Where to bring Ink Jet/Toner Cartridges for recycling

There are a bunch of ways to recycle or refill used ink jet and toner cartridges.

Here are some easy ways in the East bay.

Donate them to recycle for breast cancer. They will send you a prepaid shipping label and you can just drop them in the mail. email them at info@recycleforbreastcancer.com

If you live in Pleasant Hill/Martinez we have a RECYCLING TWINS drop box at the UPS store in the Virginia Hills Shopping Center.

Here are some other East Bay locations that will accept and recycle used ink jet/toner Cartridges.
Antioch - Staples 486 Lone Tree Way 94531
Berkeley - Community Conservation Centers 669 Gilman Street 94710
Brentwood Postal Annex 3130D Balfour Road 94513
Concord - Staples 4498 Treat Blvd 94521
Dublin - Best Buy 4820 Dublin Blvd 94568
El Cerrito - Staples 11545 San Pablo Avenue 94530
Livermore - The UPS Store 4435 N 1st Street 94550
Oakland - office Depot 3010 E 9th St 94601
Pinole - Best Buy 1490 Fitzgerald Drive 94564
Pittsburg - Best Buy 4405 Century Blvd 94565
Pleasant Hill - Best Buy 3260 Buskirk Avenue 94523
Richmond - Hi-tech Recycling 630 So 31 Street 94804
San Ramon - Office Depot 3111 Fostoria WAy 94583
Walnut Creek - Office Max 2520 North Main Street 94596

Early March E waste Events

Here are a couple upcoming Ewaste events in Early March.

Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill
321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, Ca. 94523
Overflow Parking Lot accross from the main campus.
Saturday March 6th - 9am - 1pm

Diablo Valley College - San Ramon
1690 Watermill Road - (cross street is Bollinger Canyon) San Ramon, Ca. 94583
Saturday March 6th - 9am - 1pm

Both events are monthly events on the first saturday of every month.

Free recycling event at Alhambra High School

Alhambra High School in Martinez is hosting a recycling event with the Martinez Rotary and Universal Waste Management.

The event is on March 6th and 7th from 9am-3am.

Alhambra High School - 150 E. Street, martinez Ca. 94553

They will accept TV's Computers,. Monitors Electronics, Testile, Shoes and Clothing. They will also accept large appliances for a fee.

go to www.unwaste.com or call 888-823-9839 for more details

Proceeds from the event with be used to support local and international charities.l

Places in the East Bay to Recycle Used Clothes Hangers

Here is a list of places in the East Bay that will accept hangers for re-use. In addition, most dry cleaners will accept hangers as long as they are in good condition.

Antioch - Goodwill Donation Station - 3365 Deer valley Road, 94509
Brentwood - Goodwill Donation Station - 1460 Highway 4, 94513
El Cerrito - Goodwill Donation Station- 7501 Schmidt Lane 94530
Fremont - Thrift Town 41200 Blacow Road #E 94538
Martinez - Goodwill Donation Station - 520 Center Avenue, 94553
Goodwill Donation Station - 6669 Alhambra Avenue 94553
Oakley - Goodwill Donation station - 2077 Main Street 94561
Pittsburg - Goodwill Donation Station - 580 Bailey road 94565
San Ramon - Goodwill Donation Station - 2231 Omega Road, 94583
Walnut Creek - Goodwill Donation Station - 2941 Ygnacio Valley Road 94598

Where to recycle your paints, Oil, aerosol cans, and other hazardous waste

These are locations for Contra Costa Hazardous Waste. I've listed an West, central and East Conta Costa locations so hopefully it should be close to everyone in the county.

To use these facilities a consumer must be a resident or qualified small business in the specified portion of the county.

Locations

West County Facility - 101 Pittsburg Avenue, Richmond, Ca. 94801 888-412-9277 Website is http://www.recyclemore.com/article.asp?key+3

Central County Facility - 4797 Imhoff Place, Martinez. Ca. 94553 800-646-1431 Website is http://www.centralsan.org/seervices/hhwcf.html

East County Facility - 2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Highway, Antioch, Ca. 94509 925-756-7990 Website is http://www.ddsd.org/hhw/hazardous_waste.html

Check out each individual locaiton for Hazardous waste they will accept including used Batteries, aerosol cans, antifreeze, Bleach, Fertizizer, CFL light bulbs, motor oil, paint. waxes, thermostats, etc.

