Multi Family Residential – Textile Recycling
Free Clothing & Textile Recycling
Pleasanton Garbage Service has partnered with EkoLinq to offer FREE curbside collection of unwanted clothing and household textiles. EkoLinq is a family-owned business founded in Pleasanton that shares our commitment to reducing waste and protecting the environment. Their approach is simple: reuse what can be reused and recycle what can’t.
Residents can take advantage of FREE curbside pickups any week of the year by visiting ekolinq.com to select a pickup date. While Saturday is our standard weekly collection day, we also provide expanded mid-week pickup options during the second full week of January, April, July, and October. These additional quarterly dates are offered specifically for the Pleasanton community to make recycling even more convenient.
How It Works
1. Gather Items
Collect unwanted clothing, shoes, and textiles.
2. Bag & Label
Place items in a standard trash bag (like a 13-gallon bag) and label it for textile collection.
3.Schedule Pick-Up
Visit ekolinq.com to choose a pickup date. EkoLinq now offers Saturday pickups for added convenience.
4. Set Out by 8 AM
Place bags at the curb on your scheduled day. A separate EkoLinq driver will collect your textiles.
Program Details
• To schedule your collection, visit ekolinq.com.
• Scheduling is required. Items set out without a confirmed pick-up will not be collected.
• This service is FREE for Pleasanton residents.
• Items must be bagged and labeled.
Need Another Option?
• Drop off textiles anytime at one of EkoLinq’s convenient drop boxes located throughout Pleasanton.
Why It Matters
The average American generates about 80 pounds of textile waste each year. By recycling your textiles, you help keep these materials out of landfills and give them a second life through reuse or recycling, supporting a more sustainable Pleasanton.
Bulky Item Pick Up
PGS provides Bulky Item Pick Up for Multi-Family properties in Pleasanton. See below for a list of accepted materials. Property managers can schedule a Bulky Pickup by calling (925) 846-2042 or at info@pleasantongarbageservice.com.
ACCEPTABLE items include
- Furniture, Carpets, Mattresses
- Tires (without rims)
- White Goods – Refrigerators, freezers (doors must be removed), water heaters or other similar household appliances
- Brown Goods – Electronic equipment such as stereos, VCR’s, personal digital assistants (PDAs), telephones, and other similar items
- E-Waste – Electronic equipment such as cell phones, computers, monitors, televisions, and other items containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
It is illegal to dispose of hazardous materials in garbage or recycling containers (see below for prohibited items). Improperly disposing of hazardous and toxic waste can result in serious harm to the health of people, pets, wildlife, and our environment. Containers found to have these materials will not be collected until such materials are removed.
Alameda County offers free drop off locations for hazardous and/or universal waste. For more information, please visit the StopWaste.org Household Hazardous Waste for Residents website, or call 1-800-606-6606.
You can also check the City of Pleasanton Household Hazardous Waste Programs for local disposal options.
Any person who discards or abandons or leaves in any place accessible to children any refrigerator, icebox, deep-freeze locker, clothes dryer, washing machine, or other appliance, having a capacity of one and one-half cubic feet or more, which is no longer in use, and which has not had the door removed or the hinges and such portion of the latch mechanism removed to prevent latching or locking of the door, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any owner, lessee, or manager who knowingly permits such a refrigerator, icebox, deep-freeze locker, clothes dryer, washing machine, or other appliance to remain on premises under his control without having the door removed or the hinges and such portion of the latch mechanism removed to prevent latching or locking of the door, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Guilt of a violation of this section shall not, in itself, render one guilty of manslaughter, battery or other crime against a person who may suffer death or injury from entrapment in such a refrigerator, icebox, deep-freeze locker, clothes dryer, washing machine, or other appliance.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vendor or seller of refrigerators, iceboxes, deep-freeze lockers, clothes dryers, washing machines, or other appliances, who keeps or stores them for sale purposes, if the vendor or seller takes reasonable precautions to effectively secure the door of any such refrigerator, icebox, deep-freeze locker, clothes dryer, washing machine, or other appliance so as to prevent entrance by children small enough to fit therein.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1122.)
