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Alameda County residents can dispose of their hazardous waste for free. Online registration is required for event and is limited to households, not businesses.
Berkeleyans can make their home safer by getting rid of paint, fuels, electronics, and other household hazardous waste and dropping it off for free in Albany.
Untended chemicals can pose a danger to people, animals, and your property. Take advantage of this opportunity to safely dispose of hazardous waste close to home.
Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off
Sunday, September 24
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Appointment required
Event address given upon registration
This event, coordinated by StopWaste.org, is open only to households of Alameda County residents. Businesses can take part in other programs. When dropping off your household hazardous waste, stay in your vehicle, and have your driver's license ready.
What's OK to bring
Households may bring the following items to the drop-off event:
Items that won’t be accepted
- Treated wood waste including railroad ties
- Asbestos
- Compressed gas cylinders other than propane
- Large appliances (such as air conditioners, refrigerators, stoves, washers, etc.)
- Construction and demolition waste
- Smoke detectors
- Explosives (such as ammunition, fireworks, marine flares, gunpowder)
- Radioactives
For easy options to reuse, repair, recycle or safely dispose of just about anything, search StopWaste's RE:Source guide.
Questions? Call (800) 606-6606.
If you cannot make the one-day event, find a drop-off location that's convenient to you.
Let's do our part to keep our land and water free of hazardous waste. Make an appointment to drop off your household hazardous waste on Sunday, September 24.
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 A new outdoor warning system in Berkeley will use a wailing siren tone and voice message to prompt the public to seek emergency evacuation or shelter-in-place information, details of which will be on the City’s emergency map and alerting systems.
The siren and voice message would signal that people in some or all parts of Berkeley should take emergency protective action, which would differ depending on the emergency.
A wildfire might prompt a message to evacuate part or all of the hills. A tsunami message would direct people to get onto land, and out of Marina and the shoreline, away from the Bay. A different emergency might tell particular neighborhood to shelter-in-place.
People in unaffected areas should also stay up-to-date with real-time emergency notifications. An evacuation for one neighborhood might require others to stay off roads. All of us play a role in an emergency.
Start now:
- Subscribe yourself and others in your household to AC Alert, a text and email alert system that can be tailored notify you of emergencies in specific locations.
- Practice searching for your home on Berkeley’s Emergency Map, which first responders use to give neighborhood-specific protective actions in real-time.
When you hear Berkeley’s new outdoor warning system, use these tools to gather emergency information to help you take action.
Read more at berkeleyca.gov.
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 Complete a brief survey about how your household would handle an emergency evacuation in the face of a wildfire, tsunami, or other disaster.
These responses will help the City develop an estimate of how long it will take Berkeleyans to get out of the path of an emergency hazard – and then develop tools to help.
The survey will ask about your household size, transportation routines, estimated commute times, and current household evacuation plans.
We want responses even if you still need to create an evacuation plan. We want to create a plan based on all realities. Fill out the survey even if you don’t live near a wildfire zone, where such a plan takes on greater urgency. An evacuation may require people in unaffected areas to take a role.
Have one person per household complete Berkeley’s Community Evacuation Survey by September 30, 2023.
Read more at berkeleyca.gov.
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 Learn how to use the City’s Emergency Map to quickly see how neighborhoods, including your own, may be directed to evacuate, shelter in place, or take other protective action during a major emergency.
When possible, the City would use the map to also identify evacuation routes, road closures, shelters, or other critical information to guide you to your next step.
This dynamic map is used in real-time by Berkeley’s first responders, connecting the public with the most immediate information available.
The map can be viewed with specific detail down to the address level and includes key landmarks, such as schools and parks. You can plug in your address to quickly see the current emergency status for your home.
Know how to find information for a specific location. No need to memorize specific zone numbers as they may change to adapt to a rapidly evolving emergency.
Explore and learn how to use Berkeley’s Emergency Map.
Read more at berkeleyca.gov.
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- September 5, 2:30pm: Policy Committee: Agenda and Rules
See details for upcoming city council committee meetings.
- September 5, 10:00am: Solano Avenue Business Improvement District Advisory Board
- September 6, 5:30pm: Planning Commission
- September 6, 7:00pm: Disaster and Fire Safety Commission
- September 7, 7:00pm: Housing Advisory Commission
- September 7, 7:00pm: Landmarks Preservation Commission
- September 8, 9:00am: Elmwood Business Improvement District Advisory Board
See details for upcoming boards and commission meetings.
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We're here to help
Access City services online or by calling
(510) 981-2489, or 3-1-1 inside City limits.
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