CVSan Recycles Day

The last CVSan Recycles Day was on August 10, 2013 at Canyon Middle School.  Please stay tuned for more information on the next CVSan Recycles Day on April 26, 2014.

Alameda County Waste Management Authority Proposed Fee

The Alameda County Waste Management Authority (also known as StopWaste) is considering adoption a fee of $9.55 per year per residential unit, collected through your property tax roll, to support household hazardous waste collection.  At its meeting on February 26, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at 1537 Webster St. Oakland, StopWaste will review adoption of this fee.  What is the fee for? Revenue from the fee will be used to support the countywide household hazardous waste program , which provides safe, legal, environmentally sound collection and disposal services for residential household hazardous waste such as paints, solvents, and pesticides.  These services such as those at the West Winton facility in Hayward, that is closest to Castro Valley, will be expanded so that less household hazardous waste ends up in our garbage, recycling, or worse as illegal dumps.  For more on this fee and household hazardous waste in Alameda County, please visit the following website http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=33&recordid=336 or call 1-877-786-7927.

Recycle Your Leftover Paint & Cans

Recycling your leftover paint in California just got much more convenient!  October 19, 2012 marked the first day of California's Paint Stewardship Program, kicking off with 335 retail collection sitesacross the state.

Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) is pleased to announce that in Castro Valley, there are now two PaintCare locations where paint is accepted during regular store hours only.  There is no fee for dropping off paint at PaintCare locations, and the limit is 5 gallons per visit per day.  

Kelly Moore               3090 Castro Valley Blvd.                510-690-9249

Dunn-Edwards         20923 Redwood Road                    510-881-0313

What’s Accepted: Interior and exterior architectural paint sold in containers of 5 gallons or less will be accepted (latex, acrylic, water-based, oil-based, enamel, deck coatings, primers, sealers, stains, shellacs, lacquers, varnishes, swimming pool paints, metal coatings, and rust preventatives). 

Who Can Participate: Residents, trade painters, contractors, and businesses (that produce less than 27 gallons of hazardous waste per month) are eligible to participate.  Both new and old paint can be dropped off, even if it is over 20 years old.

California’s PaintCare Program is a result of Assembly Bill 1343 (Huffman), passed in 2010.  Leftover paint is a national problem representing 40-60%, by volume, of all Household Hazardous Waste collected at public facilities.  In California, it is estimated that paint management currently costs local governments $21 million each year.  California is the first state in the nation to have a permanent paint stewardship program.

CVSan passed Resolution 3289 on August 7, 2012 in support of Extended Producer Responsibility.

Bring 'Em Back

When your old fluorescent bulbs go dark, don’t throw them in the trash or recycling bins.  Instead, Bring them back to a participating retailer where they’ll be disposed of properly.  It’s a great way to protect the environment and support local businesses.  For more information on this program please visit www.bringembackac.org/.

In Castro Valley Bring 'Em Back to:

Pete's Ace Hardware

2569 Castro Valley Boulevard

(Please drop off only during normal business hours.  If you have large quantities of bulbs, place them in a box).

Dispose of household hazardous waste safely, conveniently -- and FREE at the Household Hazardous Waste facility

Examples of household hazardous waste

Are expired or unused medicines in your bathroom or kitchen?

Other sharps disposal options

Other battery disposal options

Waste Management online service for compact fluorescent bulb recycling from home

Hazardous waste (Small Business Generator Program) 

Dispose of Household Hazardous Waste Safely, Conveniently -- and Free at the Household Hazardous Waste facility!

Check your house, garage, and yard for common household products (such as cleaners, paints, car products, and pesticides) that may be hazardous to your children, your pets or the environment.

Words such as danger, warning, caution, poisonous, and flammable on the labels can mean a product is toxic. Label the toxic products you find as a reminder to use them up and dispose of them safely. Do not put such materials in garbage cans or storm drains.

Call 800-606-6606 or visit http://stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=293 to find locations and schedules for the county's Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facilities.