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Clean Earth (AERC) (Hayward) - Hayward - 30677 Huntwood Ave

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Clean Earth (AERC) (Hayward)

30677 Huntwood Ave, Hayward, California 94544
(510) 429-1129
Hours:

M-F 7-4
Residental drop-off: 9am-1pm 2nd Friday each month

All-inclusive Mail-Back Recycling Program: RecycleKits for Lamps, Batteries, Non-PCB, Ballasts, Mercury Devices, and Electronics. Each Clean Earth universal and electronic waste recycling facility is fully EPA permitted and comply with all state & federal EPA, OSHA, and DOT Regulations.
Hayward Facility is Universal Waste Recycling and Thermal Retort Facility, and TSDF. Our universal waste facilities use a state-of-the-art Balcan Lamp Recycling System and Thermal Retort process to fully recycle a multitude of different lamps, ballasts, mercury containing items, and batteries. EPA permitted and complies with all state & federal EPA, OSHA, and DOT Regulations.

Item Notes Method Destination
Audio & Visual Equipment - Non-working
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Batteries - Electric Vehicle & Bicycle Some large lithium batteries.
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Batteries - Household - Rechargeable (up to 5 lbs) Mail-in recycling kit only
  • Mail-in for a Fee
  • Recycle
Batteries - Household - Single-Use Mail-in recycling kit only
  • Mail-in for a Fee
  • Recycle
Batteries - Industrial alkaline, ATON, carbon zinc, lead acid, lithium metal | Alloy, lithium Ion | Poly, magnesium, nickel cadmium, nickel iron, nickel metal hydride, mercury, silver oxide
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Batteries - Solar Power Storage Some large lithium batteries.
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Cables & Wires - Non-working
  • Free Drop-off
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Recycle
Cameras & Camcorders - Non-working
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Recycle
Cassette & VHS Tapes - Commercially Made - Working & cassette tapes
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
CD/DVD - Non-working/Non-commercial
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Cell Phones - Non-working
  • Free Drop-off
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Computer Accessories - Non-working
  • Free Drop-off
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Computer Monitors - Non-working All CRTs and Televisions must be intact. A
  • Free Drop-off
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Recycle
Computers - Non-working
  • Free Drop-off
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Construction & Demolition Debris
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Copy Machines - Non-working
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Electronics - Non-working
  • Free Drop-off
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Electronics - Working See price list
  • Free Pick-up
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Gaming Systems & Accessories - Non-working
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Recycle
Light Bulbs - CFLs Mail-in recycling kit only. Lamps including but not limited to: traditional straight, U-shaped and coated fluorescents, as well as mercury vapor, high-pressure sodium, metal-halide, ultraviolet, ARC, and compact fluorescent & HID lamps
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Mail-in for a Fee
  • Safe Disposal
Light Bulbs - Fluorescent Tubes Mail-in & drop off. Mercury Containing Lamps including: arc, deuterium, germicidal, high pressure sodium, mercury vapor, metal halide, neon, ultraviolet, and florescent to include circular, compact, crushed, coated, straight and u-tubes
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Safe Disposal
Light Bulbs - Incandescent/Halogen halogen, incandescent, low pressure sodium, PCB, non-PCB, and DEHP lighting ballasts
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Recycle
Mercury Thermometers Mail-in recycling kit and drop off
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Safe Disposal
Mercury Thermostats
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Recycle
Mercury-Containing Items Mail-in recycling kit & drop off. Mercury salts and compounds, mercury solutions, carbon, phosphor powder, soils, silver solutions, gold solutions, most all mercury apparatus, debris, and devices
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Safe Disposal
Microwave - Non-working
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Safe Disposal
Neon Lights
  • Drop-off for a Fee
  • Safe Disposal
Printers/Faxes - Non-working
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Telephones inc. telephones with screens
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Television - Non-working All CRTs and Televisions must be intact. A
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Tools & Accessories - Hand - Working Power tools only
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Tools & Accessories - Power - Working Power tools only
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Typewriters - Non-working Electric typewriters only
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
Typewriters - Working Electric typewriters only
  • Free Drop-off
  • Recycle
VCRs/CD/DVD Players - Non-working
  • Free Drop-off
  • Pick-up for a Fee
  • Recycle
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