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Tennis Balls

The balls with which to play the game tennis.

Donate new condition balls to thrifts that accept sports equipment, share used tennis balls with the community for reuse including dog toys, covers for the bottom of chair legs, and creative reuse.

Consider donation for repurposing for dog toys, the bottom of student chairs, and the bottom of walkers.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Sports Basement (Walnut Creek) 1881 Ygnacio Valley Rd Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off No bounce tennis balls for animal shelter fetch,reBounce, or take for reuse bottom of walkers, canes, or school chair legs.
Sports Basement (Sunnyvale) 1177 Kern Ave Sunnyvale Reuse Free Drop-off No bounce tennis balls for animal shelter fetch,reBounce, or take for reuse bottom of walkers, canes, or school chair legs.
Sports Basement (SF Stonestown) 3251 20th Ave
Suite 390
San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off No bounce tennis balls for animal shelter fetch,reBounce, or take for reuse bottom of walkers, canes, or school chair legs.
Sports Basement (SF Presidio) 610 Old Mason St San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off No bounce tennis balls for animal shelter fetch,reBounce, or take for reuse bottom of walkers, canes, or school chair legs.
Sports Basement (SF Bryant St) 1590 Bryant St San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off No bounce tennis balls for animal shelter fetch,reBounce, or take for reuse bottom of walkers, canes, or school chair legs.
Sports Basement (San Ramon) 1041 Market Place San Ramon Reuse Free Drop-off No bounce tennis balls for animal shelter fetch,reBounce, or take for reuse bottom of walkers, canes, or school chair legs.
Sports Basement (Redwood City) 202 Walnut St Redwood City Reuse Free Drop-off No bounce tennis balls for animal shelter fetch,reBounce, or take for reuse bottom of walkers, canes, or school chair legs.
Sports Basement (Berkeley) 2727 Milvia St. Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off No bounce tennis balls for animal shelter fetch, reBounce, or take for reuse bottom of walkers, canes, or school chair legs.
SCRAP 801 Toland St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off
RecycleBalls Reuse Free Mail-in Non-profit recycling balls, fee for shipping label to recycle the balls and redistribute product. Suggested donation is $20/100 balls for a shipping label. Resells good condition balls for dogs called Second Throw.
RecycleBalls Recycle Free Mail-in Non-profit recycling balls, fee for shipping label to recycle the balls and redistribute product. Suggested donation is $20/100 balls for a shipping label. Resells good condition balls for dogs called Second Throw.
reBounces Tennis Ball Recycling Headquarters
; 1313 Hwy 62-65 NSte F
Harrison Reuse Free Mail-in, Mail-in for a Fee Mail in old tennis balls (min 200 free or you pay shipping no minimum). Complete contact us form for label. If in good condition, they repressurize & resell, if in poor condition, they partner to have them ground & added to new tennis court surfaces. Sell small pressurizing systems to represssurize balls.
reBounces Tennis Ball Recycling Headquarters
; 1313 Hwy 62-65 NSte F
Harrison Repair Free Mail-in, Mail-in for a Fee Mail in old tennis balls (min 200 free or you pay shipping no minimum). Complete contact us form for label. If in good condition, they repressurize & resell, if in poor condition, they partner to have them ground & added to new tennis court surfaces. Sell small pressurizing systems to represssurize balls.
reBounces Tennis Ball Recycling Headquarters
; 1313 Hwy 62-65 NSte F
Harrison Recycle Free Mail-in, Mail-in for a Fee Mail in old tennis balls (min 200 free or you pay shipping no minimum). Complete contact us form for label. If in good condition, they repressurize & resell, if in poor condition, they partner to have them ground & added to new tennis court surfaces. Sell small pressurizing systems to represssurize balls.
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Landfill Drop-off for a Fee
Nextdoor Headquarters
420 Taylor St
San Francisco Reuse Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up
GreenWaste of Palo Alto 2765 Lafayette St Palo Alto Landfill Pick-up for a Fee
FreeCycle The Freecycle Network
PO Box 294
Tuscon Reuse Free Pick-up
Facebook Buy Nothing Groups 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park Reuse Free Pick-up
East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse 4695 Telegraph Ave.
(drop-off at loading dock on Shattuck Ave between 46th and 47th streets)
Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off

Curbside Service

Garbage Note
Alameda
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Albany
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Berkeley
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs. Sports Basement collects them for reuse (including fetch).
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Dublin
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Emeryville
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Fremont
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Hayward
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Livermore
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Newark
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Oakland
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Piedmont
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Pleasanton
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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San Leandro
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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Union City
Teachers often accept balls with no bounce to cut and place on the bottom of their chairs.
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