Recycle for Breat Cancer

Recycle for Breast Cancer is a great way to recycle your Ewaste from Televisions to Applicances to Ink Jet Cartridges for a superb cause. Their address is 31 Beta Court, Suite C, San Ramon, Ca. 94583. If you live in the San Franicsco bay area you can drop at their location from 09:30 to 04:30 Monday to Saturday. If you live outside the area they will send pre-paid envelopes for things like digital Cameras and Ink Jet cartridges. Check out their site at http://www.recycleforbreastcancer.com/ Remember that Home Depot will receycle your Mercury containing CFL light bulbs. You can find their locations almost anywhere.

Free E waste event on Saturday 04/02 at Diablo Valley College

Free E waste Recycling event sponsored by Electronic Waste Management. Saturday April 2nd from 09:00am till 12:00 noon. At Diablo Valley College 321 Golf Club Road Pleasant Hill, Ca. 94523 At the overflow parking lot across from the main campus. They sponsor e waste events the first and 3rd saturday of every month. 1st Saturday at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill and San Ramon. 3rd Saturday of every month at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg. They accept Tv's, monitors, computers, components, printers, toner cartidges, mp3 players, telephones, cell phones, digital cameras, vcrs, dvd,s ferrous and non ferrous metals.

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.