Great site for buying products made from recycled materials

http://www.ecomall.com/biz/recycle1.htm

This is a great site that has links for all kinds of companies selling products made from recycled materials. Theres stuff that is awesome. Paper made from Bananas, jewelery made from recycled cans. Check it out.

Close East bay locations for recycling household batteries

Here are some easy to access places for several Easy bay locations that accept regular household batteries so they can be recycled.

Alamo- Longs drugs 3158 Danville Blvd

Danville - Longs 650 San Ramon Blvd

El Cerrito- Radio Shack 11299

San Pablo Avenue Suite L

Lafayette - Longs 3526 Mt Diablo blvd - Ace hardware 3111 Mt Diablo Bvld

Martinez/Pacheco - Bills Ace Hardware 3610 Pacheco Blvd

Moraga - Moraga hardware 1409 Moraga road - Longs 580 Moraga RoadOrinda- Rite Aid 27 Orinda WayPinole- 1230 Fitzgerald Drive

Hercules- Radio Shack 3700 San Pablo Avenue

San Pablo- Radio Shack 104 San Pablo Town Center

Walnut Creek - Radio Shack 2987 Ygnacio Valley Road - Radio Shack 1537 N. Main St.

Out of The Closet will take many kinds of donations

An easy way to recyle a lot of things you no longer need and support a great cause is to donate them to Out of the Closet which is owned by the Aids Healthcare Foundation. They will accept your donations and sell them at their stores and the money goes towards helping people with HIV.

The will accept donations at any of their locations and will take the following items : Furniture, Kitchenware, electronis, tools, musical instruments, linen, clothing, books, shoes, cd records.

They have 2 east bay locations.

Berkeley - 1600 University Avenue, 94705 - 510-841-2088- hours m-sat 10 - 7 and sun 10-6.
Oakland - 238 E. 18th Street, Oakland 94606. 510-251-8671 hours m - sat 10-7 and sun 10-5.

This is an excellent way to recycle items you no longer want and the donations are tax deductible.

If you have a large item to pick up email them at 2pickitup@outofthecloset.org

Great way to Recycle your furniture/appliances/electronics and E waste

Recycle for Breat Cancer in San Ramon is an excellent resource for recycling and the money they make from it goes to a great cause.

Their address is 31 Beta Court, Suite C, San Ramon, Ca. 94583

They will accept electronics and E waste drop offs. Their hours are 9:30 to 4:30 monday to Saturday.

For things like Appliance and Furniture they will come pick it up. For smaller things like digital cameras they will send pre-paid shipping labels.

Their number is 800-315-9580

their site is http://www.recycleforbreastcancer.com

Where to recycle your cell phones in the East Bay

Here are some places in the east bay that you can recycle your used cell phones. Old cell phones in the landfills are becoming a huge problem as millions are discarded every year. Here are some easy to access places to access to recycle them.

Antioch - Staples 4863 Lone Tree Way, 94531
Berkeley- ATT Wireless - 2180 Shattuck avenue 94704
Brentwood- Goodwill - 1460 Highway 4, 94513
Concord - Staples - 4498 Treat Blvd, 94521
Goodwill - 3495 Clayton road 94519
ATT wireless sunvalley mall- 309 B sunvalley mall
Dublin- Best Buy 4820 Dublin Blvd, 94568
Martinez - Goodwill 520 Center avenue 94553
Oakley - Goodwill 2077 Main St 94561
Pinole - Best Buy 1490 Fitzgerald 94564
Pittsburg - Goodwill 3725 Century Boulevard 94565
Pleasant Hill - Best Buy 3250 Buskirk Avenue 94523
Goodwill 1699 Contra Costa Blvd 94023
verizon 20 crescent drive Ste E 94523
Rodeo - Goodwill 607 Parker AVenue 94572
San Ramon - Recycle for Breast Cancer - 31 Beta Court Ste C 94583
ATT wireless 3191 Crow Canyon place ste d 94583
Walnut Creek - Verizon 1141 Locust St 94596
Goodwill donation station - 2941 Ygnacio Valley road, 94598

Places to recycle your electronics/ E Waste

If you are looking to recycle your electronics and E Waste, Green mouse is a great way to go. They are located in San Jose but will pick up all over the bay area. They will accept almost any kinds of electronics and E waste. Their location is 442 Reynolds Circle, San Jose, Ca. 95112. For a pick up call their number 408-464-9999 or go to their site at www.greenmouse.com

Also for those of us in the East bay, Alhambra High School in Martinez is sponsoring an E waste Recycling event on March 6th and 7th from 9am to 3am. Their location is 150 E Street, Martinez, Ca. 94553. Any proceeds from the event will go to supporting local and international charities.

