Recycling

Fremont Recycling Resources

Fremont and the County of Alameda has a great recycling program. Use your garbage bin as the last option.
Recycle your food leftovers along with your yard waste (the Green cart).
The following items are recyclable along with your yard waste :
Fruit, vegetable, breads, cereal, dairy Meat, fish (including bones) ,Leftovers & table scraps
Coffee Grounds, filters & tea bags, Food-Soiled Paper , Paper towels, plates & napkins
Pizza boxes.

Read more about Food Scrap Recycling for Fremont residents

You can recycle most household non-hazardous goods including – computer and electronics, flourescent tube lights by taking it
to the local recycling center. This is FREE to local residents. The recyling center is located at :

Allied Waste Service Center
42600 Boyce Road
Fremont CA 94537

Did you know that you can even recycle Cooking oil and grease.
You can drop these off at the Allied waste drop-off center at
42600 Boyce Road, Fremont CA 94537
(between Stevenson Boulevard and Auto Mall Parkway)

Contact Allied Waste at 657-3500 for details

Hazardous Waste recycling
For hazardous waste, you can contact the Alameda County Waste Management Authority.
The service is FREE to County residents. Proof of Alameda County residency is required (such as a drivers license or utility bill).
So take this along with you. The hazardous waste recycling centers are located in Hayward, Livermore and Oakland. These centers
operate on a schedule so call them before you go. Alameda County Hazardous Waste. contact number is (800)606-6606.
For more information call 1-877-STOPWASTE or visit StopWaste.Org for more information.

What is household hazardous waste ?
Paint, stain, varnish, thinner and adhesives
Auto products such as old fuel, motor oil, oil filters and batteries
Household batteries, fluorescent bulbs, cleaners and sprays
Garden products, including pesticides and fertilizers.

Garden Waste Recycling – What To Do With Your Green Waste Surplus?

Every home gardener or commercial gardener knows how hard it sometimes can be to compost all garden waste materials that have accumulated over a season or even years.

Especially in New Zealand it is hard to keep up with home composting in urban areas like Auckland as plants grow 365 days a year and the garden waste just will take up useful space on your property.

So, what can we do if we have an excess in garden waste without necessarily dumping it into our landfills and cause environmentally harm?

Actually mentioning the latter, a lot of organic waste gets thrown away in precious landfill sites. This can lead to running out of landfill space in the future.

Another worry is the fact that green waste does not compost naturally in landfill sites, for the reason not being piled up in a proper compost heap, instead the green waste materials are often trapped in plastic bags. That leads to a release of e.g. methane gas and other noxious gases which can have a negative effect on our environment in too high concentrations.

To prevent the issue of organic waste getting “wasted” on our landfill sites, it is wiser to recycle garden rubbish professionally on bigger composting sites that have the equipment to deal with huge amounts of green waste.On these special sites garden debris gets processed naturally and it turns into nutrient rich compost. Nothing will be wasted on landfill sites; everything is recycled and can be reused as a great garden product.

If you have a surplus of organic debris in your home garden or you are dealing with garden waste commercially you can always get a local garden waste collection company to pick up your green waste. To see an example of a garden bag and bin company please see http://www.gabco.co.nz .

They will provide you with a green wheelie bin (often of 240 l volume) or a garden bag (in different sizes) or even skip bins (often measured in m3 capacities as a one off garden waste removal) to fill up for collection.

The green waste collection service will then bring the load to an approved composting site in your area, where everything gets processed in an environmentally friendly way.

Another good thing about green waste recycling is that it does not cost the earth, literally.

You can always search on the internet for green waste collection companies in your area by using the following keyword examples: garden bins [your town/city], garden bags [your town/city], green waste collection service, garden waste removal.