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

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Plant Pots - Plastic

Plastic plant pots are made of hard, rigid plastic for storing plants.

Offer empty, dry stacked plastic plant containers for reuse to other gardeners, nurseries, and school gardens through social media groups, listservs or other online offerings. If you have space, store for use for seasonal seed starts.

Here are Bay Area gardening resources for tools, seeds, right plant - right place, composting, sheet mulching, and Bay Friendly nurseries.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Home Depot (San Leandro) 1933 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Leave empty, dirt-free plastic pots, containers, or trays on the designated rack \"Recycle any Plastic Garden Container Here\" at the Garden Center.
Evergreen Nursery and Garden Supply 350 San Leandro Blvd San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Knock dirt from pots, trays and tags.
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Recycle drop-off area
PlasticsMarkets.org - Plastics Recycling Directory PO Box 1327 Sonoma Recycle Pick-up for a Fee, Buyback Mail-in Connecting recycled plastics buyers & suppliers. This site's purpose is to connect suppliers and buyers of all types of scrap plastic (from bales to post consumer resin). It's supported by the plastics industry and intended for use by the recycling industry in North America.
Lowe's 811 E. Arques Ave Sunnyvale Recycle Free Drop-off
RAFT - Resource Area For Teaching 1160 Kern Ave Sunnyvale Reuse Free Drop-off
SMaRT Station 301 Carl Rd Sunnyvale Recycle Free Drop-off The SMaRT Station serves Mountain View and Sunnyvale residents only.
Phoenix Container 2224 South Daubenberger Rd. Turlock Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantities
FreeCycle The Freecycle Network
PO Box 294
Tuscon Reuse Free Pick-up
Home Depot (Union City) 30055 Industrial Pkwy. Union City Recycle Free Drop-off Leave empty, dirt-free plastic pots, containers, or trays on the designated rack \"Recycle any Plastic Garden Container Here\" at the Garden Center.
Lowe's (Union City) 32040 Union Landing Union City Recycle Free Drop-off plastic pots, trays, hanging baskets and tags

Curbside Service

Recycling Garbage Note
Alameda
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Albany
Free of dirt.
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Berkeley
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community or nursery.
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Dublin
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community. Consider collecting, cleaning, and donating to local farms for reuse.
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Emeryville
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Fremont
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Hayward
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Livermore
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Newark
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Oakland
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Piedmont
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Pleasanton
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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San Leandro
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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Union City
Free of dirt. Offer good condition for reuse to local community.
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