Single Family Residential – Other Services | Pleasanton Garbage Service, Inc.

Expanded Pick Up Services

Pleasanton Garbage Service (PGS) has expanded the services available to Pleasanton residents. Pleasanton single-family residents will now be able to have household batteries and used motor oil and filters collected each week, and 3 times a year residents can schedule a bulky item pickup at their convenience. See below for more information on preparing and scheduling these services, or download our newsletter to read more.

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Single 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.
EkoLinq acceptable and unacceptable items list.

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 Items Clean Up

Pleasanton Garbage Service offers bulky items clean up to single-family residential customers up to 3 times a year. Contact us for information regarding bulky items cleanup in your service area at info@pleasantongarbageservice.com or 925-846-2042, Monday-Friday.

On-call collection service will be provided within seven business days of request, unless otherwise requested by the customer.

Accepted Materials
Furniture, Carpets, Mattresses, Tires, White Goods, Brown Goods, E-Waste

Material must be at curb by 6 a.m., do not set materials out more than 24 hours in advance. Small items must be bagged, boxed or bundled in disposable containers. Yard clippings must be bundled and tied, boxed or bagged.

Items Not Accepted

Do NOT use garbage, recycling or organic carts
No dirt, rock, concrete or hazardous materials
No paint or liquids
No items over 75 pounds except furniture and appliances
No plate glass
Set-Outs exceeding 5 cubic yards (an additional fee may apply)

State of California Penal Code Section 402b

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.)

Motor Oil & Filter Recycling

Motor Oil and Filter Recycling

Each residential household may call and request up to two (2) used motor oil containers and a heavy duty zip lock bag for the recycling of up to two (2) used motor oil filters. On your regular collection day just place the container(s) at the curb and PGS will replace them with empties for your next use

Household Batteries & Cell Phones Collection

Household Batteries & Old Cell Phone Recycling

Single Family Residential customers may recycle their household batteries and cell phones by placing them in a sealed heavy duty zip type plastic bag. Place the sealed plastic bag ON TOP of your recycling cart on your regular collection day.

Only household batteries are acceptable. If unacceptable batteries are placed in the battery collection bag the entire contents of bag will be left behind.
No Lithium-Ion batteries which are typically found in home electronics such as laptops and tablets are accepted.

Warning!

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.

Additional Resources

PGS has partnered with many local agencies to make it easy for Pleasanton residential customers to properly dispose of waste, with an emphasis on recycling to help keep Pleasanton green!