Recycling Resources
City of Berkeley
Berkeley’s Public Works department operates the City’s transfer station (dump), commercial recycling pick-up, debris box pickup, and yard debris/commercial recycle and delivery and solid waste drop-center; contact the City at 510-981-6300 or https://berkeleyca.gov/city-services/trash-recycling
Ecology Center
Ecology Center operates City of Berkeley’s residential curbside recycling, Farmer’s Market, and Environmental Book Store; contact the Ecology Center at 510-527-5555 or ecologycenter.org
E-waste Collective
The E-waste Collective will recycle your computer, VCR, television, copy machine, and even your microwave and toaster. For more information, visit their Website at ewastecollective.org
Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA)
Contact NCRA for information to become involved in reduce, reuse and recycling issues in your community.
CalRecycle
California encourages group recycling and offers ideas that you can implement through CCC’s Accounts Program. Their website lots of information on waste reduction, reuse and recycling. The Recycle Smart program has a separate website for recycling information. For more information, visit their Websites at
calrecycle.ca.gov
irecyclesmart.com
Californians Against Waste (CAW)
CAW is dedicated to conserving resources, preventing pollution and protecting California’s environment through the development, promotion and implementation of waste reduction and recycling policies and programs.
cawrecycles.org
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Facility
For more information on hazardous and universal waste, go to
http://stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=577