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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
Hively (Oakland) 80 Swan Way
Suite 130
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
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
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Oakland Facility) 2100 East 7th Street Oakland Safe Disposal Free Drop-off  
Telegraph Ministry Center 5316 Telegraph Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
Coliseum Public Market 5401 Coliseum Way Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Operation Dignity 318 Harrison St
Ste 302
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Usable toiletries. hygeine kits: Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, First Aid supplies (bandages, antibiotic cream, kits), Lip balm, Shaving cream, Razors, Moisturizing lotion, Hand sanitizer, Deodorant, Feminine hygiene products, Combs/brushes, Masks (cloth or disposable)
Urban Compassion Project 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Suite 234
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Travel size toiletries, disposable razors, shaving cream, deodorant, toothpaste, bar soap
First Place for Youth 426 17th St
Suite 100
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off (hair combs/picks/brushes, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, etc.)
La Clinica Alta Vista 1515 Fruitvale Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off For pregnancy, nursing, post-partum, baby and toddler
Laney College Flea Market 510 Fallon St Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Family Bridges 168 11th St Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Women's toiletries/hygiene products, and sanitary pads for the Community Ambassador Program.
Cityteam Ministries (Family Services) 722 Washington Street Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Hygeine/toiletry items in particular
Listia
Online
Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Omni Commons 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Rolls of toilet paper
Green Planet 21 1221E. 3rd Street Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Product Destruction
2 A Good Cause 530 Midcrest Rd Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Works with large quantities, businesses and organizations. Hygiene items – soap, toothpaste, sanitary supplies
Green Planet 21 1221E. 3rd Street Oakland Landfill Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Product Destruction
Mercari 1530 Page Mill Rd Palo Alto Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Hively (Pleasanton) 6601 Owens Dr
Suite 100
Pleasanton Reuse Free Drop-off
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Landfill Drop-off for a Fee

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