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Planet Alameda Home
Cool Online Activities
Recycle Bottles & Cans
Don't Trash that Cell Phone
Disposing of Universal Wastes
Household Hazardous Waste
Batteries, Fluorescent Tubes
Dealing with Food Scraps
Recycle Used Motor Oil
Sea of Cortez Expedition
Zebra Mussel Alert


Recycling Program

Questions about recycling
or organics?
Visit


Aquatic Outreach Institute
Workshops for Educators

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Your local guide to living and working the environmentally sensitive way.
Items for the Gray Cart
Residential Recycling Guide
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No Recyclable Materials or Organics

Before discarding, please consider reusing or donating.

Please make sure all materials fit inside the cart with the lid closed.


6-pack rings (please cut)
auto glass
asphalt roofing tile
binders (plastic)
bubble wrap
carbon paper
CDs
cello wrap around flower bouquets
chewing gum
ceramics (including tile)
cosmetic containers with residue
cotton balls (soiled)
computer diskettes
cords (electrical/plastic)
deodorant casing
diapers
feminine products
fish hooks
foam (all types)
hangers (dry cleaners will take back
hangers)
hardbound books
hemp rope
hose (garden or rubber)
ice cream wrappers (plastic)
laminated items
leather
light bulbs (no fluorescent)
liquids (non-food related)
masonite
metal cable wire
metallic wrapping paper
mirrors
nails
nylon
packing peanuts (or take to shipping
stores)
paper clips
paper used for cleaning (soiled)
pencils with erasers

pens (ink)
pet feces
photographs
plants (plastic)
plastic bags (can be returned to
grocery stores)
plastics (unmarked or not marked
with )
plastic film
plastic glass (window, broken
drinking glass)
plastic wrap
polystyrene
Q-tips (with plastic wand)
rawhide
records/tapes/CD’s
report covers (plastic)
rubber bands
rubber stamps
rubber/neoprene
rugs/mats
shoes (unwanted or can’t be donated)
vshower curtains/liners
sisal
vsponges
straws/stir sticks (plastic)
stuffed animals/toys (unwanted or
can’t be donated)
Styrofoam
tape: duct/masking/scotch
telephones
tempered glass (Corning Ware, Pyrex)
textiles
toothpaste tubes
transparencies/microfilm/negatives (acetate)
utensils (plastic)
vacuum bags
wood (treated)

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