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Friday, January 29, 2010

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.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

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.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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

Monday, January 25, 2010

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.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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. "

Monday, January 18, 2010

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.

Friday, January 15, 2010

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.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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.

Monday, January 11, 2010

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.