Recycling centers in Oakland

The Oakland facility on East 7th Street is the Oakland site in the Alameda County drop-off network. It is open to county residents, with hours and appointment rules at StopWaste.org/HHW.

National Recycling Corporation in Oakland offers convenient drop-off locations for individuals to recycle various grades of paper in boxes, bales, or loose form. They provide equipment rental and pickup services for commercial and industrial customers, including on-site balers and stationary containers to increase value and reduce handling costs. Visitors must separate all items before entering the facility, empty liquids and contaminants from recycling containers, and ensure that only CRV containers are brought for the highest refund. Unsorted or contaminated containers will not be accepted, and payments are made by the pound, with the option for a count if fewer than 50 items per material.

Standard Iron & Metals has run its scrap yard on San Leandro Street in Oakland for more than thirty years, a short drive from the High Street exit off Highway 880. The yard buys non-ferrous and ferrous material: aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel, zinc, tin products, high-temperature alloys, insulated copper and aluminum wire, electric motors, aircraft aluminum, CATV coax cable, and auto batteries, plus prepared and unprepared steel, plate, beams, pipe, angles, channel, borings, and cast iron. The company also takes on demolition and plant scrapping projects, responding to a project inquiry with an inspection and proposal. The yard is open weekdays and closes before 4 pm.