Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
for Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and the City of Palo Alto

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Rugs & Mats - Working

Consider donation or posting online for reuse. Consider cleaning it and repurposing your rugs and mats before disposal. Find a carpet/rug cleaner to rent or borrow, or have a specialist work on it at their shop or bring their tools to your site. A clean but stained, work rug or mat may be perfect in an another area of your home, or may be just the thing for another site.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Make It Home (Walnut Creek) 1271 Boulevard Way Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off Area rugs (largest size 8x10; rugs can only be accepted if a photo of the ENTIRE rug has been provided and the size of the rug is labeled clearly on the back corner, so it is easily identified)
Goodwill (Walnut Creek) 2536 N Main Street Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Quail Country Antiques 1581 Boulevard Way Walnut Creek Reuse Buyback Drop-off quilts
Savers (1997 Tice Valley Blvd.) 1997 Tice Valley Blvd. Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off
Remoov & The Local Flea 160 Sylvester Rd South San Francisco Reuse Pick-up for a Fee, Buyback Drop-off
Goodwill (South San Francisco ) 225 Kenwood Way South San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Goodwill (San Rafael) 809 Lincoln Ave San Rafael Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Make It Home (San Rafael) NorthGate Mall (back entrance)
818 Northgate Dr
San Rafael Reuse Free Drop-off Area rugs (largest size 8x10; rugs can only be accepted if a photo of the ENTIRE rug has been provided and the size of the rug is labeled clearly on the back corner, so it is easily identified)
Goodwill (San Pablo) 100A San Pablo Towne Center San Pablo Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Goodwill (San Mateo) 28 W. 25th Ave San Mateo Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Vinted c/o AG Accounting
735 Geary SF; Ste 303
San Francisco Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Frank's Shoe Repair & Leather Goods 1619 Polk St San Francisco Repair Drop-off for a Fee Cleaning. Area rugs and carpets. Call for details.
Out of the Closet 1498 Polk St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off
The Salvation Army Home Pick-Up Service 832 Folsom St San Francisco Reuse Free Pick-up
Goodwill (San Francisco - Marina) 3605 Buchanan St San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Craigslist 222 Sutter St
Floor 9
San Francisco Reuse Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up
Goodwill (Rodeo) 607 Parker Avenue Rodeo Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Goodwill (Richmond) 12341 San Pablo Avenue Richmond Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Goodwill (Redwood City - Donation Trailer) 46 Fifth Ave Redwood City Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site
Goodwill (Pleasant Hill) 1699 Contra Costa Boulevard,
Gregory Village Shopping Center
Pleasant Hill Reuse Free Drop-off Rugs over 5 feet must be donated direct to a store site

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Special Action Note
Alameda
Albany
Berkeley
Castro Valley Sanitary District
Clean and dry. See Textile Collection Program details. Collect clean and dry materials in a large plastic bag to keep it clean during collection for Textile Pick-ups, which are held 2x/yr (first full wk of June/Oct). Set bags or boxes of dry (no biowaste) textiles by blue cart.
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No larger than 9' by 12'. Clean and dry. See Textile Reuse & Recycling Program details.
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Dublin
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Pleasanton
San Leandro
San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Union City

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