Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Television - Non-working

A television has internal electronic circuits for receiving broadcast signals and a visual display device. A non-working television is defective or broken.

Household Hazardous Waste

This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.

Consider reuse or repair before ewaste recycling, or DIY repair through iFixit.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
FixIt Clinic (In-person & Virtual) Repair Free Mail-in Self-repair through the Global Fixers Server on Discord or through Zoom FixIt Clinics.
Elite Electronics 1229 Park St Alameda Repair Drop-off for a Fee
Delta HHW Collection Facility 2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Hwy Antioch Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee
Best Buy 5839 Lone Tree Way Antioch Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up, Pick-up for a Fee Free pick up in CA Upon delivery of newly purchased TV.,tube tv's smaller than 32\", flat panels smaller than 50\", and portable tv 's. No store drop off fee in CA.
Eid TV 2556 Telegraph Ave #2 Berkeley Repair Drop-off for a Fee
Berkeley Transfer Station 1201 2nd St. Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee First 2 are free.
ewasteCollective (Berkeley) 620 Page Street
(alongside the freeway)
Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up, Pick-up for a Fee City of Berkeley only free pick up. No DLP TVs.
GreenCitizen 1831 Old Bayshore Hwy, Ste. #2 Burlingame Reuse Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee TVs free, except DLP/Projector TVs at $1/lb
GreenCitizen 1831 Old Bayshore Hwy, Ste. #2 Burlingame Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee TVs free, except DLP/Projector TVs at $1/lb
Sun's Pad & Foam Recycling 124 Medburn St
#B1
Concord Recycle Free Drop-off
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Dublin) 4820 Dublin Blvd. Dublin Recycle Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee tube tv's smaller than 32\", flat panels smaller than 50\", and portable tv 's. No store drop off fee in CA.
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center 7501 Schmidt Ln. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off Electronics bin area. No DLP TVs.
Asset Logic 1338 66th St. Emeryville Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Best Buy Recycling and Trade-in Program (Emeryville) 3700 Mandela Pkwy. Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee tube tv's smaller than 32\", flat panels smaller than 50\", and portable tv 's. No store drop off fee in CA.
Freon Free 1881 Walters Ct Suite A Fairfield Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee
Evergreen IT 37390 Centralmont Place Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up No DLP Televisions. Businesses=Free Pick up, Residents=Free Drop off.
Republic Services Recycling Service Center (Fremont Residents) 42600 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off
Yong's TV Repair 4588 Peralta Blvd # 11 Fremont Repair Free Drop-off
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Fremont Facility) 41149 Boyce Rd.
(At the Fremont Transfer Station - follow the trucks)
Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off  
AER Worldwide (Fremont) 42744 Boscell Rd. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Special Action Note
Alameda
Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for a bulky pick-up.
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Albany
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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
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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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Call hauler to schedule an e-waste pick-up. No wood cabinets.
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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
Place electronics in a box clearly labeled “e-waste” that is easily accessible and in plain view (about a foot from the pile).
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