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

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Paperboard Boxes/Tubes

Paperboard is a single layer of pressed boxboard and is typically used for retail packaging. Some examples of paperboard packaging include cereal, tissue boxes, bakery boxes, and cake mix boxes.

Consider art and science reuse projects with littles before recycling. If food-soiled or wet, compost paperboard. Paperboard covered in metallic foil belongs in the garbage.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Recycle drop-off area
Parkside Mailboxes 945 Taraval St. San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper shredded here.
FedEx Office 303 2nd St San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper shredded here.
Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station 41149 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Separate recyclables and deposit into marked containers at facility
PO Plus 584 Castro St San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper shredded here.
FedEx Office 3225 Fillmore St San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper shredded here.
International Paper 42305 Albrae St. Fremont Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
FedEx Office 333 O'Farrell San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper shredded here.
Multi-Material Management & Marketing 405 14th St. #1600 Oakland Recycle Free Pick-up
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center 7501 Schmidt Ln. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off Mixed Paper bin.
Shred-it 350 Hatch Drive Foster City Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper picked up and shredded.,Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper shredded here.
National Recycling Corp. (Oakland) 1312 Kirkham St. Oakland Recycle Buyback Drop-off
Mt. Diablo Recycling 1300 Loveridge Road Pittsburg Recycle Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity
SCRAP 801 Toland St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off
RAFT - Resource Area For Teaching 1355 Ridder Park Dr San Jose Reuse Free Drop-off Paper: Cardboard tubes, packaged cardstock and colored paper, packaged copy paper, foam core board, envelopes, poster board, cash register tape, paper or canvas bags, tissue paper
Reuse Arts & Crafts 1824 San Pablo Ave Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off Decorative boxes for reuse, paper tubes for projects
Postal Chase 3053 Fillmore St San Francisco Reuse Drop-off for a Fee Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper shredded here.
Postal Chase 530 Divisadero St San Francisco Reuse Drop-off for a Fee Does your paper need shredding? You can pay to have your paper shredded here.

Curbside Service

Recycling Note
Alameda
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Albany
Clean and dry. Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Berkeley
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Dublin
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Emeryville
Clean and dry. Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Fremont
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Hayward
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Livermore
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Newark
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Oakland
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Piedmont
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Pleasanton
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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San Leandro
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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Union City
Consider collecting for reuse art and craft projects.
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