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
Nob Hill Markets 500 W. Capitol Ave West Sacramento Recycle Free Drop-off
Safeway (2227 S Shore Center) 2227 S Shore Center Alameda Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic. Collection bin by the entrance doors available 24/7.
Western Pacific Pulp & Paper 1221 3rd St Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity
NexTrex
331 Apple Valley Rd
Winchester Recycle Free Drop-off bread bags, dry cleaning bags, newspaper bags, ice bags, resealable food bags, cereal bags, case overwrap, salt bags, pallet wrap & stretch film, wood pellet bags, produce bags
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.
Lucky Supermarket (1300 Fairmont Dr) 1300 Fairmont Drive San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's (2217 South Shore Center) 2217 South Shore Center Alameda Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Target (15555 E 14th St) 15555 E 14th St San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Safeway 145 Jackson St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Recycle only clean and dry plastic bags.
Safeway 5918 Stoneridge Mall Rd Pleasanton Recycle Free Drop-off
Safeway (867 Island Drive) 867 Island Drive Alameda Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Put bags and other film plastic into a plastic bag, tie and place in recycling cart.
Sprouts (Albany) 1075 Monroe St Albany Recycle Free Drop-off Plastic film and bags collection bin at entrance.
TerraCycle 121 New York Ave Trenton Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Lucky Supermarket (15840 Hesperian Blvd) 15840 Hesperian Blvd San Lorenzo Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's (1885 University Ave) 1885 University Ave. Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Safeway (22280 Foothill Blvd ) 22280 Foothill Blvd Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Safeway 15 Marina Blvd San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Recycle only clean and dry plastic bags.
Save Mart Supermarkets 1800 Standiford Ave Modesto Recycle Free Drop-off
Rocket Reuse 1355 Park St. Alameda Reuse Free Drop-off Good condition, folded neatly for reuse from gift bags to grocery bags. Space dependent.

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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