Alto	Recycle	Pick-up for a Fee	Place knives in a clear plastic container for worker safety.
Action Metal Recycling	385 Pittsburg Ave.	Richmond	Recycle	Drop-off for a Fee
Pleasanton Transfer Station	3110 Busch Rd.	Pleasanton	Landfill	Drop-off for a Fee

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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