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Francine Di Palma, CRS Email: Francine@FrancineDiPalma.com Direct Line: 510.280.2148 Fax: 510.526.9543 Refuse & Recycling The Alameda County Waste Management Authority provides a Home Composting Program that offers many free and low-cost services to county residents, including: Discount Compost Bins Master Composter Class Hands-on Workshops Free video: Do the Rot Thing: The Simple Art of Home Composting Call the Composting Information Rotline at 510.444.SOIL for more information. Berkeley Transfer Station Trash from the public and the City's collection trucks is dumped here, then loaded into trailers and taken to the landfill, 45 miles away. The transfer station is the last opportunity to reuse and recycle discarded items. The Recycling Center is next door to the Transfer Station, the corner of Second & Gilman Streets. One may drop off metal items, cardboard, papers, bottles and cans at no charge before weighing in at the transfer station. Charges are by the pound at the Transfer Station, open Monday through Saturday, 8am = 4/30pm. Refrigerators, mattresses, televisions, computers, monitors, tires, and concrete are recycled. Refuse and Plant Debris Services, 510.981.7270 Residential Curbside Recycling Hotline, 510.527.5555 Berkeley Buyback/Drop-off Recycling Centers, 510.524.0113 Alameda County Recycling Hotline, 1.877.STOPWASTE Used Motor Oil Recycling Locations, 1.800.606.6606 And, do you know about the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, 510.547.6470? They collect and sell unusual reusable items for use by artists and teachers. If you have any questions about the above article please contact me at: Francine@FrancineDiPalma.com or 510.280.2148 Francine Di Palma Direct Line: 510.280.2148 Email: Francine@FrancineDiPalma.com Featured Listings | Search For A Home in the East Bay Buying in the East Bay? | Selling in the East Bay? Mortgage Calculator | East Bay Communities Real Estate Articles | Statistics | About Francine | Testimonials Return Home