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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| 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. | |
| TerraCycle | 121 New York Ave | Trenton | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| Safeway | 5290 Diamond Heights Blvd. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
| Cole Hardware | 70 4th St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film inside plastic bag before drop-off. Basketball-size amount per visit. | |
| Safeway | 625 Monterey Blvd. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
| Cole Hardware | 956 Cole St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film inside plastic bag before drop-off. Basketball-size amount per visit. | |
| Safeway | 730 Taraval St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
| Cole Hardware | 2254 Polk St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film inside plastic bag before drop-off. Basketball-size amount per visit. | |
| Whole Foods Market (1150 Ocean Ave) | 1150 Ocean Ave | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store | |
| 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 | ||
| Whole Foods Market | 399 4th St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store | |
| 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 | ||
| Whole Foods Market | 3950 24th St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store | |
| Trader Joe's | 3 Masonic Ave. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. |
Curbside Service
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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. ### |
