Recycling

Legislation: {Berkeley} - {California}

Bay Area Recycling: 

• http://baywise.org/

• StopWaste.org - http://www.stopwaste.org 

• Tool for finding where to recycle things - https://www.recyclewhere.org

Berkeley Recycling:  510-981-2489 or 311

• • http://berkeleyrecycling.org ; 510-524-0113 ; info@berkeleyrecycling.org.

  • Only specific household hazardous wastes are accepted at Berkeley Recycling including:

    • Fluorescent bulbs

    • Household Batteries

    • Tool Batteries

    • Automotive Batteries

    • Appliances $20 per unit (no refrigerators)

    • Light ballasts (labeled “PCB free”)

  • Buy-back: Tues-Sun 9:00 - 4:00PM; Drop-off donations: Mon-Sun 8:30-4PM

  • Transfer Station 1201 2nd St

  • 669 Gilman Street (corner of 2nd Street), Berkeley, CA 94710

  • Recycling Services - http://cityofberkeley.info/recycling/  (Effective July 2013 the City of Berkeley’s residential and commercial curbside recycling programs began accepting any clean, rigid plastic containers. For complete details on plastics that are acceptable and are not acceptable for recycling - go to the Berkeley Recycling Services page).

  • Berkeley Shreds - https://berkeleyshreds.com - $8/banker box; also eWaste: hard drives, cell phones, computers, ....

  • Zero Waste Programs and Services - http://cityofberkeley.info/zerowaste/

• Compost (City of Berkeley): What you can and cannot put into City of Berkeley compost bins - https://www.cityofberkeley.info/PlantDebris/

  • Computer Resource Center (recycle electronics):

  • Phone: (510) 528-4052; Email: info@accrc.org

  • Mon-Fri: 9 AM to 5 PM; Saturdays: 12PM - 5PM

  • ACCRC, 620 Page Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

  • http://www.accrc.org/

  • Berkeleyside article—Top 10 questions about recycling.

Eastbay Recycling Resources: 

• • Alameda County Recycling Guide  

    • Household hazardous waste - http://www.stopwaste.org/hhw
      Alameda County - Oakland Household Hazardous Waste Facility

    • Recycling nonhazardous materials - http://www.stopwaste.org/recycle

  • Alameda County Community Food Bank - http://www.accfb.org/

  • El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center - 7501 Schmidt Ln., El Cerrito, CA  510-215-4350 - https://www.el-cerrito.org/533/Recycling-Environmental-Resource-Center

  • Hazardous waste (El Cerrito) - https://www.el-cerrito.org/1041/Household-Hazardous-Waste-Collection

Clothing, Shoes, Fabric

• Goodwill - https://www.goodwill.org/donors/donate-stuff/ (nonprofit). Closest ones are 2058 University Ave Berkeley; 505 San Pablo Ave Albany; 7501 Schmidt Ln El Cerrito; 6624 San Pablo Ave Oakland

• USAgain - https://usagain.com/items-we-accept - a for-profit company that provides a mechanism for re-using/repurposing clothing and shoes. Pickup bin is at King Middle School, 1781 Rose.

Electronics: http://ewastecollective.org/

CDs, DVDs, Tapes, Cell phones, Printer cartridges, Computers & components: 

• • Alameda County - Oakland Household Hazardous Waste Facility

  • Greendisk - https://www.greendisk.com.

  • Cost: about $12/25lbs + shipping

Fluorescent Lights

State Laws - https://www.lamprecycle.org/broken-bulbs/state-laws/#ca

Recycle at:

• • Alameda County - Oakland Household Hazardous Waste Facility  

  • Community Conservation Centers Inc

  • Universal Waste Station (Transfer Station) @ 2nd & Gilman

  • Ace Hardware @ University & Walnut

  • Ensler Lighting @ Solano & Modoc

  • Omega Too @ San Pablo & Allston

  • Orchard Supply Hardware @ Ashby & San Pablo

  • Whole Foods @ Telegraph & Ashby

Medicines - sites for proper disposal

(from EBMUD site - http://www.ebmud.com/residential-pollution-prevention):

• • Berkeley

    • Berkeley Police Dept (Controlled substances accepted) 2100 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (kiosk) - 510-981-5900 - M-F 9am-5pm. Not intended for aerosols, sharps, or street narcotics

    • United Pharmacy (Controlled substances accepted) 2929 Telegraph Ave 510-843-3201 - M-F 8am-5pm, Sat 9am-2pm

    • Berkeley Transfer Station, 1201 2nd Street, Berkeley, CA (Mon-Sat, 8am - 4:30pm)

  • Alameda Police Station, 1555 Oak St, Mon-Sun 8am-8pm.

  • EBMUD Administrative Building (Lobby), 375 11th St at Franklin St, Oakland. Mon – Fri, 8am – 4:30pm, except holidays.

  • Oakland Fire Department, 1401 98th Ave at International, Oakland. 8am – 8pm (ring the doorbell).

  • Oakland Fire Department, 1445 14th St at Mandela Parkway, Oakland. 8am – 8pm (ring the doorbell).

  • El Cerrito Recycling enter, 7501 Schmidt Lane, M-F 8am-4:45pm; Sat-Sun 9am-4:45pm

  • Elihu Harris State Building Lobby, 1515 Clay Street, in downtown Oakland (available Mon-Fri, 8am – 5pm, except state holidays).

  • Emeryville Senior Center, 4321 Salem St, M-F 9am-5pm.

Oakland Free Hazardous Waste Drop-off - http://www.stopwaste.org 

2100 East 7th St, Take exit 39B toward 23rd Ave/Alameda, continue onto Kennedy St (signs for Fruitvale Avenue); turn right onto E 7th St/Embarcadero. 

2018 hours: Wed-Fri 9am-2:30pm, Sat 9am-4pm (no electronics, appliances, asbestos, radioactive materials, explosives, railroad ties, or some compressed gases).

For accepted materials, see

http://www.stopwaste.org/recycling/residents/household-hazardous-waste

Download a waste delivery form and fill it out ahead of time to make drop-off quicker -Oakland Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility  http://www.stopwaste.org/recycling/residents/household-hazardous-waste/oakland-hhw-facility 

Paint - Kelly Moore on San Pablo in Albany accepts paint. 969 San Pablo Ave., Albany, CA 94706 (510) 525-3162

Car washing in drought prone regions.

Legislation:

{Berkeley} - {California} - {Top}

January 2019: Berkeley's Disposable Foodware & Litter Reduction Ordinance. 

A rather lengthy document (88 pages) from the Zero Waste Commission with public input is at https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/2018/12_Dec/Documents/2018-12-11_Item_16a_Referral_Response_Berkeley_Single.aspx

The actual draft ordinance (as of 2018 Dec 11) is only 4 pages and is linked to its title above and attached to the bottom of this page. The ordinance passed and is set to take effect in January 2020.

{Berkeley} - {California} - {Top}

February 2019 - California State Senate - SB-54 California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act.(2019-2020)

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB54

California State Assembly AB-1080 California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act.(2019-2020)

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1080

This act would require regulations to source reduce and recycle 75% of single-use packaging and products sold or distributed in California by 2030. It would also require development of criteria to determine which types of single-use packaging or products are reusable, recyclable, or compostable. It would require local governments, solid waste facilities, recycling facilities, and composting facilities to provide information requested by the department for purposes of developing that criteria. It would impose a state-mandated local program. It would require a manufacturer of single-use plastic packaging or products sold or distributed in California to demonstrate a recycling rate of not less than 20% on and after January 1, 2022, and not less than 40% on and after January 1, 2026, as a condition of sale....