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
Target (Antioch) 5769 Lone Tree Way Antioch Recycle Free Drop-off
TerraCycle 121 New York Ave Trenton Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Trader Joe's 3 Masonic Ave. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Trader Joe's 401 Bay St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Trader Joe's 265 Winston Dr. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off
Trader Joe's (1122 A East Stanley Blvd) 1122 A East Stanley Blvd. Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's (1885 University Ave) 1885 University Ave. Berkeley 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
Trader Joe's (22224 Redwood Road) 22224 Redwood Road Castro Valley Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's (3250 Lakeshore Ave) 3250 Lakeshore Ave. Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's (39324 Argonaut Way) 39324 Argonaut Way Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic. If the bins are not longer out front, ask the manager to reinstall them.
Trader Joe's (4040 Pimlico) 4040 Pimlico #150 Pleasanton Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's (5700 Christie Ave) 5700 Christie Avenue Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Trader Joe's (5727 College Ave) 5727 College Ave. Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off Clean film plastic
Tri-Valley Haven: Haven Food Pantry 150 N L St Livermore Reuse Free Drop-off Clean, dry, folded with intact handles in another bag. Call to schedule.
Western Pacific Pulp & Paper 1221 3rd St Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity
Whole Foods Market 399 4th St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store
Whole Foods Market 3950 24th St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store
Whole Foods Market 1765 California St. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store
Whole Foods Market (1150 Ocean Ave) 1150 Ocean Ave San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store

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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