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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| Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station | 41149 Boyce Rd. | Fremont | Landfill | Drop-off for a Fee | Separate recyclables and deposit into marked containers at facility | |
| Pleasanton Transfer Station | 3110 Busch Rd. | Pleasanton | Landfill | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Republic Services, Inc. | 42600 Boyce Road | Fremont | Landfill | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| GreenWaste Hayward Transfer Station | 3458 Enterprise Ave | Hayward | Landfill | Drop-off for a Fee | Load into trash pile | |
| Shoreway Environmental Center (SEC) | 333 Shoreway Road | San Carlos | Landfill | Free Drop-off | Public Recycling Center | |
| Cole Hardware, Vallejo St. | 627 Vallejo St | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film inside plastic bag before drop-off. Basketball-size amount per visit. | |
| Trader Joe's | 265 Winston Dr. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
| Safeway | 145 Jackson St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before 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. | |
| Bay Polymer | 1300 E. Victor Road | Lodi | Recycle | Buyback Pick-up | Commercial quantities. We buy foam, film and plastic scrap bails. This could include high or low density polyethylene and polypropylene sheet. | |
| Safeway | 15 Marina Blvd | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
| TerraCycle | 121 New York Ave | Trenton | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| 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. | |
| Safeway | 2020 Market St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
| AHG Group | 1968 Alpine Way | Hayward | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Ag Film clean and dirty; Film: HDPE, LLDPE, Other, PP; sheeting - acrylic, HDPE | |
| Safeway | 2300 16th St | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
| Materials Reuse | 2650 Nicol Ave | Oakland | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Safeway | 2350 Noriega St. | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Stuff clean film (saran-wrap) inside plastic bag before drop-off. | |
| Whole Foods Market (1150 Ocean Ave) | 1150 Ocean Ave | San Francisco | Recycle | Free Drop-off | Clean and dry. Collection bin by front of store | |
| National Recycling Corp. (Oakland) | 1312 Kirkham St. | Oakland | Recycle | Buyback 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. ### |
