Clutter Free Organizing Services
Resources
for Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling
In our work as
professional
organizers, we always try to reuse and
recycle instead of disposing. To that end, Andy has compiled a list
of resources to help our clients simplify, reduce, reuse, recycle,
and sell unwanted items. However, since this information will be
valuable to anybody, we are providing it as a public service.
The more we can reduce, reuse, and recycle, the better for everyone.
Reuse, especially, uses less resources and less energy, saves money,
and reduces our impact on the environment. Please pass this information
on to anyone who can use it.
Note:
It has always been a bad idea to throw items containing toxic substances
in the trash, but it is now illegal.
Products affected by the California's Electronic Waste Recycling
Act include batteries, fluorescent lights, televisions, computers
and monitors, printers, VCRs, telephones, answering machines, radios,
stereo equipment, calculators, and cell phones. It is against state
law to put any of these items in the trash. See below for ways to
reuse or recycle (or, failing everything else, properly dispose
of) these items.
General Info
Where to Recycle Specific Items
Clutter Free Organizing Services
Here are several sites that can help you reduce the amount of junk
mail you receive. Start with the Direct
Marketing Association. and continue with
The
Center for a New American Dream or Global
Stewards.
Most stores get hundreds of boxes, every week, that they break down
immediately and put in recycling (hopefully). Meanwhile, people
who are moving or organizing go out and buy boxes! Well, Rainbow
Grocery in San Francisco has the right
idea! They put their boxes in a large bin at the front of the store.
Anyone who needs them can take their pick. Every few days they do
break down the boxes, since they accumulate more than people take,
so if you are unlucky to get there after they have done this, the
bin may be empty, however, usually it is filled with hundreds of
usable boxes of all shapes and sizes. An extremely useful resource!
You can often get
reused boxes at Trader
Joe's as well. And because TJ's sells
so much wine, you can get wine boxes with dividers that make excellent
glass packers!
If you know of
other places in the bay area that do this, please let
me know. UsedCardboardBoxes.com
lists places nationwide, but there are none in the bay area.
General
Reuse and Recycling Information
If you live in Berkeley or Albany, get a copy of the "Berkeley/Albany
Reuse Directory: Where to Buy, Sell, Rent, Repair, and Donate Reusable
Goods." Request copies by calling (510) 981-6903 or by sending
email to reuse@ci.berkeley.ca.us.
The Berkeley
Information Network (BIN) provides information
on over 3500 local organizations that accept donated materials.
Rummaging
through Northern California is a free
bi-monthly newspaper promoting resale, surplus and salvage in the
San Francisco area.
How and Where to
Recycle in Alameda
County, San
Francisco (SF
dropoff locations), Marin
County, San
Mateo County, Santa
Clara County (408) 924-5453, Contra
Costa County (800) 750-4096, Sonoma
County. In addition to the county resources
(above), many cities provide information and services also. Stanford
Recycling Center. The City of Santa
Clara's Reference Guide to Donations (PDF).
Oakland
Recycles provides an extensive Reuse
Directory. Berkeley
Recycling and Curbside
Service. The Berkeley
Ecology Center, a fabulous source of recycling
information, is located at 2530 San Pablo Avenue, 510-548-2220.
Earth
911 is a great source of recycling information,
both nationwide and locally.
Used HQ has many used products for sale,
and of course, there is always eBay
for shippable items. You can also post or subscribe to the FreeCycle
Network in your area.
Locally, the online
user's community known as Craig's
List has bulletin boards for selling,
buying, or bartering items. Another local resource is the Bay
Area FreeCycle Network.
Stuff
Ya' Don't Want is a nationwide list of
resources for donating items to places that can use them. ExcessAccess,
redo.org,
and the Cole
Hardware Community Exchange are websites
that match donations with non-profit organizations that can use
them.
