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Personal Care & Beauty Products - New/Unused

Toiletry items are personal care items use for hygiene, grooming, making up, or cleaning oneself, such as soap or deodorant.

Use it up or donate.

Per CalRecycle, please do not put non-medicated lotions, cosmetics, fragrances, sunscreen agents, and similar products down the drain or into the toilet; the trash is the best "away." Click here for medicated lotions, creams and shampoos, and here for nail polish.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Northern Ca Swap Meets Inc 1150 Ballena Blvd Alameda Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Nextdoor Headquarters
420 Taylor St
San Francisco Reuse Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up
Native American Heritage Association 12085 Quaal Rd Black Hawk Reuse Free Mail-in
Midway Shelter of Alameda PO Box 951 Alameda Reuse Free Drop-off
Mercari 1530 Page Mill Rd Palo Alto Reuse Buyback Mail-in
MAP International 4700 Glynco Parkway Brunswick Reuse Free Mail-in Large new quantity from manufacturers or suppliers. Basic hygiene products. Nutritional supplements. MAP provides healthcare supplies and medicines to hospitals, clinics, and short-term medical missions in poor communities around the world. If your company manufactures or sells medicine or health supplies, we would like to talk to you about partnership and just how easy it is to donate to our organization.
Listia
Online
Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in
LiquiDonate 149 New Montgomery St
Floor 4
San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off, Mail-in for a Fee Commercial quantity. LiquiDonate matches and moves reclaimable items (ex. returns, liquidation, branded items, inventory, apparel, office/warehouse supplies) from businesses to nonprofits, including arranging pickup or delivery. Free delivery for non-profits, business pays for delivery.
Laney College Flea Market 510 Fallon St Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church 1255 First Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Hygiene items
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church 1255 First Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Hygiene Kit Items for the Unsheltered: Call 626-695-0687 for appt. Travel-sized okay. Soap or body wash, toothbrush/paste, lotion, shampoo, razors, tampons/pads, body wipes, deodorant, masks (single-use or new reusable), socks, laundry pods, antibiotic cream, antiseptic wipes, band-aids, lip balm, cotton swabs, hand sanitizer
La Clinica Alta Vista 1515 Fruitvale Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off For pregnancy, nursing, post-partum, baby and toddler
Kennedy High School Flea Market 39999 Blacow Rd Fremont Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Insight Housing 2855 Telegraph Ave
Ste 601
Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off New or in good/usable condition.
I Support The Girls Attn: Dana Marlowe
1143 Amherst Ave; #2736
Wheaton Reuse Free Mail-in Feminine hygiene products like pads and tampons.
Homies Empowerment 7637 MacArthur Blvd Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Clothing, home items
Homeless Shelter Location Finder 451 7th St, SW Washington Reuse Free Drop-off
Hively (Pleasanton) 6601 Owens Dr
Suite 100
Pleasanton Reuse Free Drop-off
Hively (Oakland) 80 Swan Way
Suite 130
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
Green Planet 21 1221E. 3rd Street Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Product Destruction

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