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
Western Pacific Pulp & Paper 1221 3rd St Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity
West County Resource Recovery Recycling Center 101 Pittsburg Ave. Richmond Recycle Free Drop-off
Waste Management of Alameda County 172 98th Ave. Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial waste hauling service
Urban Ore 900 Murray St. Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off Clean, good condition
The Sutta Co. (East Bay Recycling) 1221 3rd St. Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Large/business quantity only
Super Link Plastic, Inc. 888 92nd Ave Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee Must be clean. Free pick up available for quantities over 500 lbs.
SCRAP 801 Toland St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off
Repurposed Materials 10220 Brighton Rd
Unit 7
Henderson Reuse Buyback Mail-in Commercial volume.
Republic Services, Inc. 42600 Boyce Road Fremont Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Refund Recycling 2680 Old First St. Livermore Recycle Free Drop-off
Recology San Francisco Transfer Station Public Recycling and Disposal Drop Off 501 Tunnel Ave. San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Landfill Drop-off for a Fee Separate for recycle drop-off
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.
Phoenix Container 2224 South Daubenberger Rd. Turlock Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantities
National Recycling Corp. (Oakland) 1312 Kirkham St. Oakland Recycle Buyback Drop-off
Myers Container Management Services 21301 Cloud Way Hayward Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Commercial quantity. Barrels, too
Mt. Diablo Recycling 1300 Loveridge Road Pittsburg Recycle Free Drop-off
Materials Reuse 2650 Nicol Ave Oakland Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Hayward Transfer Station 3458 Enterprise Ave Hayward Recycle Drop-off for a Fee If associated with C&D project.
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.

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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