Recycling Hazardous Waste in San Francisco is essential to keep our soil and carbon emissions clean in the Bay. Its is part of the ZERO WASTE mission, but may be hard to figure out the ins-and-outs of how to do it. We made this post to help our San Francisco residents and business owners get all the information they need!
Sparkling Clean recommends the pick-up services of Recology, recycling company in SF.
RECOLOGY has an amazing door-to-door pick up program available to you cost free!

What they pick-up:
- Paint & stains (latex, oil-based, stains, lacquer, urethanes, primer)
- Any Aerosol spray can
- Solvents (paint thinners, miniral spirits, lubricants, alcohol, gasoline, turpentine, acetone)
- Adhesives & resins (glues, caulk, roofing, tar, wax paste, grease, joint compound)
- Cleaners (kitchen/ bathroom cleaners, bleach, ammonia, detergents)
- Garden Pesticides (herbicides, wood preservers)
- Fertilizers
- Car motor oil
- Car Anti Freeze & coolant
- Fluorescent lights tubes & CFL light bulbs
- House Batteries and Auto Batteries
- Propane tanks
- Fire Extinguisher (the size of a 2L soda bottle or smaller)
What they DON’T pick up:
Unknown containers, compressed gas cylinder, anything above 5 gallons, asbestos, water reactives, explosives, biological waste and radioactive waste.
Step 1
Write down a list of all your hazardous-waste , itemizing products number or products and size of container
Step 2
Give them a call or e-mail to :
415-330-1405
And send them over the list and schedule a pick-up time
Step 3
Hand them the materials and let them take care of the rest!
Thank you for helping the planet be a safer place for us all!!!