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
Phoenix Container 2224 South Daubenberger Rd. Turlock Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantities
East Bay Nursery 2332 San Pablo Ave Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off Knock dirt from pots, trays and tags.
Lowe's (Fremont) 43612 Pacific Commons Blvd. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off plastic pots, trays, hanging baskets and tags
Evergreen Nursery and Garden Supply 350 San Leandro Blvd San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Knock dirt from pots, trays and tags.
Lowe's (Livermore) 4255 1st St. Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off plastic pots, trays, hanging baskets and tags
Super Link Plastic, Inc. 888 92nd Ave Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Must be clean. Free pick up available for quantities over 500 lbs.
Grand Lake Ace Garden Center 4001 Grand Ave Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off Knock dirt from pots, trays and tags.
Lowe's (Union City) 32040 Union Landing Union City Recycle Free Drop-off plastic pots, trays, hanging baskets and tags
The Sutta Co. (East Bay Recycling) 1221 3rd St. Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Large/business quantity only
Biagini Waste Reduction Systems Inc. 1150 Hensley Street Richmond Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Waste Management of Alameda County 172 98th Ave. Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial waste hauling service
Regan Nursery 4268 Decoto Rd Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off Knock dirt from pots, trays and tags.
Republic Services, Inc. 42600 Boyce Road Fremont Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Western Pacific Pulp & Paper 1221 3rd St Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity
Hayward Transfer Station 3458 Enterprise Ave Hayward Recycle Drop-off for a Fee If associated with C&D project.
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Flowerland 1330 Solano Ave Albany Recycle Free Drop-off Knock dirt from pots, trays and tags.
Green Planet 21 336 Adeline Street Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
Lowe's 811 E. Arques Ave Sunnyvale Recycle Free Drop-off
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center 7501 Schmidt Ln. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off Planters bin. Must be clean and dry.

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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