Scroungers' Center for Re-Usable Art Parts
(SCRAP), in San Francisco, is a wonderful place. You can go there
to get really inexpensive office supplies (hanging folders, paper,
envelopes, pens, etc), arts/crafts supplies, and a huge variety
of other things. You can even get binders and hanging folders for
free. Anything you pay can be used as a tax writeoff. You can also
donate many different materials. The following used and leftover
materials are in demand:
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Leather
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Plastic and Mylar
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Banners and flags
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Rubber scraps
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Wood and trim
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Plexiglass
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Textiles (fabric, yarn, mill-ends, over runs, pattern samples)
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Paper (mural paper, misprints and mill-ends)
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Art supplies (felt pens, non-toxic paints, art brushes, matte board, poster board, foam core, drafting tables)
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Flooring (tile, carpet)
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Feathers
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Wire
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Candles and wax
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Buttons
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Beads and decorative parts
The
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (similar
to SCRAP but not as big), in Berkeley, is another good source of
inexpensive supplies. It also accepts fabric, arts and craft materials,
office and school supplies, household items, and building materials.
The Resource
Area for Teachers (RAFT), in San Jose,
accepts a variety of donations and makes the material available
to teachers, non-profits, and licensed child care providers.
Reuse
Organizations' Profiles. This is an excellent
link that lists many organizations from all over the country that
accept many different kinds of materials.
If you think a
garage or yard sale would be good way to unload some things and
make some extra money, this garage
sale checklist will help you prepare.
The article "Putting
on a Better Garage Sale" also gives
a lot of useful information.
You can always try Goodwill
Industries (888-466-3945) or the Salvation
Army, but we have had such bad experiences
with the Salvation Army that we will never contact them again. We
recommend finding a local, smaller charity. Below are some suggestions.
Our favorite charity
is Out
of the Closet. We have used them countless
times and have always been happy with their staff, their stores,
and their mission. They contribute the proceeds to the AIDS
Healthcare Foundation. They have several
locations in San Francisco (9th and Folsom, Church and Duboce, Polk
and California, Mission and 20th) and one in Berkeley (University
and California).
Andy found the
people at Miracle Ministries to be dependable and courteous. They
also make excellent use of the donations they receive. Miracle Ministries
Recovery & Transitional Homes, PO Box 7151, Oakland, CA 94601,
510.967.7112
The Emeryville
Community Action Program (ECAP) is a food pantry, supplier of clothing,
furniture and other household items to the needy. Their staff is
totally volunteer, and they depend entirely upon donations in order
to distribute food, clothing, appliances, mattresses, toys, furniture,
and other household goods to the needy all over the bay area. Their
Brochure (PDF format, 80K). Emeryville
Community Action Program, 3610 San Pablo Ave., Emeryville, CA 94608,
510-652-8422.
Community Assistance
for the Retarded and Handicapped, Inc. (CARH) will do pickups for
large donations. 510-758-1441 or (800) 660-6426.
The San
Francisco Rescue Mission accepts donations
of Cars, Real Estate, Jewelery, Music Equipment/Instruments, Computers,
and Clothing. To make donations, please call 415-292-1770.
St.
Vincent de Paul. On their website, click
"Giving Help" for information about donations.
Where to Recycle, Donate or Sell Specific
Items:
Most antique stores
will do on-site appraisals. One antique dealer whom I've met is
Jim Bay, who can be reached in San Francisco at (415) 621-4390.
Appliances:
Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Clothes Washers
Small, working appliances can be donated to most charities
or thrift shops.
JACO
Environmental will remove older appliances for a fee of $35.00
for the first unit and a small charge per unit thereafter. Call
(800) 741-0172 for more information or to schedule a pickup. This
program is not a PG&E sponsored program. This is a curbside
pick up service. Low-income
households may qualify for PG&E's Energy
Partners program. If so, PG&E will remove an older refrigerator
and replace it with a newer energy-efficient one for free.
Newer appliances
(4 years or less) may be donated to Rebuilding
Together, East
Bay Habitat for Humanity or Out
of the Closet (call to confirm). Out of
the Closet may even pick up, depending on the appliance.
Casebar Washers
and Dryers will pickup or buy certain models of washers and dryers.
Call (510) 548-4419 with the specific make and model to see if he's
interested.
Failing everything
else, you can arrange with your local refuse company to do a pickup
of bulky items up to twice a year. You do, however, need to get
the appliance out to the street at the scheduled time.
See the description of SCRAP, the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse,
and RAFT under Reuse
Organizations.
Also, the Boys
and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula accept
art supplies for their projects. Call (650) 322-8065 to see if they
can use your offering and find out where to drop off.
