Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Personal Care & Beauty Products - Used

Non-medicated products: use up, donate or place in trash. Reuse the container, and check if your brand offers a take back for recycling program for the container/packaging.

Find a shop to bring your own packaging to refill with personal care products..

Never flush wipes, menstrual products, or dental floss - these clog pipes. Keep lotions, cosmetics, fragrances, sunscreen agents, and similar products out of the drain and toilet; the best "somewhere else" to throw these items is your household trash. Medicines, medicated lotions, creams and shampoos go to a Meds Drop-box (here); nail polish and acetone goes to a Household Hazardous Waste facility. Vitamins & supplements go in the organics bin.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Albatross Razor Blade Take Back Program Locator Albatross Designs
PO Box 22130
Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Mail-in Razor blade take pack program - mail in or drop off. See website for details. Albatross Razors accepts all razor brands of double and single edged shaving blades.
Central Contra Costa HHW Collection Facility 4797 Imhoff Pl. Martinez Safe Disposal Free Drop-off
Clean the World 3111 South Valley View Blvd
Suite L 115
Las Vegas Reuse Free Mail-in Accept hotel toiletries (soaps and bottled amenities) to create new hygiene products and recycle the packaging. After program registration, bins are sent, when 1/2 full, they send shipping labels & new bins.
Clean the World 3111 South Valley View Blvd
Suite L 115
Las Vegas Recycle Free Mail-in Accept hotel toiletries (soaps and bottled amenities) to create new hygiene products and recycle the packaging. After program registration, bins are sent, when 1/2 full, they send shipping labels & new bins.
Delta HHW Collection Facility 2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Hwy Antioch Safe Disposal Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee
Downtown Streets Team 22551 2nd St Hayward Reuse Free Drop-off Accepts new condition hygiene kits.
Facebook Buy Nothing Groups 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park Reuse Free Pick-up New/Unused
Family Bridges 168 11th St Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Women's toiletries/hygiene products (dispensed items that don't contact skin, ex. shampoo/conditioner), and sanitary pads (opened boxes ok) for the Community Ambassador Program.
g2Revolution 8585 Pyott Road
Suite 100
Lake in the Hills Recycle Mail-in for a Fee Perfume, Body Spray, Nail Polish / Remover, Body Mist, Creams, Lotions, Liquid Makeup (Including Flammable), Shampoo, Conditioner, Soaps
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Landfill Pick-up for a Fee
Panasonic's Take Back for Tomorrow Program 2 Riverfront Plz
Fl 6
Newark Recycle Free Mail-in Only electric or battery shaver or trimmers. Sign up and receive a pre-paid label for consumers to pack and ship the device.
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Landfill Drop-off for a Fee
Preserve Gimme 5 & Toothbrush Takeback Mail In 823 State Route 13 Cortland Recycle Free Mail-in Mail us your old Preserve toothbrushes, not only will they be recycled into new products, but you will also receive a coupon for Preserve’s online store. For every six Preserve toothbrushes that you send back to us, we will reward you with a $6 coupon. (No other brands.)
Re-Up Refills 6025 College Ave Oakland Reuse Drop-off for a Fee Bring your empty containers to fill and refill with your essentials for bath and body (fee).
West County HHW Collection Facility 101 Pittsburg Ave. Richmond Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee

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