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
Berkeley Food Network 1925 Ninth St Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off Clean, usable Reusable and or Plastic Bags with handles for reuse, neatly folded in another bag. Paper, plastic, cloth, etc. accepted. Leftover bag stock (traditional grocery bag size) accepted as well.
McGee Center for Food Faith And Justice 1640 Stuart St Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off Clean, dry, folded with intact handles in another bag.
Home Depot 5631 Lone Tree Way Brentwood Recycle Free Drop-off Plastic shopping bags only
Trader Joe's (22224 Redwood Road) 22224 Redwood Road Castro Valley Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Lucky Supermarket (3443 Castro Valley Blvd) 3443 Castro Valley Blvd. Castro Valley Recycle Free Drop-off bag of clean film plastic at the front of house collection bin
Safeway (20629 Redwood Rd) 20629 Redwood Rd Castro Valley Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Safeway (4015 East Castro Valley Blvd) 4015 East Castro Valley Blvd Castro Valley Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Home Depot 2090 Meridian Park Blvd. Concord Recycle Free Drop-off Plastic shopping bags only
Target (7200 Amador Plaza Rd) 7200 Amador Plaza Rd Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Target (2800 Dublin Blvd) 2800 Dublin Blvd Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Lowe's (Dublin) 3750 Dublin Blvd. Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Dublin) 4820 Dublin Blvd. Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off
Safeway (7499 Dublin Blvd) 7499 Dublin Blvd Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Home Depot 11939 San Pablo Ave. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off Plastic shopping bags only
Target (1555 40th St) 1555 40th St Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's (5700 Christie Ave) 5700 Christie Avenue Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Pak'n Save (3889 San Pablo Ave) 3889 San Pablo Ave Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Emeryville) 3700 Mandela Pkwy. Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off
Raley's Market (Fremont) 39200 Paseo Padre Way Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Safeway (39100 Argonaut Way) 39100 Argonaut Way Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic. If bins are no longer out front, ask manager to move them back for customer

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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