Plastic Film & Wrap
Plastic film is soft plastic that does not hold its shape when squished or crumpled in your hands. Plastic film may be multi-colored and is often used to wrap packages.
Some grocery stores still offer plastic film recycling drop-off bins for clean, dry plastic bags, but in many cases, the material is too contaminated to be processed and thus landfilled. When you can, try to avoid the packaging in the first place by shopping locally or buying secondhand.
Vendors
Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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Whole Foods Market | 1765 California St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store | |
Safeway | 730 Taraval St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
Safeway | 735 7th Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
Lucky Supermarket | 1515 Sloat Blvd. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
Safeway | 850 La Playa St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
Lucky Supermarket | 1750 Fulton St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | ||
Trader Joe's | 3 Masonic Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
Mollie Stone's | 635 Portola Dr. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
Trader Joe's | 401 Bay St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
Safeway | 1335 Webster St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
Georgia-Pacific Corp. | 2800 Alvarado St | San Leandro | Recycle | Free Pick-up | Bales or very high volume for direct drop-off to Port of Oakland | |
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) | 2615 Davis St. | San Leandro | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Ask at Scalehouse if Bag-of-Bags are accepted. Bag-of-Bags is a collection of clean, dry, flimsy plastic tied up in a clear plastic bag. Please visit www.plasticfilmrecycling.com for more information. | |
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. | |
BagandFilmRecycling Drop-Off Location Finder | PO Box 358 | Sonoma | Recycle | Free Drop-off | See website for accepted items and current collection locations. Contact this organization directly regarding updates. | |
TerraCycle | 121 New York Ave | Trenton | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
NexTrex |
331 Apple Valley Rd |
Winchester | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Residential and business collection bins to clean and dry number 2 and 4 stretchy plastic film to be made into composite decking. |
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Curbside Service
Recycling | Garbage | Note | ||
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Alameda |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Albany |
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Berkeley |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams 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 film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Emeryville |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Fremont |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Hayward |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Livermore |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Newark |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Oakland |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams 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 film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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San Leandro |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |
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Union City |
Dirty, wet plastic film belongs in the trash. If collected as bag-of-bags to drop at grocery stores, must be clean and dry. Loose film jams recycling equipment. ### |