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.