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

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Soil - Clean

Clean soil is the upper layer of dirt from the earth that has not been built upon or contaminated by chemicals or fertilizers.

Do not put in curbside carts as it is likely to exceed weight capacity of carts and break them. Request a C&D Debris Box for dirt to be recycled. Find a list of local testing service providers for lead in soil and paint here.

Consider offering clean soil for free to the community on NextDoor, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist or such as many folks will want it to use for their own gardening and construction projects. If you have it on a tarp, in buckets or reusable bags, it will be easy for others to take what they need from your front yard project.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill Organics Processing Facility Foot of Parr Blvd. Richmond Compost Drop-off for a Fee
Keller Canyon Landfill 901 Bailey Rd. Pittsburg Landfill Drop-off for a Fee Closed to public.
SMaRT Station 301 Carl Rd Sunnyvale Landfill Drop-off for a Fee Call for fee information. Please note that the SMaRT Station serves Mountain View and Sunnyvale residents only.
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Landfill Drop-off for a Fee
Commercial Waste & Recycling - C&D, Inerts & landscape yard 725 Independent Road Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
All in One Removal 3610 Powell Dr. Lafayette Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Altamont Landfill (WM, Inc.) 10840 Altamont Pass Rd. Livermore Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Independent Recycling Services 9039 San Leandro Street Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
Shoreway Environmental Center (SEC) 333 Shoreway Road San Carlos Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Mt. Diablo Landscape Centers 2665 Pittsburg-Antioch Hwy. Antioch Recycle Free Drop-off
Blue Line Transfer Station 500 East Jamie Court South San Francisco Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Port of Oakland Material Handling Yard - Oakland Airport Only 1 Airport Dr. Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Commercial quantity
Zanker Road Materials Processing Facility 675 Los Esteros Rd San Jose Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Includes sod
Potrero Hills Landfill 3675 Potrero Hills Lane Suisun City Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Berkeley Transfer Station 1201 2nd St. Berkeley Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Landfilled
Bay Area Scavenger & Recycling 11740 Berryessa Rd San Jose Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Public green waste drop-off area
GreenWaste Hayward Transfer Station 3458 Enterprise Ave Hayward Recycle Drop-off for a Fee We accept various types of soils, fill, dirt, and sod. (No yard debris)
Acme Landfill (Fill Corporation) 950 Waterbird Way Martinez Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
FERMA Corporation (Newark) Equipment Yard
6655 Smith Ave
Newark Recycle Pick-up for a Fee

Curbside Service

Debris Box Note
Alameda
Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for details.
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Albany
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Berkeley
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Contact ACI, 510-483-1400, for details.
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Dublin
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Emeryville
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Fremont
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Hayward
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Livermore
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Newark
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Oakland
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Piedmont
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Pleasanton
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San Leandro
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
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Union City
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