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 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.

Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Drop-off Location Finder

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
Lucky Supermarket	1750 Fulton St.	San Francisco	Recycle	Free Drop-off
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.
Whole Foods Market (South Berkeley)	3000 Telegraph Ave	Berkeley	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
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.
Green Planet 21	336 Adeline Street	Oakland	Recycle	Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee	Clear & color; Ag Film scrap, PE bed plastics, mulch film. Dirty/wet film specialists
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.
Cole Hardware	345 9th St	San Francisco	Recycle	Free Drop-off	Stuff clean film inside plastic bag before drop-off. Basketball-size amount per visit.
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.

Curbside Service

	Recycling	Garbage	Note
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. ###
Albany		###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###
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. ###

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