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Pallets - Wooden - Broken
Broken pallets are portable wooden or plastic platforms once used for moving, stacking, and storing goods.
Vendors
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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| Zanker Road Landfill |
705 Los Esteros Road (north of Zanker Road, one mile north of Zanker and Highway 237) |
San Jose | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill Organics Processing Facility | Foot of Parr Blvd. | Richmond | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Waste Management of Alameda County | 172 98th Ave. | Oakland | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial waste hauling service | |
| Vision Recycling (Newark) | 6756 Central Ave | Newark | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Vision Recycling (Livermore) | 30 Greenville Rd | Livermore | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| SMaRT Station | 301 Carl Rd | Sunnyvale | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Clean wood is segregated, unpainted, untreated pallets, wood and lumber pieces up to 6” in diameter and 6’ in length. Material must be free of metal and paper. Material must not be banded bundled tied or wrapped. Call for fee information. Please note that the SMaRT Station serves Mountain View and Sunnyvale residents only. | |
| Shoreway Environmental Center (SEC) | 333 Shoreway Road | San Carlos | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Recycling Center & Transfer Station - Contra Costa Waste Service | 1300 Loveridge Rd. | Pittsburg | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Recology San Francisco Transfer Station Public Recycling and Disposal Drop Off | 501 Tunnel Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Potrero Hills Landfill | 3675 Potrero Hills Lane | Suisun City | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Pleasanton Transfer Station | 3110 Busch Rd. | Pleasanton | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | C&D | |
| Oakland Pallet (San Lorenzo) | 2500 Grant Ave. | San Lorenzo | Recycle | Free Pick-up | Minimum of 100 | |
| Lopez Pallets | 1560 Wallace Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Independent Recycling Services | 9039 San Leandro Street | Oakland | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| GreenWaste of Palo Alto | 2765 Lafayette St | Palo Alto | Compost | Pick-up for a Fee | Remove nails and break to fit into cart/bin. Wood must be untreated or unpainted to be accepted. | |
| GreenWaste Hayward Transfer Station | 3458 Enterprise Ave | Hayward | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | If associated with C&D project. | |
| Gonzalez Pallets |
1261 Yard Ct Bldg. D |
San Jose | Recycle | Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up | Accepts all kinds of pallets. $2.00 disposal fee for pallets. | |
| Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station | 41149 Boyce Rd. | Fremont | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Deposit plant debris, food scraps & food-soiled paper in the facility’s designated “clean green” area. | |
| Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) | 2615 Davis St. | San Leandro | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Public green waste drop-off area | |
| Contra Costa Transfer & Recovery Station (CCTRS) | 951 Waterbird Way | Martinez | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee |
Curbside Service
| Organics | Garbage | Bulky Pickup | Debris Box | Note | ||
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| Alameda |
Untreated, clean wood only. Remove nails and break to fit into cart/bin. ### |
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| Albany |
Remove nails and fit into container with lid closed. ### Remove nails. ### |
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| Berkeley |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Castro Valley Sanitary District |
Untreated wood only. Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Dublin |
Untreated wood only. Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
Untreated wood only. Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Emeryville |
Untreated wood pallets can be broken down and removed of their nails before placing in the organics container if they can fit with the lid closed. Otherwise, they can be placed in the landfill container with lid closed or saved for bulky pickup. ### |
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| Fremont |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Hayward |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Livermore |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Newark |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Oakland |
With nails removed. ### |
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| Piedmont |
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| Pleasanton |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| San Leandro |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) |
Remove nails and fit into cart or bin. ### |
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| Union City |
Must fit in hauler container with lid closed and be unpainted/treated wood. Offer good condition wood crates for donation/reuse. Broken/poor condition wooden crates accepted in organics bin/cart. ### |
