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

Shoes should be in good enough condition to be reused.

Shoes for donation should be in good condition for reuse. Consider bringing shoes to a local cobbler to transform your shoes through stretching, cleaning, resoling, polish, and strap/buckle repair/replacement to bring you joy once more. Tie or rubber band pairs of shoes so they stay together.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Modern Shoe Repair 3602 International Blvd Oakland Repair Drop-off for a Fee
Hively (Oakland) 80 Swan Way
Suite 130
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Shoes for children, women and men in wearing condition (free from holes, tears and extreme wear)
Right-Way Shoe Repair 5239 College Ave Oakland Repair Drop-off for a Fee Shoe repair and refurbishing.
Montclair Shoe Repair 6112 La Salle Ave # 4 Oakland Repair Drop-off for a Fee
Goodwill (Oakland - MacArthur) 3525 MacArthur Blvd Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
Goodwill Outlet (Oakland) 1301 30th Ave Oakland Reuse On-site for a Fee Clearance center sales open to the public. No donations accepted at this location.
ThredUp Corporate Headquarters
969 Broadway, Suite 200
Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in Consignment. They donate or send back items they choose not to list on their website. Excellent condition Women's and children's clothing, accessories, shoes, handbags, and accessories. Order a clean out kit (free) or expedited (fee)
Fluid Professional Organizing Services Oakland Reuse Pick-up for a Fee Provides donation pick up and redistribution to partner non-profits in addition to professional organizing services.
Kelly's Corner 2029 Macarthur Blvd Oakland Reuse Buyback Drop-off Kids, including sports, rain, snow, dance
Coliseum Public Market 5401 Coliseum Way Oakland Reuse Buyback Drop-off
The Arc of Alameda County Drop Box (Oakland) 685 14th St
(Drop-off bin in courtyard of First United Church of Oakland)
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
The Arc of Alameda County Drop-box (Blaisdell's Business Products) Blaisdell's Business Products Warehouse
474 Roland Way
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
Crossroads Trading (Oakland) 5901 College Ave Oakland Reuse Buyback Drop-off, Buyback Mail-in Women's and men's
TOYCYCLE (app) - Reuse PO Box 19294 Oakland Reuse Buyback Pick-up, Buyback Mail-in Like new condition
Oakland Museum - White Elephant Sale 333 Lancaster St. Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up
Radbird (Oakland) 3223 Grant Ave Oakland Reuse Buyback Drop-off High-end women and men's consignment clothing store. See https://radbird.com/pages/how-to-consign
Silver Moon 3233 Lakeshore Ave. Oakland Reuse Buyback Drop-off Clean & free of dirt
Out of the Closet (Oakland) 238 E 18th St. Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off
Oakland Elizabeth House 6423 Colby St Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Women and children's
All Things Vintage 3506 Woodruff Ave Oakland Reuse Buyback Drop-off Vintage

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Special Action Note
Alameda
Bundled & labeled for reuse/donation. Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up.
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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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Clean and dry. See Textile Reuse & Recycling Program details.
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Dublin
Textile Collection Program AVI collects clean & dry textiles quarterly first full week of Jul, Oct, Jan and Apr in clear plastic bags from residents (SF & MF). Schedule collection at 925-479-9545 at least 7 days out.
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Emeryville
Fremont
Hayward
Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Livermore
Newark
Oakland
Piedmont
Pleasanton
San Leandro
San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Union City

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