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Moving Boxes & Packing Materials
Moving boxes are usually made of heavyweight cardboard, and may be used for storage and transport.
Vendors
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Recycling Center |
669 Gilman St. (corner of 2nd & Gilman) |
Berkeley | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Please see website. Flatten boxes, separate paper | |
| Boxes for Moving & Storage | 995 Detroit Ave. Unit A | Concord | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Boxes must be flattened. | |
| Craigslist |
222 Sutter St Floor 9 |
San Francisco | Reuse | Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up | ||
| El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center | 7501 Schmidt Ln. | El Cerrito | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Cardboard bin. | |
| Facebook Buy Nothing Groups | 1 Hacker Way | Menlo Park | Reuse | Free Pick-up | ||
| FreeCycle |
The Freecycle Network PO Box 294 |
Tuscon | Reuse | Free Pick-up | ||
| GreenWaste of Palo Alto | 2765 Lafayette St | Palo Alto | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Remove all packing material, flatten and place in your blue recycle cart. Excess cardboard can be cut or folded it into 2’ x 3’ pieces and placed in a tied bundle next to your blue cart. | |
| International Paper | 42305 Albrae St. | Fremont | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Lindsay Wildlife Experience | 1931 First Ave | Walnut Creek | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Brown packing paper donations are used for animal enrichment. It can wrap food, be nesting material, or be fun to tear. Drop at the Guest Experience Desk at the front entrance. | |
| Mannequin Madness | 1301 Cotton St | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Accepts small and large donations of air pillows for reuse to ship mannequins. (No boxes, Styrofoam peanuts, or packing paper.) | |
| Nextdoor |
Headquarters 420 Taylor St |
San Francisco | Reuse | Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up | ||
| RAFT - Resource Area For Teaching | 1355 Ridder Park Dr | San Jose | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Collapsible boxes, decorative gift boxes, end cuts and punch outs from manufacturing, foam pieces, mailers, misses or overruns | |
| ReUse: CAL's Campus Thrift Store |
2495 Bancroft Way MLK Student Union (between Superb & OCF offices) |
Berkeley | Reuse | Free Drop-off | ||
| SMaRT Station | 301 Carl Rd | Sunnyvale | Recycle | Free Drop-off | No food contaminated paper, foil paper or thermal paper. Staples and tape are ok. | |
| The UPS Store (39120 Argonaut Way) | 39120 Argonaut Way | Fremont | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Call for space and materials accepted like Air pillows | |
| UPS Store | 3020 El Cerrito Plaza | El Cerrito | Reuse | Free Drop-off | No boxes, just clean bagged packaging material by type. Call first. | |
| Waste Management of Alameda County | 172 98th Ave. | Oakland | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial waste hauling service |
Curbside Service
| Recycling | Note | ||
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| Alameda | |||
| Albany |
Large or multiple pieces should be flattened, bundled with twine, string, or tape and set next to the recycling cart. ### |
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| Hayward | |||
| Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) | |||
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| Newark | |||
| Oakland | |||
| Piedmont | |||
| Pleasanton |
OCC & Mixed Paper ### |
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| San Leandro | |||
| San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) | |||
| San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) | |||
| Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) | |||
| Union City |
