Donating and Recycling
1*800* Recycling.com http://1800recycling.com/
Call or visit this website to find locations near you to recycle or donate almost any kind of item you can think of.
Call or visit this website to find locations near you to recycle or donate almost any kind of item you can think of.
Furniture & Household Items (selling)
Urban Ore (Outside Trader) http://urbanore.com/ecopark-store/schedule-pick-up/
—May pay 10% of selling price. No fee for pick up. 510 841-SAVE, ext. 313
Consignment Plus Home Furnishings www.consignmentplus.com/#!buyers
—May pay 10% of selling price. No fee for pick up. 510 841-SAVE, ext. 313
Consignment Plus Home Furnishings www.consignmentplus.com/#!buyers
Furniture & Household Items (pick-up services)
Salvation Army: http://satruck.org/search-schedule-pick-up
Epilepsy Foundation: call 855-336-0212 or visit donate4epilepsy.org
Epilepsy Foundation: call 855-336-0212 or visit donate4epilepsy.org
Baby Items/Toys
East Bay Agency for Children, Oakland CA: http://www.ebac.org/programs/school/capWishList.asp
Provides mental health counseling and behavioral services to thousands of children in need. Donate doll houses, dolls, toy cars, play dough, etc.
Bananas Child Care Resource, Oakland, CA: http://www.bananasinc.org/donate
Donate baby and child toys and equipment (except breast pumps and car seats)
Provides mental health counseling and behavioral services to thousands of children in need. Donate doll houses, dolls, toy cars, play dough, etc.
Bananas Child Care Resource, Oakland, CA: http://www.bananasinc.org/donate
Donate baby and child toys and equipment (except breast pumps and car seats)
Cell Phones
Best Buy provides free and easy recycling for cell phones and electronics.
Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T each offer free drop-off recycling services for all brands of cell phones at their retail store locations.
Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T each offer free drop-off recycling services for all brands of cell phones at their retail store locations.
Doll Collections
Crescent Bay Doll Fanciers: http://www.crescentbaydollfanciers.com/to-make-a-donation-of-dolls.html
DVDs, Video Tapes, CDs
Sell:
Decluttr: http://www.decluttr.com/
Amoeba Records: http://www.amoeba.com/
Donate:
Goodwill
Rasputin music--donate CDs and LPs and they'll donate to KQED
El Cerrito Recycling Center (exchange area)—also cassette tapes
Jewel Cases and Cassette Cases:
El Cerrito Recycling Center (Free; take out paper inserts)
Green Disk: http://www.greendisk.com/ ($9.95 per $25 lbs + postage; paper inserts can be left in)
Decluttr: http://www.decluttr.com/
Amoeba Records: http://www.amoeba.com/
Donate:
Goodwill
Rasputin music--donate CDs and LPs and they'll donate to KQED
El Cerrito Recycling Center (exchange area)—also cassette tapes
Jewel Cases and Cassette Cases:
El Cerrito Recycling Center (Free; take out paper inserts)
Green Disk: http://www.greendisk.com/ ($9.95 per $25 lbs + postage; paper inserts can be left in)
E-Waste
"E-waste is most types of electrical and electronic equipment – almost any household or business item with circuitry or electrical components with power or battery supply." More Info
Best Buy provides free and easy recycling for cell phones and electronics.
Target http://www.targettradeinprogram.com/ offers an electronics trade in program.
Best Buy provides free and easy recycling for cell phones and electronics.
Target http://www.targettradeinprogram.com/ offers an electronics trade in program.
Fabric
Scrap Creative Reuse Center, San Francisco http://www.scrap-sf.org/get-involved/donate
Hazardous Waste (including batteries and light bulbs)
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste: http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=293
Drop off locations in Oakland, Hayward, Fremont and Livermore. See website for full list of what can be dropped off.
Recycle More: http://www.recyclemore.com/content/household-hazardous-waste-residential
Drop off locations in El Cerrito, Hercules, Richmond, El Sobrante and San Pablo
They also have a pick up service for the elderly and distabled. Call (888) 412-9277 for a Mobile HHW Collection Vehicle.
El Cerrito Recycling Center: ph: 510-215-4350
Accepts batteries, medications (and light bulbs, if you are an El Cerrito resident).
Paint Care: http://www.paintcare.org/
Use this website to find a convenient place to drop off paint.
