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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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. | |
Civicorps Recycling | 101 Myrtle St. | Oakland | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
Oakland Public Library (Melrose Branch) | 4805 Foothill Blvd | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Recent issues in good condition. Limit of 20. | |
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland |
2201 Broadway Suite 600 |
Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | pre-K- 12th gr | |
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 | |
Dan F Webb Bookstore | 322 15th St | Oakland | Reuse | Buyback Drop-off | Inquire first. Historical, military, or vehicle focus. | |
Free Oakland UP | 2809 MacArthur Blvd | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
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 | |
GreenWaste of Palo Alto | 2765 Lafayette St | Palo Alto | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | No food contaminated paper, foil paper or thermal paper. Staples and tape are ok. | |
Mt. Diablo Recycling | 1300 Loveridge Road | Pittsburg | Recycle | Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial quantity | |
Pleasanton Transfer Station | 3110 Busch Rd. | Pleasanton | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
West County Detention Facility Library | 5555 Giant Hwy | Richmond | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
Biagini Waste Reduction Systems Inc. | 1150 Hensley Street | Richmond | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
West County Resource Recovery Recycling Center | 101 Pittsburg Ave. | Richmond | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) | 2615 Davis St. | San Leandro | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Reuse drop-off area | |
SMaRT Station | 301 Carl Rd | Sunnyvale | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Due to a decline in the paper recycling market, paper will no longer be accepted at the SMaRT Station Center. Curbside paper collection is not affected. For curbside: No food contaminated paper, foil paper or thermal paper. Staples and tape are ok. Please note that the SMaRT Station serves Mountain View and Sunnyvale residents only. | |
Tri-CED Community Recycling | 33377 Western Ave. | Union City | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
Books for the Barrios | 1125 Wiget Lane | Walnut Creek | 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. ### |