Berkeley city recycling program

About Recycling Recycling is vital to the health of our planet and helps the Berkeley community in very practical ways. To read the full details, please click here: About Berkeley Curbside Recycling Recycle, compost, or landfill? Increased online purchasing can generate a lot of cardboard. Do not wedge cardboard into the cart, for larger boxes bundle your cardboard. You can leave 1 tape or twine-secured bundle per week up to 3ft. X 3ft. X 1ft next to your cart or collection.

Any excess cardboard can be dropped off at the Berkeley Recycling Center located at Gilman Street. Inspiring and building a sustainable , healthy , and just future for the East Bay, California, and beyond. Donate Subscribe Get Involved. Facebook Twitter Instagram. Cardboard Collection Conundrum? All Rights Reserved. Weekly recycling collection is included with paid refuse service.

Detailed rate info available here: Zero Waste Rates. The City utilizes a dual-stream recycling program to keep materials cleaner. Commercial Organics Recycing Poster. Menu "Home" Begins - Skip Menu. Menu "Home" Ends. Department of Public Works. Commercial Recycling and Composting Collection Services are provided for businesses and residential buildings with 10 or more units by the City of Berkeley.

To start or change existing service, email Customer Service , or call Recycling Program Accepted Materials The City utilizes a dual-stream recycling program to keep materials cleaner.

Container Recycling: Glass Bottles: all colors. Lids and labels can stay on. They melt at a different temperature from glass bottles. Metal Cans: "tin" cans, aluminum cans, aluminum foil and trays. Recycling education is still a key component of our work.

Pioneering non-profits like the Ecology Center gave birth to the recycling industry, but few non-profits remain in the recycling business today. Unlike for-profit haulers, our successful recycling program supports community education, maintains high standards in recycling as the industry matures, and keeps resources in our local community. No income earned through this contract goes to corporate headquarters elsewhere.

The resources stay here, providing good green-collar jobs and supporting our community in reaching Zero Waste, climate action, and food policy goals.

As a mission-driven nonprofit, we maintain and insist on the highest standards possible to assure that the materials we collect are actually recycled back into the highest end-use possible. This helps close the loop when a glass bottle becomes a glass bottle again rather than asphalt or sand. We view recycling as part of a whole urban environmental system. We participate in advocacy efforts around Zero Waste and Extended Producer Responsibility, and support policies that end the age of waste.