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Urban Ore - Berkeley - 900 Murray St.
Urban Ore
900 Murray St., Berkeley, California 94710
(510) 841-7283
Hours:
M-Sa 8:30am-5pm
Su 10am-5pm
Drop-off Hours: Opening - 5pm
Resale of household goods, building materials and supplies. Drop-off: 900 Murray Street, Berkeley. Some items may be eligible for buyback or trade credits. Free pick up for many large durable items within a 50 mile radius of Berkeley. (510) 841-SAVE, ext. 313. Dropping off: go to 927 Folger Avenue on the south-east side of the building. The Receiving Department's email is gsreceiving@urbanore.com and their extension is 314. Pick-ups of large items or quantity: may take a few days to return inquiry, email ot@urbanore.com. Building Materials Department handles its own receiving for everything outside plus doors, trim, and flooring inside. Enter the main parking lot and make a left to arrive at the stop sign. Their email is bmx@urbanore.com and their extension is 315. See their Sell list/Drop Off Rules Pick Ups & Deliveries
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| Arts and Crafts Supplies & Materials |
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| Bathroom Fixtures |
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| Bicycle - Working |
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| Books - Hard Cover | No encyclopedias, damaged textbooks, or outdated travel books |
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| Books - Soft Cover |
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| Bricks |
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| Building Materials - Reclaimed/Reusable |
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| Cabinets |
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| Cameras & Camcorders - Working |
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| Carpet | Carpet tiles only. YOU MUST CALL PRIOR to donating/dropping off carpet tiles to discuss tile types, condition and amounts. must be clean, in good condition and boxed |
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| Cassette & VHS Tapes - Commercially Made - Working | Good reuse condition |
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| CD/DVD - Commercially Made - Working | Good reuse condition |
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| Ceramics & Pottery - Working |
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| Christmas Trees - Artificial | No home-taped VHS tapes, or VHS tapes without case/cover. |
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| Clothing - Good Condition | Small quanities are best. Adult clothing in clean condition only. We cannot accept underwear, socks, sports wear, or children’s clothing. No rips, stains, or smells. |
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| Collectibles |
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| Dishwasher - Working | clean & newer models |
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| Doors | Short doors, fullview, french, half-glass, pre-hungs, solid core, tall, screen, mirrored rollers, entry, frame & panel, hollow core, closet & pocket, louvere, and galley. Shower Doors -Hinged &Roller types. Glass -Panes, Mirrors, Obscure, Old and wavy |
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| Drums - Plastic | Clean, dry food-grade |
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| Flooring - Working |
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| Furniture - Small - Working | Solid wood furniture is preferred. Furniture should be fully assembled with no missing pieces, and upholstery should be unstained without tears. Particle-board furniture must be in near-perfect condition to be accepted. Furniture with chipped lead paint not accepted. No child related items - cribs, high chairs, walkers, etc. |
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| Furniture - Working | Solid wood furniture is preferred. Furniture should be fully assembled with no missing pieces, and upholstery should be unstained without tears. Particle-board furniture must be in near-perfect condition to be accepted. (No bedding or linens.) Furniture with chipped lead paint not accepted. We cannot accept sofa-beds and generally reject recliners with heavy metal machinery inside. We will consider chairs or small sofas with antique carved or exposed frames that may be worth upholstering and restoration. |
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| Glassware - Decorative & Kitchen - Working |
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| Greeting Cards - Unused |
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| Hardware & Fasteners |
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| Houseware - Working | No personal care products, cleaning products, gardening chemicals, propane, powders, sharps, propane, liquids, flammables, chemicals, crt tvs, ammunition, or aerosol cans. |
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| Jewelry |
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| Keys |
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| Kitchen Fixtures |
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| Lawnmower - Working |
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| Lighting Fixtures - Working |
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| Magazines | Must be in reusable condition. |
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| Major Household Appliances - Working | See fee schedule on website. No A/C's. |
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| Mannequins |
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| Medals/Trophies/Ribbons |
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| Medical Equipment & Surplus | The section for resale is small so they may refer you to other organizations. Walkers, rollators, wheelchairs, crutched, boots, slings, etc. Try to bring in clean, working condition. |
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| Metal Pipe | pipes & fittings |
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| Metal Sinks & Toilets |
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| Microwave - Working | $10 |
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| Musical Instruments & Gear - Working |
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| Office Chair | Excellent working condition only. |
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| Office Furniture/Equipment - Working | Must be in reusable condition. File cabinets - Drawers must be empty. If metal cabinets don’t sell or are damaged, we recycle them. |
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| Pet Supplies - Working |
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| Plant Pots - Ceramic |
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| Plastic Buckets & Pails | Clean, good condition |
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| Plate Glass | Shower Doors -Hinged &Roller types. Glass -Panes, Mirrors, Obscure, Old and wavy |
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| Plate Glass | reusable |
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| Plumbing Fixtures & Supplies | reusable |
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| Porcelain Toilets & Sinks | $10 toilets. A sink in a cabinet should go to the General Store receiving department. While an actual sink on its own should be dropped off at the Build Material Department. |
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| Pots & Pans - Working |
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| Records |
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| Refrigerator - Working | $35. We do not accept freezers, refrigerators, or air conditioners that use chlorofluorocarbons (freon). We do sometimes accept clean small refrigerators that sit on a table or fit under counters, the kind students use. We will usually want to plug it in for a few minutes to see if it gets cold. |
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| School/Office Supplies - Working |
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| Sewing Machine - Working | working |
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| Shoes - Good Condition | Items must be in clean reusable, good condition. Adult shoes only. |
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| Small Household Appliances - Working |
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| Solar Panels - Working | Call first. Only in reuse condition. Inverters and racking as well. Buyback based on watts and brand. |
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| Sporting Goods - Working | Bicycles and bike parts, camping gear, fishing gear, balls, uniforms, skateboards, etc. |
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| Stove/Oven - Working | Accepts gas stoves if they are complete and in working condition. We accept metal wood stoves. If they are not in reusable condition, we recycle them. |
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| Tile |
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| Tools & Accessories - Garden - Working |
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| Tools & Accessories - Hand - Working |
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| Tools & Accessories - Power - Working |
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| Typewriters - Working | Working typewriters. |
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| Washer/Dryer - Working | Newer models that are clean and in working condition. $35 |
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| Water Heaters - Working | $10 |
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| Window Treatments - Working | We will generally accept blinds and shades if they are complete and neatly rolled and tied. Blinds requiring headers must have them attached. No curtains. |
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| Windows - Working |
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| Wood - Painted | Trim wood, balusters, baseboard, moldings for reuse only |
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| Wood - Untreated | Dimensional lumber |
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