Household batteries contain more than 20 toxic substances (including
lead, mercury, cadmium, nickel, chromium, lithium, copper, manganese,
silver, selenium, and corrosive acids). In landfills, heavy metals
can leach into the soil and contaminate the groundwater. Over-exposure
to these elements can cause a myriad of health problems, including
damage to the brain, kidneys and other major organs, as well as
contributing to birth defects.
You can take used
household batteries to Rainbow
Grocery in San Francisco and all Walgreen's
stores. See this complete
list of places in San Francisco that accept batteries
for recycling.
Rechargeable batteries
can be taken to any Radio
Shack, and many Office
Depot or Verizon
Wireless Stores. For a complete list of
places that accept rechargeable batteries, see the Rechargeable
Battery Recycling Corporation or call
1-800-8-BATTERY.
Car batteries can
be recycled for free at Kragen
Auto Parts.
Almost any used bookstore will buy used books (look in the phone
book), but here are my favorites.
1.Moe's
Bookstore, Berkeley. If Moe's can't use
your books, they can arrange to donate them to the prison book project.
2.Green
Apple Books, San Francisco
3.Black
Oak Books, in Berkeley and San Francisco
Extensive list
of used bookstores in Oakland.
The Books
for the Barrios Project accepts donations
of books, crayons, pencils, etc, and sends them to schools in small
villages in the Philippines.
The Children's
Book Project is always looking for donations
of new and gently used children's books. They distribute them to
teachers and schools. Since we're spending so much money on war,
there have been huge cutbacks to school budgets, and many schools
aren't able to buy books.
The Friends
of the San Francisco Public Library accepts
book donations, sells them at their 2 stores, and all the proceeds
go to the library.
AdoptALibrary.org
is dedicated to keeping books out of landfill and getting them to
libraries and other organizations that can use them.
There are a number
of specialty bookstores where you can sell or donate books on a
particular topic, for example William
Stout Architecture Books.
If the books are
not in good enough condition to be reused, they can be recycled.
Paperback books can be placed in mixed paper recycling. In San Francisco
County, you can remove the bindings of hardcover books and placed
the unbound paper in mixed paper recycling. Not so in Alameda County,
where you have to take the hardcover books to one of the following
book recyclers:
•California Waste
Solutions, 10th St., 510-836-6200
•EB resources,
510-419-0294
•Shred Works, 510-729-7110
This
nationwide site can help you find a location
for cell phone and computer recycling in your area. Donate your old
cell phone to Collective
Good (the drop-off can be done at any
Staples
Office Supply Store) and the proceeds will be donated to the charity
of your choice. Recycle
for Breast Cancer is no-cost, national
recycling program that serves in two ways. It recycles cell phones,
ink cartridges, digital camers, PDA's and other items and the proceeds
go to breast cancer research. Keep these items out of landfills
and support a great cause! The Wireless
Foundation has collection
centers all over the country, including
San Francisco, Concord, Pleasanton, Palo Alto, and San Jose. Your
can also mail the phone to "CALL TO PROTECT," 2555 Bishop
Circle West, Dexter, MI 48130-1563. They will refurbish the cell
phones and provide them to victims of domestic violence. The Sisters
of the Good Shephard have 5
collection points in San Francisco and one in Burlingame
for cell
phone recycling. The cell phones will
be refurbished and sent to family shelters and similar organizations
within the United States. All cell phones are accepted. Donors are
asked to attach the battery or charger if they have them. Cellular
Cycle in Fremont receives donations of
cell phones, and donates all proceeds to charity. You can drop off
or mail cell phones to them. See also WirelessRecycling.com You can also mail
cell phones to: Stand Against Domestic
Violence operates a thrift store and a shelter for battered women.
They accept cell phone donations at 1720 Linda Drive in Pleasant
Hill. 925-602-0575. All Radio
Shack stores will accept cell phone donations.
Many Verizon Wireless stores also have bins where you can deposit
old cell phones with battery and charger, and they will be distributed
to charities. A great charities
to which you can donate women's business clothes is Wardrobe
for Opportunity. They provide people transitioning
out of homelessness with clothing appropriate for interviews and
other professional contacts. For clothing in good condition, try
the St.
