Consider posting online when you have collection or offer to your hair salon, doctors office, other waiting room, or exchange space.
Magazines
Magazines are softcover periodicals either purchased at a store or through a mail-order subscription.
Vendors
Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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Waste Management of Alameda County | 172 98th Ave. | Oakland | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial waste hauling service | |
Friends of the Hercules Library | 109 Civic Drive | Hercules | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
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 | No Economist, New Yorker, or Time, or text-only content. OK: National Geographic, art magazines, or picture heavy. | |
West County Detention Facility Library | 5555 Giant Hwy | Richmond | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
Friends of the Moraga Library Bookstore | 1500 St Marys Rd | Moraga | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland |
2201 Broadway Suite 600 |
Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | pre-K- 12th gr | |
Dan F Webb Bookstore | 322 15th St | Oakland | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off | Inquire first. Historical, military, or vehicle focus. | |
Oakland Public Library (Melrose Branch) | 4805 Foothill Blvd | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Recent issues in good condition. Limit of 20. | |
The ReCrafting Co. | 2449 Santa Clara Ave | Alameda | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off | magazines related to crafts | |
Books for the Barrios | 1125 Wiget Lane | Walnut Creek | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
Bandung Books | 2289 International Blvd | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | donation requests, including posters and poetry: Black Feminism and Feminist Theory Labor Movement and Worker Organizing. Leftest Theory(writings on Marxism, Socialism, Anarchism,ect), Autonomy, Self Determination, and Decolonization. Black, Indigenous People of Color Authors from the Bay Area, Abolition and Transformative Justice.Libros en Espanol | |
Rebuilding Together East Bay North | 732 Gilman St | Berkeley | Reuse | Pick-up for a Fee | Estate clean out services | |
Oakland Museum - White Elephant Sale | 333 Lancaster St. | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up | Only accept vintage magazines in good condition: pre-1960 National Geographic and Life | |
Free Oakland UP | 2809 MacArthur Blvd | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
Urban Ore | 900 Murray St. | Berkeley | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Must be in reusable condition. | |
Friends of the Antioch Library | 501 West 18th St. | Antioch | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
Friends of the Concord Library | 2900 Salvio St. | Concord | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
Friends of the El Cerrito Library | 6510 Stockton Ave. | El Cerrito | Reuse | Free Drop-off |
Curbside Service
Recycling | Bulky Pickup | Note | ||
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Alameda |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
Bundled & labeled for reuse/donation. Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up. ### |
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Albany |
Clean and dry. Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libraries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Berkeley |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Castro Valley Sanitary District |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libraries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. Or Put out for your Bulky & Reuse collection Pick-Up. ### |
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Dublin |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Emeryville |
Clean and dry. Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Fremont |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Hayward |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Livermore |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Newark |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Oakland |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Piedmont |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Pleasanton |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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San Leandro |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |
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Union City |
Collect good condition magazines to donate to teachers, libaries, salons, waiting rooms, office lunchrooms, friends & family. ### |