Proper Household Hazardous Waste / Electronic Waste Disposal Information

Hazardous waste cannot be placed in your garbage, recycling or organics containers. Check the label. If it’s marked Danger, Warning, Poisonous, Toxic, or Flammable, it’s hazardous waste and requires special handling.

 

SINGLE-FAMILY and MULTI-PLEX CUSTOMERS:

Please take hazardous items to one of the County’s free drop-off facilities. Visit www.StopWaste.Org/hhw for information.
The County accepts the following:

How do I dispose of electronic waste?
Electronics need special handling. You can properly dispose of a limited amount of electronic waste through the ACI San Leandro On-Call/Bulky Item Clean-Up Program. Find out how to take electronic waste/broken electronics to Alameda County HHW drop-off facilities and other designated retailers.

 

MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX CUSTOMERS:

Alameda County offers a free service for residential landlords to drop off their tenant’s hazardous waste. Residential landlords are considered businesses under Federal and State hazardous waste laws, which means they cannot participate in the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Residential Drop-off Service. Find out more about the residential landlord drop-off program. 

 

COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS:

Commercial Hazardous Waste Has Its Place… And it’s not inside any ACI collection bin. Businesses may be eligible to take various hazardous items to an Alameda County HHW collection facility. Click here for information about Small Business Hazardous Waste and Business Hazardous Waste Drop-In Service.

 

DID YOU KNOW?

ACI offers curbside collection of used motor oil, used oil filters, used cooking oil, and household batteries for single-family, multi-plex, and multi-family tenants*. Rules apply. See the links for below for additional details.

Used Motor Oil, Used Oil Filters, and Used Cooking Oil

 

HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES:

Single-family customers can place household batteries (A, AA, AAA, C, D, and 9-volt) in a zipper lock-style bag and place them on top of (not inside) their blue recyclables cart for collection. Please tape the terminals on 9-volt batteries. No automotive or liquid lithium-ion batteries allowed.

Multi-family customers with cart service can place household batteries in a zipper-lock style bag on top of (not inside) their blue recyclables cart for collection. Please tape the terminals on 9-volt batteries. No automotive or liquid lithium-ion batteries are allowed.

*Multi-family customers with shared bin service can place household batteries in a zipper-lock style bag at the designated curbside location determined by their complex owner/manager.

ACI office: Drop off at the ACI office. No car batteries are allowed.

County HHW: For more information and a list of Alameda County’s disposal locations, please visit StopWaste.org/hhw or call the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste team at 1-800-606-6606.