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

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Major Household Appliances - Non-working

Broken household appliances which can be manual or automatic tools used in the home.

Consider reuse or repair before disposal. DIY repair resources through iFixit.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Emeryville) 3700 Mandela Pkwy. Emeryville Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Upon delivery of newly purchased appliance, small fee, or big fee stand-along pick up. Not working cooktops, dishwashers, washers, dryers, fridges, freezers, wall ovens, stoves/rangetops & hoods, & ice makers
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Hayward) 269 Southland Mall Hayward Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Upon delivery of newly purchased appliance, small fee, or big fee stand-along pick up. Not working cooktops, dishwashers, washers, dryers, fridges, freezers, wall ovens, stoves/rangetops & hoods, & ice makers
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Union City) 31350 Courthouse Dr. Union City Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Upon delivery of newly purchased appliance, small fee, or big fee stand-along pick up. Not working cooktops, dishwashers, washers, dryers, fridges, freezers, wall ovens, stoves/rangetops & hoods, & ice makers
Bradford Air & Heating 4049 First St #133 Livermore Repair Pick-up for a Fee on-site repair for heating and air conditioning
Cal West Service Inc 6401 Golden Gate Dr Dublin Repair Free Drop-off
CASS (Custom Alloy) 2730 Peralta St. Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off
Charron Metals Corp 1720 Monterey Road San Jose Recycle Free Drop-off
Circosta Iron & Metal Company (CIMCO) 1801 Evans Ave. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Minimum 1000 pounds total for ferrous items such as appliances: refrigerator, oven/stove, washer/dryer, water heater. Pays scrap value.
Concord/Pleasant Hill Recycling Center 1320 Galaxy Way Concord Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Contra Costa Transfer & Recovery Station (CCTRS) 951 Waterbird Way Martinez Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Cornejo's Appliances 1361 92nd Ave Oakland Repair Pick-up for a Fee On-site service repairs.
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Recycle: appliance pad drop-off area
DC Metals Inc. (San Leandro) 2399 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up, Drop-off for a Fee All items with Freon (fridges, A/C's, water coolers, dehumidifiers, etc.) have a disposal fee. (3/2022 $30/item).
Delta Scrap & Salvage 1371 Main St. Oakley Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Dishwasher Repair | Major Home Appliance Service 414 Grand Ave Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
EcoHaul 636 F Street Petaluma Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Fast Help Appliance Repair 2081 Center St Berkeley Repair Free Drop-off
FixIt Clinic (In-person & Virtual) Repair Free Mail-in Self-repair through the Global Fixers Server on Discord or through Zoom FixIt Clinics.
Fixt Appliance Repair 2646 Harrison St Oakland Repair Free Drop-off
Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station 41149 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Recycle: appliance drop-off area.

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Note
Alameda
Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up.
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Albany
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Berkeley
Castro Valley Sanitary District
Separate and label good/working condition items for donation as part of your Bulky & Reuse Pick-up set out.
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Dublin
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Emeryville
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Fremont
Up to two appliances or large items (not to exceed 150 lbs each).
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Hayward
Bulky pick up and Disposal Days drop-off option.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Livermore
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Newark
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Oakland
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Piedmont
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Pleasanton
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San Leandro
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
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Union City
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