Anthony Clothing and Housewares program. Most charities
will accept donations of clothing. There are also
large green drop boxes that you can drop bags of clothing and shoes
into at any time. These boxes are provided by an organization called
Campus
California TG. To see if there's a drop
box near you, call 510-932-3839 or send
email. NOTE: This organization
is apparently not
all they claim to be. Some
allege that clothes dropped in the boxes are resold to thrift
stores and that CCTG is affiliated with a Danish Organization that
has been indicted for fraud. You can make a
tax-deductible donation of fabric and material to SCRAP
(see Reuse
Organizations, above). And finally, sheets,
blankets, linens, or other fabrics that are too worn out to be donated
can be dropped off at the San
Francisco SPCA (or probably any other
SPCA) to contribute to the comfort of their animals. In San Francisco,
the drop off location is inside the Spay/Neuter clinic at 2500 16th
Street (between Harrison and Bryant). For more information, call
(415) 554-3000. Computers,
Computer Monitors, Computer Peripherals Start Here: Computer
Recycling and Reuse Directory, Where
to Donate Used Computers and Electronics in the Bay Area,
Computer
Recycling in California, or City
of San Francisco Computer Directory. For Macintosh computers,
try the Happy Mac, San Francisco, 415-337-4090. The Alameda
County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)
is a nonprofit organization that diverts technological and hazardous
waste from landfills. They accept donations of working and non-working
computer equipment, phones, and other electronics. Tax-deductible
receipts are provided with each donation. They charge a handling
fee for some items. Call (510) 434-1325 for details. Oakland
Technology Exchange West accepts working
Windows-based computers (386 and above) only. Computer
Recycling Center. Run mainly by volunteers,
they have pickup times in Santa Rosa, Santa Clara (408-327-1800),
and San Francisco (415-342-2244). Computers are lent out to schools
and community non-profits, and the organization provides maintenance
as needed to keep the machines in good working condition. The group
does ofter to pick-up donations from consumers who give them advanced
notice. They charge a handling fee for some items. The National
Christina Foundation (203-863-9100) places
donated computers with non-profit agencies that help the disabled
or economically disadvantaged. The NCF will match your donation
with a local group. Tax receipts are available. You can arrange
a pickups via phone or email to ncf@cristina.org. Computers
For Schools (800-939-6000) has grown from
a small Southern California non-profit to one of the largest computer
refurbishers for schools. Pickups can be arranged, depending on
your location. Email should be addressed to willie@pcsforschools.org. C.U.R.A. accepts
donated computers in Fremont, 510-713-3200. You can also contact
public schools in your area, as many of them will accept old (but
working) computer equipment. North Bay: Renew
Computers in San Rafael, 415-457-8801, receives computers, but there
is a fee for anything older than 5 years. South Bay: Bay
Surplus in San Jose, 408-298-9909. Bay Area Computerman, San Jose,
408-249-4821. Wierd Stuff Warehouse, Sunnyvale, 408-743-5650. More
suggestions. Even if the computer no longer
works, you can still recycle the CPU at Sims Metal. They will even
pay you for it, but only a few cents per pound. They have locations
in Hayward 510-471-6600, Richmond 510-412-5300, and San Jose 408-494-4200. If you are a San
Francisco resident, you currently have several options for computer
(and other electronic waste) disposal. Computers are accepted for
recycling in the Bulky Item Collection program offered through your
garbage company. This program is free and available for residents
2 times per year by appointment only. Call (415) 330-1300 to make
an appointment. Unwanted computers
can also be dropped off for a small fee at Sanitary Fill Company,
located at 501 Tunnel Avenue in San Francisco. They are open Mon-Fri
7-6 and Sat-Sun, 8-4. For more information or directions call (415)
330-1400. Other computer
recyclers as well as charitable organizations that accept donations
may also take your unwanted computers. To receive a free Commercial
Reuse and Recycling Directory listing all local computer recyclers
or donation centers, please call the San Francisco Recycling Program
at (415) 554-3400. This
nationwide site can help you find a location
for cell phone and computer recycling in your area. The Lions
in Sight Foundation is happy to receive
donations of eyeglasses that they pass on to those in need. New
Eyes to the Needy accepts eyeglass as
well as hearing aids. Collection bins
are located at Rainbow
Grocery in San Francisco, the Berkeley
Bowl Marketplace, and California Federal
Banks in Berkeley. Large donations can be made at the warehouse
of the San
Francisco Food Bank, at 900 Pennsylvania
Avenue (at 23rd), or the Alameda
County Community Food Bank in Oakland. Furniture Most charities
will accept furniture, but Uhuru House in Oakland specializes in
furniture (solid wood only—no particle board). 3742 Grand Avenue,
(510) 763-3342. The Berkeley
Public Library will often accept magazine
donations, but call (510) 981-6144 first to confirm. San
Francisco General and other hospitals
are grateful to get donations of magazines for their patients and
waiting rooms. You can usually drop them off at the front desk.
