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
Central Contra Costa HHW Collection Facility 4797 Imhoff Pl. Martinez Safe Disposal Free Drop-off
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.
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.
Facebook Buy Nothing Groups 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park Reuse Free Pick-up New/Unused
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.)
West County HHW Collection Facility 101 Pittsburg Ave. Richmond Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee
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
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.
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Landfill Pick-up for a Fee
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Landfill Drop-off for a Fee

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