Recycle your mercury containing CFL's at Home Depot.

If you are looking for an easy location to recycle your CFL light bulbs you can take them to Home Depot. Home Depot has a recycling bin for CFL's and for Rechargable Batteries (the ones for power tools, etc). CFL's contain Mercury and are illegal to put in the regular trash, so Home Depot has made recycling them easy.

Home Depot Locations in the East Bay are

1037 Arnold Drive, Martinez, Ca. 94553
2090 Meridian Park, Concord, Ca. 94520
2750 Crow Canyon Road, San Ramon, Ca. 94583
1625 Sycamore drive, Hercules, Ca. 94547

Where to buy recycled products online

This is a great part of the California state's recycling website regarding information where we can buy products made from Recycled Materials. The site has listings and links for many kinds of things made from recycled materials including clothes, furniture, kids stuff, you name it. Check out this link if you are interested.

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/RecycleStore/

Recycle your used clothing by donating it to the united Cancer research society

This is a great way to recycle your used items, not let them end up in landfills and provide help all in one shot. The United Cancer Research Society needs donations and will pick up.

They need clothing, shoes, accessories, bedding, toys, houseware, furniture, tv's(working or not) and other electronics. The items provide valuable funds that are utilized in Cancer research.

For a pick up Call them at 800-443-4224 or email usrsnorcal@yahoo.com

The donations are tax deductibe.

What a great way to Recycle your used items that you no longer need.

Contra Costa locations for household battery recycling

Here are stores in Contra Costa county that will accept your used regular household batteries for recycling.

Alamo
CVS/Pharmacy
3158 Danville Blvd.

Blackhawk
CVS/Pharmacy
3420 Camino Tassajara

Danville
CVS/Pharmacy
650 San Ramon Valley Blvd.
Danville Music
3 Railroad Ave.
Radio Shack
4808 San Ramon Valley Blvd.
Walgreen's
611 San Ramon Valley Blvd.
Lafayette
CVS/Pharmacy
3625 Mt. Diablo Blvd.

Ace Hardware
3311 Mt. Diablo Blvd.

Moraga
Moraga Hardware
1409 Moraga Rd.

CVS/Pharmacy
580 Moraga Rd.

Orinda
CVS/Pharmacy
50 Moraga Way

Rite Aid
27 Orinda Way


Walnut Creek
CVS/Pharmacy
1123 S. California

CVS/Pharmacy
1914 Tice Valley

CVS/Pharmacy
738 Bancroft Rd.

Rite Aid
1526 Palos Verde Mall
Radio Shack
2987 Ygnacio Valley Rd.
Radio Shack
1537 N. Main St.

San Ramon
CVS/Pharmacy
2455 San Ramon Valley Rd.

Contra Costa County Hazardous Waste Program - where to recycle your batteries, paint, etc.

To use these facilities a consumer must be a resident or qualified small business in the specified portion of the county.

Locations

West County Facility - 101 Pittsburg Avenue, Richmond, Ca. 94801 888-412-9277 Website is http://www.recyclemore.com/article.asp?key+3

Central County Facility - 4797 Imhoff Place, Martinez. Ca. 94553 800-646-1431 Website is http://www.centralsan.org/seervices/hhwcf.html

East County Facility - 2550 Pittsburg-Antioch Highway, Antioch, Ca. 94509 925-756-7990 Website is http://www.ddsd.org/hhw/hazardous_waste.html

Check out each individual locaiton for Hazardous waste they will accept including used Batteries, aerosol cans, antifreeze, Bleach, Fertizizer, CFL light bulbs, motor oil, paint. waxes, thermostats, etc.

Call location for accepted drop off hours.

Get your CVR back for bottles and cans at your local supermarket

Thanks to California's Bottle and Can Recycling Law, Recycling for Cash is now as close and convenient as your local Supermarket. The following Supermarket locations in Contra Costa County will now gladly accept and pay CASH for Glass, Plastic and Aluminum Beverage Containers!

Recyclables are accepted during all hours that stores are open for business. And unless otherwise stated on a sign posted at the store entrance, empty beverage containers can be redeemed for cash at any open cash register.

