Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Telephones

Telephones -- for purposes in this database are referring to landlines, with or without cords -- are devices which transmit and receive sound, typically the human voice.

Consider donation or reuse if in good condition. Older, vintage landline telephones without "electronics" though electrical, may go into the garbage. Modern telephone systems with electronic components - think digital screen and having a computer chip - would be considered an electronic device and when broken or beyond repair, considered e-waste.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Goodwill (Dublin) 7232 Regional St Dublin Reuse Free Drop-off Working; secure loose parts
Goodwill (Concord - Willow Pass Road) 1659 Willow Pass Road Concord Reuse Free Drop-off Working; secure loose parts
Goodwill (Concord - Clayton) 3495 Clayton Road Concord Reuse Free Drop-off Working; secure loose parts
Goodwill (Burlingame) 1215 California Dr Burlingame Reuse Free Drop-off Working; secure loose parts
Goodwill (Brentwood) 6271 Lone Tree Way,
Empire Shopping Center
Brentwood Reuse Free Drop-off Working; secure loose parts
Goodwill (Berkeley) 2058 University Ave Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off Working; secure loose parts
Goodwill (Albany) 505 San Pablo Ave Albany Reuse Free Drop-off Working; secure loose parts
Goodwill (Alameda) 2319 Lincoln Ave. Alameda Reuse Free Drop-off Working; secure loose parts
Freon Free 1881 Walters Ct Suite A Fairfield Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
FixIt Clinic (In-person & Virtual) Repair Free Mail-in Self-repair through the Global Fixers Server on Discord or through Zoom FixIt Clinics.
eWaste Direct Inc. 6752 Preston Ave
Ste E
Livermore Recycle Free Pick-up
Evergreen IT 37390 Centralmont Place Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up Businesses=Free Pick up, Residents=Free Drop off.
ERI 2860 S. East Ave. Fresno Recycle Free Drop-off
Elian Electronics Recycling 1634 West 19th Street
Suite B
Santa Ana Recycle Free Pick-up, Pick-up for a Fee courtesy item
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center 7501 Schmidt Ln. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off Electronics bin.
Eco Thrift (25891 Mission Blvd.) 25891 Mission Blvd. Hayward Reuse Free Drop-off
Community Thrift Store 623 Valencia St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off
Clean Earth (AERC) (Hayward) 30677 Huntwood Ave Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee inc. telephones with screens
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Union City) 31350 Courthouse Dr. Union City Recycle Free Drop-off non-working landline, hands-free headsets, cords, voice message recorders
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Hayward) 269 Southland Mall Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off non-working landline, hands-free headsets, cords, voice message recorders

Curbside Service

Garbage Bulky Pickup Note
Alameda
Albany
Berkeley
Castro Valley Sanitary District
Separate and label good/working condition items for donation as part of your Bulky & Reuse Pick-up set out.
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Dublin
Emeryville
Fremont
Hayward
Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Livermore
Newark
Oakland
Piedmont
Pleasanton
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San Leandro
San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Union City

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