🚛 Berkeley Transfer Station
📍 1201 Second Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 · Transfer Station run by City of Berkeley
💵 Published Fees
🕒 Hours
Closed New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
📞 Contact
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✅ What They Take
- ➕Carpet (clean, dry, rolled)
- ➕Toilets, sinks and bathtubs
- ➕Motor oil in containers of 5 gallons or less
🚫 Not Accepted
- 🚫Hazardous waste
- 🚫Explosives and ammunition
- 🚫Asphalt shingles
- 🚫Wet, moldy or damaged mattresses
📋 Before You Go
- ✅You must arrive in a vehicle. No walk-ins.
- ✅Mixed, unseparated loads pay the refuse rate plus a 75% surcharge.
🎟️ Free Drop-Offs and Vouchers
Residents can bring two mattresses free, and the first two electronic items are free.
🔎 Sources Disagree
- 🔎An older, undated price list on a Contra Costa County site shows lower prices ($29.00 minimum, $126.00 per ton). We used the City of Berkeley page, effective August 1, 2022.
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📚 Where This Comes From
- 🏛️CalRecycle state record (SWIS 01-AC-0029)
- 📄City of Berkeley transfer station page
Checked October 23, 2026. Prices change, often once a year. Call before you load up.
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