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

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Plastic Bags

Plastic bags are a type of plastic film that is designed to contain goods.

When shopping or dining out, bring your reusables, reuse plastic and paper bags, or refuse a bag and hand carry items when possible.

Donate neatly folded reusable plastic bag of bags to a local animal shelter or rescue group or food pantry, or stuff newspaper bags to dispensers at local dog parks,or to the community for use by small businesses and residents.

Businesses in Alameda County can use the Bin Liner by City Tool to determine what kind of indoor bin liner your trash, organics, or recycling bin can have. Bag Laws: Alameda County, State of California, City of Berkeley, Overview of the aforementioned laws.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Lucky Supermarket (2000 Portola Ave) 2000 Portola Ave. Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Safeway (6790 Bernal Ave) 6790 Bernal Ave Pleasanton Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Target (1555 40th St) 1555 40th St Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's 265 Winston Dr. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Safeway 350 Bay St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Recycle only clean and dry plastic bags.
Cole Hardware 956 Cole St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Raley's Market (Pleasanton) 5420 Sunol Blvd. Pleasanton Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Lucky Supermarket (1951 Holmes St) 1951 Holmes St. Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Safeway (1701 Santa Rita Rd) 1701 Santa Rita Rd Pleasanton Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Target (4300 Las Positas Rd) 4300 Las Positas Rd Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Target (7200 Amador Plaza Rd) 7200 Amador Plaza Rd Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
BagandFilmRecycling Drop-Off Location Finder PO Box 358 Sonoma Recycle Free Drop-off See website for accepted items and current collection locations. Contact this organization directly regarding updates.
Lowe's 491 Bayshore Blvd. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Clean and dry
Safeway 4950 Mission St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Recycle only clean and dry plastic bags.
Cole Hardware 2254 Polk St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Cole Hardware (Rockridge) 5533 College Ave Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off
Trader Joe's (4040 Pimlico) 4040 Pimlico #150 Pleasanton Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Safeway (3902 Washington Blvd) 3902 Washington Blvd Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic. Ask the manager if bin is no longer at the front for customer bag collection.
Whole Foods Market (South Berkeley) 3000 Telegraph Ave Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off
Target (2800 Dublin Blvd) 2800 Dublin Blvd Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic

Curbside Service

Recycling Garbage Note
Alameda
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Albany
Consider reuse of clean, dry plastic bags. Albany does not accept plastic bags for recycling.
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Berkeley
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
When collected as bag-of-bags for Recycling Cart/Bin or for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment. Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash.
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Dublin
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Emeryville
Emeryville does not accept plastic bags for recycling.
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Fremont
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Hayward
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Livermore
When collected as bag-of-bags for Recycling Cart/Bin or for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment. Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash.
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Newark
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Oakland
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Piedmont
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. Clean, dry flim/flimsy/soft plastics in a plastic bag-of-bags accepted and can be droped at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment.
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Pleasanton
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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San Leandro
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Do not put loose bags in the recycling cart as they jam the recycling equipment.
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Union City
Dirty, wet plastic bags belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags for grocery store drop-off, must be clean and dry. Loose bags jam recycling equipment.
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