Please contact us to arrange delivery of a new container.

Welcome to the City of San Leandro! A form is required in order to start/stop service.

Service is mandatory in San Leandro, but if you’re moving out, we are happy to close your account. Click here to fill out the necessary form.

Please click here for our Residential Recycling Guide.

Yes. ACI offers on-premise (backyard or sideyard) service for a fee. The fee can be waived for a resident with a documented disability (a form is required). Contact us for details.

Here are some tips to keep those loose ends from escaping.
–Put your papers inside a paper bag or box and seal with a staple or piece of tape before placing in your blue cart.
−Bag all Styrofoam packing peanuts before putting in the garbage.
−Place breakable items in the middle or bottom of the appropriate cart.

Please leave cart/carts out at the curb. If your neighbors’ carts were all emptied or it’s after 6 pm, then it’s likely we accidentally missed your cart. Contact us immediately, and we will send a truck back around as soon as possible.

Yes. Please contact us or log in to your account to request an exchange. We offer 32, 64, and 96-gallon carts. Exchanges are done within a few weeks of request on your regular service day. Before requesting a smaller cart, be sure to give the larger one a try. Review the list of acceptable items in our Residential Recycling Guide and see if you can use the higher capacity. It is important to note that the large cart does not cost more than a smaller one.
For cart sizes, click here.

Every twelve months, we will do one exchange for no charge.

The 64-gallon has almost the same footprint so might not fit either. Consider getting a 32-gallon or creating a larger storage space. Click here for cart sizes.

Click here for garbage cart sizes/dimensions.

Proper sorting makes a difference! Garbage belongs in the grey, recyclables in the blue, and, organics (yard trimmings, food scraps, and food-soiled paper) in the green. Click here for our Residential Recycling Guide.
Click here for a searchable list of what belongs in each container.

You don’t have to give your organic waste away. In fact, many gardeners transform their kitchen scraps and lawn clippings into their own high-quality compost. We invite you to do the same. Click here for information on how to start your own compost program.

You have several options. Assuming the unwanted item is still in reasonable shape, you can do the following:
–List it for free on freecycle.org.
–Sell it on CraigsList.org or a similar site.
–Donate it to a local charity.
If you just need it taken away, schedule an On-Call Clean Up.

Absolutely. Please contact us at your convenience. We want you to understand how our invoicing works; and we want to correct any mistakes as quickly as possible.

Visit our Household Hazardous & E-Waste Program Info web page for info.

Look into scheduling an On-Call Clean Up or ordering a special bin or debris box. Whether you’re cleaning out your garage, re-landscaping your yard, remodeling your kitchen, or deep cleaning, we have just the right size bin to suit your needs. Contact us or check out the service menu for complete information.

Visit www.stopjunkmail.org. To cut back on unsolicited catalogs, visit www.catalogchoice.org.

Post reusable boxes on www.freecycle.org and/or contact a local moving company like U-Haul; they may accept gently-used boxes for donation and reuse by others.

Passing your things back into circulation helps other people AND keeps your landfill from overflowing. You can contact:
www.satruck.org
www.EastBayGoodwill.org
www.freecycle.org
A local consignment store

Good for you. Please do not throw away edible food. Visit the Alameda County Food Bank to pass on your bounty.

Sure! Try these:

• www.StopWaste.org
• City of San Leandro
• www.calrecycle.ca.gov

They can be placed in your blue recycling cart (along with other bottles, cans, jars, paper products, and miscellaneous recyclables) for convenient curbside collection; ACI will make sure they’re recycled. Or, you can take them to a buy-back center where your deposit will be returned to you. For a list of locations and more information contact the California State Department of Conservation, call 1-800-RECYCLE or visit www.bottlesandcans.com.

Review our Resource List for teachers.
Visit the Kid’s Club at the US Environmental Agency
Read eco-themed books to your child and discuss afterward. Click here for a suggested reading list

Yes! Visit www.greenbusinessca.org

Make sure to place fireplace, stove and barbecue ashes in a metal container with a tight-fitting lid. Put the container outside and 10 feet or more away from your home and combustibles. Wet the ashes down. Once cold, ashes must be contained (so they do not blow away during collection) and then placed in your gray Garbage cart. For more information and additional fire safety tips, visit these websites: Cal Fire, www.usfa.fema.gov, and www.nfpa.org.