Oakland Recycles

10/22/2026

Oakland boaters- bring your marine flares for safe recycling. Sign up to reserve your spot.

Attention recreational boaters - Marine Flares collection event is coming to Oakland, October 25

Collect all your unwanted marine flares and bring them to our event to dispose of marine flares safely and for free in Oakland. Make an appointment to secure your spot. The event is only for recreational boaters who berth a boat or live in Alameda County.
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10/19/2026

The City is hiring two Recycling Program Specialist IIIs. Apply today!

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10/19/2026

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While some museums build collections through acquisition or gifts often working with outside archaeologists, collectors or researchers, the Trash Falcon Trash Museum of Trash team includes all of these roles. Using everything from traditional trash pickers or old fashioned rubber gloves to custom built archaeology recovery tools such as the witches finger, grappling hooks, or long bamboo poles, curators rescue objects discarded in the Adams Point and Lake Merritt neighborhoods, and then clean/sanitize and categorize them into displays.

Founded in 2020, the Trash Falcons Trash Museum of Trash features amazing and questionably historic items found on weekly Trash Falcons missions — preserving, documenting and sharing the hidden stories in Oakland’s found trash.

Join us for Trash Falcons Tales on October 18th at the Main Library! The exhibit will be on display from October 17-December 4, 2026. Details: https://bit.ly/3Wuomrs

10/12/2026

10/01/2026

Is your favorite shirt missing a button? Join this mending program to bring it back to life!

🧵🪡📍👚 Join us this Friday for October Mending Circle!

As always, this gathering is free to attend. There will be no instructor, but we will provide basic materials including thread, needles, a sewing machine and some patches. Please bring items that you would like to repair.

⏰️ Friday, October 2
12 noon-1:30 pm
📍Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 9th St., Suite 290, Oakland, CA

Questions? Email [email protected]

10/01/2026

$3,000 a year. That's how much food the average family of four tosses. 💸 Learn how to keep more of it (and your money) at StopWaste.org/DateLabels

The average family of four tosses $3,000 in food a year. StopWaste has tips to help you save food and money. Learn more at StopWaste.org/DateLabels

10/01/2026

Oakland neighbors, you can take part in this event too! If you have household hazardous waste at home, this is a safe, free way to get rid of it. 🌎

Are you stuck with leftover paint, cleaners, or gardening chemicals that you don't know what to do with? Bring them to the Household Hazardous Waste event in Alameda on Sunday, October 4 to dispose of them safely for free.

Make your appointment today to get the event address! www.stopwaste.org/hhw-alameda

09/25/2026

Find the most convenient option to manage you unwanted or broken items.

Got unwanted stuff like furniture, mattresses, and electronics? Visit StopWaste’s RE:Source guide for reuse, repair, recycling or safe disposal options for just about everything. https://resource.stopwaste.org/

09/22/2026

Starting today! Oakland Public Works will be conducting a field audit of trash, recycling, and compost carts at Oakland homes and businesses from September 21 - October 2. If you see our surveyors in your neighborhood, please feel free to say hello or ask a question!

Surveyors will look at the contents of residents’ trash, compost and recycling carts or bins. If they find misplaced items, they will leave an “Oops!” tag explaining which items were wrongly placed and providing information on correct sorting.
Residential neighborhoods will be audited on trash collection days from 5 am to 4 pm. Businesses and apartment buildings will be audited one day before their service day(s). The audit is required by State law and is for informational purposes only. Nothing will be removed from your cart, and no fines will be issued by the City of Oakland as part of the audit process.

For more information, visit https://www.oaklandrecycles.com/news/.

09/19/2026

Got too much trash to fit it all in your cart?
Contact Waste Management to purchase a extra service trash label for $13.50.
Just call 510-613-8710