Save Mart Store 4500 Lonetree WayAntioch
Safeway Store 3110 Balfour Rd Brentwood
Safeway Store 14840 Highway 4 Byron
Safeway Store 5431 Clayton Rd Clayton
Safeway Store 2250 Monument Blvd Ste F Concord
Save Mart Store 5190 Clayton Rd Concord
Mercado De Valle 1651 Monument Blvd Concord
Costco Wholesale 2400 Monument Blvd Concord
Safeway Store 3496 Camino Tassajara Danville
Central Foods 4352 Appian Way El Sobrante
Safeway Store 6688 Alhambra Ave Martinez
Safeway Store 1978 Contra Costa Blvd Pleasant Hill
Safeway Store 200 Golf Club Rd Pleasant Hill
Lucky Store 155 Crescent Plz Pleasant Hill
County Square Market 510 Contra Costa Blvd Pleasant Hill
Grocery Outlet 1671 Contra Costa Blvd Pleasant Hill
Smart & Final 2100 Contra Costa BlvdPleasant Hill
Costco Wholesale 4801 Central Ave Richmond
Trader Joes 1372 S California Blvd Walnut Creek
Safeway Store 710 Bancroft Rd Walnut Creek

The stores listed above are required by state law to take back all empty beverage containers and pay the proper redemption value of 5 cents per container and 10 cents for containers 24 ounces and larger. If your local supermarket is listed above and fails to accept containers for recycling, call the California Department of Conservation at 1-800-Recycle, and let them know.

United Cancer Research society wants your donations

If you are looking for a place to recycle clothes, shoes, bedding, furniture, houseware, tv's, monitors(working or not) and curtains, the united Cancer Research Society will pick up your donations.

Call 800-443-4224 or email ucrsnorcal@yahoo.com to schedule a pick up.

This is a great way to recycle your used items and the items provide valuable funding for cancer research.

They especially need clothing

Pleasant Hill Goodwill Donation Center

If anyone is looking for a donation center in the east bay, Goodwill in Pleasant hill will take donations between 10am and 6pm monday to saturday and 11am-6pm on sunday.

They will do house calls for large wood furniture and couches. Call 510-534-6666 and request the "house call services".

They will accept a number of donations including clothes, books, electronics, baby furninture, bed linens, cell phones, furniture, tools, kitchen accesories, light fixtures, shoes, musical instruments, toys, and others.

Their address is 1699 Contra Costa Boulevard, Pleasant Hill, Ca. 94523 (925) 676-7217

Free recycling event at Alhambra High School

For all you East Bay folks looking for a place to drop off your recyclables. Alahambra High School and the Martinez Rotary are sponsoring a recycling event at Alhambra High School on MARCH 6th and 7th from 9am-3am. The address is 150 E. Street in Martinez.

They will take Tv's, computers, monitors, electronics, testile. shoes & clothing. They will also accept for a fee Large Appliances.

Proceeds for this event will be used to support local and international charities.

Green Mouse

www.greenmouse.com

Anyone in the bay area who has electronics to recycle and doesn't know where should try Green Mouse. They have many free drop locations for electronics and will also come to you for free if you want to schedule a pickup. They will take almost any kind of electronics you want to recycle.

Kids Konserve

www.kidskonserve.com

For anyone who has kids and has an interest in cutting down the amount of garbage going into landfills check out this company. It's co-founded by a local Bay area lady. They sell environmentally friendly products designed to reduse waste at schools. Read their bio below.

"The Kids Konserve waste-free lunch kit and other reusable products were the natural outgrowth of what two women saw as a big need that required immediate attention. With the premise that any business they under-took had to help the environment in some way, it didn’t take much imagination to see how they, as parents of young children, were contributing to garbage landfills, pollutants and sending the wrong message to their own children. How could they set an example of conservation for their children and empower them to be the examples of change for the future?Focusing on how school lunch programs operate opened their eyes and propelled them to create Kids Konserve. Calculating the amount of trash being produced each day at their own schools during the lunch hour alone, shocked them enough to begin more research into reusable products that dramatically cut down on Earth’s ever growing garbage pile. "

Great tool for finding out where to recycle CFL light Bulbs

www.lamprecycle.org Great site developed by bulb manufacturers. Just input your zip code on the left and it will give local locations to drop of your used Compact Flourescent Bulbs.

Info on where and how to recycle Tyvek packages (fed ex, etc.)