SF
Veterans Administration Medical Center
accepts donations of books in good condition and recent (in the
last year) magazines. Children's Hospital in Oakland, (510) 428-3471,
is especially interested in spanish-language periodicals and magazines
oriented toward children and teens. Go to Earth911.com
and select Medications (under Hazardous) and type in your zip
code for locations near you. The CALL Primrose
Center in Burlingame accepts wheelchairs, canes, portable toilets,
and shower chairs (650) 342-2255. The Groove
Yard specializes in soul, blues and world
music LPs. The owner, Rick, is "always buying," and will
make house calls. 5555 Claremont Ave. in Oakland. (510) 655-8400. Real
Guitars (San Francisco) (415) 552-3310
and Ifshin
Violins (Berkeley) (510) 843-5466 will
buy guitars and string instruments, respectively. Or, to find a local
business that will reuse your packing peanuts, call the Peanut Hotline
at (800) 828-2214. Building
Futures for Women and Children, San Leandro Ireland mandated
a 15 cent charge for each plastic bag used. When they did this,
some merchants reported a 97% drop in plastic bag usage. We support
efforts to impose a fee in this country also, because when bags
are free, people consume them carelessly. We've all seen the baggers
at Safeway use 12 bags to bag 6 items. See this
article for more information. We support legislation
to impose a fee for plastic bag use. Many people do not reuse or
recycle unless given a financial incentive for doing so, and free
plastic shopping bags are taken for granted. This
article describes a proposed plastic bag
fee program in San Francisco. Also, the Boys
and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula accept
sporting goods for their activities. Call (650) 322-8065 to see
if they can use your offering and find out where to drop off. Wilderness
Exchange (Berkeley) specializes in camping,
climbing, and outdoor equipment, but in addition to the stuff they
normally sell, they also host bi-yearly swap meets, where any kind
of sports equipment can be sold or bought. The swap meets usually
take place at the end of winter and at the end of summer. Play
It Again Sports will buy some used sports
equipment, but they are extremely selective about what they buy.
Their stores usually contain more than 50% new products, so reuse
is apparently less important to them. The have locations in Fremont,
Mountain
View, Pleasanton,
Pleasant
Hill, San
Rafael, Santa
Rosa, and San
Jose. Another site for
Used
Sports Equipment, and here is a list of
on
line auctions for buying or selling used sports equipment. The following 2 Styrofoam recyclers will
only accept clean #6 EPS. This is the white,
hard, brittle styrofoam that is used in packing computer and stereo
equipment. GB
Industrial Materials Corporation at 1528 Atlantic Street, Union
City, CA. Call in advance at 510-489-0881. You must drop off during
their business hours (M–F, 8-3). Or
to save yourself the gas and time to drive there, you can mail it
4th class to the address above. Because #6 EPS is so light, this
normally costs about $2/box. The Alameda
County Computer Resource Center accepts
televisions, working or not in most cases. Call them in advance
to confirm. Another possibility is to take them to your local toxic
disposal facility. At either place, you may be charged a fee. See this list of
Tire
Recyclers Oakland's Temescal
Tool Lending Library is located at the
Temescal branch at 5205 Telegraph Avenue (at Claremont). Berkeley also has
a Tool
Lending Library, located at 1901 Russell
(at MLK). 510-981-6101. Toxic
Wastes, Household Cleaners The Wig
Source is part of the John Muir Medical
Center. They accept wigs (not costume wigs—realistic-looking ones
only) and provide them to people with hair loss as a result of medical
treatments. This service is provided regardless of where treatment
is being received. 1656 N. California Blvd., Walnut Creek, (925)
947-5328. CFS
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is "San Francisco's only source for reusable, recycled and remanufactured building and landscape materials.
Many stores that buy, sell and trade used cameras and photographic
equipment in Oakland.