Drop off locations in Oakland, Hayward, Fremont and Livermore. See website for full list of what can be dropped off.
Recycle More: http://www.recyclemore.com/content/household-hazardous-waste-residential
Drop off locations in El Cerrito, Hercules, Richmond, El Sobrante and San Pablo
They also have a pick up service for the elderly and distabled. Call (888) 412-9277 for a Mobile HHW Collection Vehicle.
El Cerrito Recycling Center: ph: 510-215-4350
Accepts batteries, medications (and light bulbs, if you are an El Cerrito resident).
Paint Care: http://www.paintcare.org/
Use this website to find a convenient place to drop off paint.
Medical Equipment & Medications
ReCares (formerly called Home Cares): http://www.homecares.org/
Has three sites in the Bay Area that collect gently used medical equipment and unused home health care supplies.
RX Drug Dropbox.org: http://rxdrugdropbox.org/map-search/
Type in your zip code or address and the locator will show you where you can drop off your old medications.
El Cerrito Recycling Center or Alameda County Hazardous Waste (see above) accept prescription and over the counter medications.
Has three sites in the Bay Area that collect gently used medical equipment and unused home health care supplies.
RX Drug Dropbox.org: http://rxdrugdropbox.org/map-search/
Type in your zip code or address and the locator will show you where you can drop off your old medications.
El Cerrito Recycling Center or Alameda County Hazardous Waste (see above) accept prescription and over the counter medications.
Paper Shredding
Automatic Response System: http://www.compax.com/
1461 Eastshore Highway/Page, Berkeley 94710 800-380-8202
ARS shreds paper, destroys hard drives, and collects e-waste for very reasonable fees.
1461 Eastshore Highway/Page, Berkeley 94710 800-380-8202
ARS shreds paper, destroys hard drives, and collects e-waste for very reasonable fees.
Styrofoam—packing peanuts and blocks
UPS stores throughout the Bay Area accept clean peanuts (no blocks).
Green Citizen accepts styrofoam blocks. www.greencitizen.com
Green Citizen accepts styrofoam blocks. www.greencitizen.com
Stuffed Animals
Goodwill and Salvation Army
Both charities accept donations of clean, like-new stuffed animals.
SAFE (Stuffed Animals for Emergencies): www.stuffedanimalsforemergencies.org
Accepts new/gently used stuffed animals to comfort children in scary situations.
Project Night Out: http://www.projectnightnight.org/AboutUs.html
Provides "good night care packages" (blankets, books, stuffed animals) to homeless children.
Both charities accept donations of clean, like-new stuffed animals.
SAFE (Stuffed Animals for Emergencies): www.stuffedanimalsforemergencies.org
Accepts new/gently used stuffed animals to comfort children in scary situations.
Project Night Out: http://www.projectnightnight.org/AboutUs.html
Provides "good night care packages" (blankets, books, stuffed animals) to homeless children.
Stop Junk Mail— Paper or Electronic
Direct Marketing Association: www.dmachoice.org
DMA's website allows you to remove yourself from their mailing lists, thus greatly reducing the junk mail you receive.
From their website, you can also register for the Do Not Call List, and opt out of pre-screened credit card offers.
Catalog Choice: www.catalogchoice.org
is a free service that lets you set mail preferences for paper catalogs you no longer wish to receive.
Do Not Call Registry: www.donotcall.gov
Opt out of unsolicited phone calls.
Call 1-888-5-OPT-OUT to stop credit card offers.
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DMA's website allows you to remove yourself from their mailing lists, thus greatly reducing the junk mail you receive.
From their website, you can also register for the Do Not Call List, and opt out of pre-screened credit card offers.
Catalog Choice: www.catalogchoice.org
is a free service that lets you set mail preferences for paper catalogs you no longer wish to receive.
Do Not Call Registry: www.donotcall.gov
Opt out of unsolicited phone calls.
Call 1-888-5-OPT-OUT to stop credit card offers.
Unenrollme.com Unsubscribe instantly and easily from all your unwanted email subscriptions
Find the Value of Donations
To determine the value of your donated items, you can download a valuation guide from Goodwill at http://www.goodwill.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Donation_Valuation_Guide.pdf
To find the market value of medical equipment, go to http://www.medwow.com/market_value.php?action=checkMarketValue
To find the market value of medical equipment, go to http://www.medwow.com/market_value.php?action=checkMarketValue