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 Bucket

Plastic bucket is a cylindrical plastic container, usually with a metal handle. (Remove metal handle prior to recycling.)

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Adventure Playground 160 University Ave
Berkeley Marina
Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off Clean and dry, working handle 5g buckets (to hold tools)
Bay Polymer 1300 E. Victor Road Lodi Recycle Buyback Pick-up Commercial quantities.
Berkeley Recycling Center 669 Gilman St.
(corner of 2nd & Gilman)
Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off
Biagini Waste Reduction Systems Inc. 1150 Hensley Street Richmond Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Citywide Fibers 1151 Quesada Ave. San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
Civicorps Recycling 101 Myrtle St. Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee No paint, no oil
Commercial Waste & Recycling - C&D, Inerts & landscape yard 725 Independent Road Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Containers Unlimited 3375 Arden Road Hayward Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantity
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off Recycle drop-off area
Envision Plastics 14312 Central Avenue Chino Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Recycler of baled HDPE plastic
Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station 41149 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Separate recyclables and deposit into marked containers at facility
Green Planet 21 336 Adeline Street Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Empty containers only. Pour out liquids and scrape or wipe out residue.
Hayward Transfer Station 3458 Enterprise Ave Hayward Recycle Drop-off for a Fee If associated with C&D project.
Materials Reuse 2650 Nicol Ave Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Mt. Diablo Recycling 1300 Loveridge Road Pittsburg Recycle Free Drop-off
Myers Container Management Services 21301 Cloud Way Hayward Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity. Barrels, too
National Recycling Corp. (Oakland) 1312 Kirkham St. Oakland Recycle Buyback Drop-off
Phoenix Container 2224 South Daubenberger Rd. Turlock Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantities
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.

Curbside Service

Recycling Garbage Note
Alameda
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Albany
Not accepted in recycling. Consider offering for reuse.
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Berkeley
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed. Maximum size 5g. Do not stack multiple buckets together.
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Empty
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Dublin
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed. Metal handles must be separated from the bucket for the plastic bucket to be recycled.
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Emeryville
Not accepted for recycling. Consider offering for reuse.
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Fremont
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Hayward
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Livermore
Empty and drip-free.
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Newark
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Oakland
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Piedmont
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Pleasanton
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San Leandro
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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Union City
Empty and drip-free. Wipe clean as needed.
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