"Some 550 million used mobile phones in the U.S. are waiting
to go into landfills. Only about 1 percent of what is out there
is being collected and recycled right now, and the environmental
consequences of hundreds of millions of phones going into the garbage
can rather than being recycled are severe -- hundreds of thousands
of tons of toxic waste (mobile phones contain lead, cadmium, mercury,
beryllium, arsenic, and much more) are threatening our food and
water supplies." Source:
Collective
Good. Every year, 100 million cell phones
are retired. That's about 2 million a week!
Prime
Traders Against International Hunger
c/o Ernie Gonzaga
16005 Mateo St., Suite C, San Leandro, CA 94578
Crossroads Trading Company and Buffalo
Exchange will buy good quality clothing,
although I've found that these stores are so incredibly particular
about what they will take that it's usually not worth the effort
(unless you're into hip, trendy clothing). This
website lists stores that buy vintage
clothing, and Kitty
Girl Vintage buys women's clothing only.
It's estimated that 2 million computers go into landfill each day!
To see why recycling is important, see the article "Exporting
Harm: The Techno-Trashing of Asia,"
"Where
Computers Go To Die" or this other
article of the same name.
Fluorescent light bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and California
law prohibits putting them in the trash. More
Info. Many hardware stores will accept
them for recycling. Here's a complete list of places in San
Francisco. Even
though fluorescent bulbs contain mercury, incandescent bulbs are
responsibile for releasing more mercury into the environment. Source.
In most cases, mattresses and box springs must be in excellent condition
in order for them to be reused. Here's a list
of places that accept mattress donations.
The only other option would be to arrange a bulky item pickup from
your municipality. There may be a fee charged.
Home Cares Equipment Recyclers accepts donations of usable in-home
medical equipment and supplies and makes them available at no cost
to individuals in need of these resources. They have locations in
San Francisco (415) 487-5405, Oakland (510) 251-2273), Fremont (510)
574-2041, and Marin (415) 388-8198. Call for drop-off times and
specific locations.
Almost any used music store will buy used CD's (look in the phone
book). Specifically, you might try Amoeba
Music (San Francisco and Berkeley) or
Rasputin
Records (seven Bay Area locations).
Music
in Schools Today accepts donations at
5
locations and provides them to needy young
musicians. Oakland Unified School District, (510) 879-8116. UC Berkeley
Young
Musicians Program (510) 642-2686.
Styrofoam peanuts, bubble wrap, and most packing materials will
be accepted by any UPS
Store. Bubble wrap can also be placed
in the plastic bag recycling bins found as most major supermarkets,
but it's always better to reuse than to recycle.
Latex
paint can be picked up at any San Francisco
resident's home for free, and Latex paint can be dropped off at
any of these
locations. Non-latex paint must be taken
to a toxic
disposal facility.
Working Essentials was founded in 1996
with the mission of eliminating one of the main barriers to employment
for people who are homeless. By providing items such as shampoo,
soap, datebooks and haircut vouchers, Working
Essentials helps people look more presentable
and feel more confident greatly increasing their ability to secure
and maintain employment. They have 9 drop off sites in San Francisco.
It's a great place to donate samples and the soap and shampoo that
many people pick up during hotel stays.
La
Casa de las Madres, San Francisco
Compass
Community Services, San Francisco
Homeless
Prenatal Program, San Francisco
The best thing to do with shopping bags is to take them back to
the store on your next trip and reuse them. You can use the same
bag for months! Most supermarkets will give you a 5 cent bag credit
for each one you reuse. If a bag gets punctured or is otherwise
unusable, it can be placed in the plastic bag recycling bins found
in most supermarkets.
Sports4Kids
Swap Shop (Berkeley) resells donated sporting equipment and uses
the proceeds to benefit school sports programs. (510) 868-1591.
For styrofoam peanuts, please see Packing
Materials, above.
Also, Timbron International,
4331 Pock Lane, Stockton, California. Tel: 209.983.8393. Monday
through Thursday, 8-5.
The Tool
Lending Center in San Francisco accepts
donations of tools. Call 415-330-9999 for more information. They
are located at 1016 Howard Street, between 6th and 7th.
It's easy to get more information on hazardous waste disposal. Click
on the county name, or call the number: San
Francisco County (415) 554-4333. Alameda
County (800) 606-6606. Marin
County. San
Mateo County (650) 363-4607. Sonoma
County.
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