Tyvek, the Dupont material the U.S. Postal Service uses for its mail envelopes, is made from 100 percent high-density polyethylene (HDPE), marked under the recycling code #2, and is highly recyclable into other products such as plastic lumber and park benches.
If your municipal recycler doesn't accept Tyvek-and you have more DIY wallets and laptop sleeves than you know what to do with-Dupont will take back your used Tyvek envelopes for recycling, at no cost. Click below the fold for details. 1. For small quantities (less than 25 envelopes/month): Turn any Tyvek envelope inside out, so the unprinted white surface shows on the outside. Stuff the inside-out Tyvek envelope with other used Tyvek envelopes for recycling.
Address and mail the envelope to:Terry Fife, Tyvek Recycling Specialist5401 Jefferson Davis HighwaySpot 197 - Room 231Richmond, VA 23234
For medium quantities (more than 25 but less than 500 envelopes/month): Call 1-866-33-TYVEK and ask about Dupont's pouch program for recycling Tyvek envelopes. Each pouch holds approximately 200 envelopes. Collect your envelopes in the pouch and then forward them to a regional recycler-address label provided.
3. For larger quantities (more than 500 envelopes/month): Contact Terry Fife, Tyvek Recycling Specialist, at 1-800-222-5676 or 1-866-33-TYVEK to have a custom program set up for you that works with local recyclers in your region.

More info on where to recycle single use batteries

Household single-use batteries: If your community hazardous waste program doesn’t take them or can’t refer you to a local business that does, then try a private firm such as mail-order Battery Solutions (800-852-8127, BatteryRecycling. com). It recycles them for a fee of 85 cents per pound. You may find alternatives near you at Earth911.org. In San Francisco, where it became illegal to dump batteries in the trash as of February, all Walgreens stores accept old batteries. Across the country, Batteries Plus stores accept all batteries for recycling (800-677-8278, www.batteriesplus.com).
Rechargeable batteries: RadioShack and Office Depot accept batteries from wireless phones, laptop computers, camcorders, cordless power tools, digital cameras and radio-controlled toys at no charge. These are Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion) and Small Sealed Lead Acid (Pb) batteries weighing less than two pounds. To find other nearby recyclers, try Earth911.org, Rbrc.com or 877-2-RECYCLE.

For all us guitar and bass players

check out www.brossardpicks.com Chris Brossard is a local Bay area Luthier of custom guitar picks made from recycled and salvaged products. He makes picks from interesting sources like salvaged animal bone and horn from the food industry. He also uses high end recycled woods from furniture. His picks give really interesting sound and all are bio-degradable. It's a really cool idea and is endorsed by a lot of famous musicians. Check it out if you get a minute. I've got several of his picks and they are awesom.

Recycle your used batteries (regular household/flashlight)

I've got bunches of these in a box and have been looking for where to bring them so I did some research and found some drop locations. I will try and list some in most ares of the county so people can have one close.
Alamo- Longs drugs 3158 Danville Blvd
Danville - Longs 650 San Ramon Blvd
El Cerrito- Radio Shack 11299 San Pablo Avenue Suite L
Lafayette - Longs 3526 Mt Diablo blvd - Ace hardware 3111 Mt Diablo Bvld
Martinez/Pacheco - Bills Ace Hardware 3610 Pacheco Blvd
Moraga - Moraga hardware 1409 Moraga road - Longs 580 Moraga Road
Orinda- Rite Aid 27 Orinda Way
Pinole- 1230 Fitzgerald Drive
Hercules- Radio Shack 3700 San Pablo Avenue
San Pablo- Radio Shack 104 San Pablo Town Center
Walnut Creek - Radio Shack 2987 Ygnacio Valley Road - Radio Shack 1537 N. Main St.

Home depot will take your used CFL light bulbs and used rechargable batteries

CFL light bulbs contain mercury and area illegal to drop in landfills. You can drop those as well as rechargable batteries (all kind including power tools, electronics, etc.) at Home Depot. Their east bay locations are 1037 Arnold Drive, Martinez, Ca. 94553 - 2090 Meridian Park, Concord, Ca. 94520 - 2750 Crow Canyon Road, San Ramon, Ca. 94583 - 1625 Sycamore Drive, Hercules, Ca. 94547.

Where to recycle your used Ink Jet/Toner Cartridges in Pleasant Hill/Martinez.

Don't throw them in the trash, look for our recycling bin at the UPS Store in the Virgina Hills Shopping center on the Pleasant Hill/ Martinez border to drop your used Ink Jet/Toner Cartridges. 6680 Alhambra Avenue, Martinez, Ca. 94553.