Where to Recycle in Berkeley

Where to Recycle in Berkeley?

This is a GreenCitizen resource information page to help businesses and residents in the City of Berkeley recycle effectively and live a greener life. In 2019, responding to crisis after urgent crisis — global warming, plastic pollution, e-waste — we’re expanding our services to provide actionable information and introduce green products that can help every person and business live a greener life and reduce damage to the environment. We hope you’ll join us in our efforts.

You will find recycling centers info of the nearest place for Berkeley residents and businesses to recycle the following items: electronics, automobile oils, batteries, construction materials, garden debris, glass, hazardous materials, household items, light bulbs, metals, paper, plastic bottles, paints, furniture, medicine, styrofoam, single-use alkaline batteries, mattresses, VHS, DVD and cassette.

Green Living in Berkeley

Berkeley, California strives to be one of the greenest cities in the U.S. You’ll see electric and hybrid vehicles everywhere, as well as a growing infrastructure for car and bike sharing services. And with 9.7% of employed Berkeley residents commuting by bicycle, the city has reconfigured certain low-traffic streets as bicycle boulevards. Everywhere you go in Berkeley, you’ll see solar roofs, yards with drought-friendly landscaping, fruit trees, household vegetable gardens, and the occasional flock of urban chickens.

With a city Office of Economic Development supporting sustainable business practices and organizations such as the Ecology Center and the David Brower Center focused on improving citizens’ environmental engagement, Berkeley is doing its share in setting examples of how an urban community can reduce the size of its footprint in a time of accelerating ecological crises.

Meanwhile, we’re happy to provide the following information to help make recycling in Berkeley a little easier.

Berkeley Recycling Centers