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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Sewage, swimming pools, restaurants/mobile food preparation vehicles, monitoring wells, groundwater testing, drilling, biohazard/needle disposal:
- Please contact the Environment Health Office at 925-692-2500
- Garbage strewn about, bags of garbage, debris. Depending on incorporated or not incorporated county property, call local garbage company or county public works
Garbage companies:
- BFI (Antioch, Pacheco, Rodeo, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, bay Point, Benicia, Clyde) 925-685-4716.
- Bayview Refuse (Kensington0 925-237-4617
- Brentwood Disposal (Brentwood) 925-634-6900
- Valley Waste Management (Alamo, Danville, Lafayette, Walnut Creek, San Ramon, Moraga, Orinda) 925- 603-1144
- Richmond Sanitary District (El Sobrante, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo) 510-235-2212
- Pacific Rim (Clayton) 925-372-8524
- El Cerrito 510-215-4359
- Concord Disposal (Concord, Pittsburg, Oakley, Discovery Bay) 925-682-9113
- County Public Works 925-313-2000
- Bad smell in air
- Bay Area Regional Air Quality Board Complaints: 800-334-6367
- Rats, Mice, Raccoons, Bats, Skunks, etc.
- Mosquito and Vector Control District 925-685-9301
- Mold problems
- Where can I take my paint cans, fluorescent light bulbs, used motor oil, batteries, antifreeze, pesticides, etc.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Sites:
- East County (Bay Point, Antioch, Pittsburg, Oakley, Discovery Bay, Brentwood) 925-756-1990
- West County (Rodeo, Hercules, Pinole, El Sobrante, San Pablo, Richmond, El Cerrito, Kensington, Crockett, Port Costa) 888-412-9277
- Central County (San Ramon, Blackhawk, Danville, Alamo, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Moraga, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Clayton, Clyde, Martinez) 800-646-1431
- Disposal Of Household Medications
- To safely dispose of unwanted medications, please put them in an unlabeled sealed durable container, place them along with other garbage in a trash bag, then put the bag in your trash cart. This will help to prevent anyone from finding medications in the trash, and prevent loose medications from spilling out of trash containers during collection and possibly becoming accessible to children and pets.
- Chemotherapy drugs should be returned to the clinic that dispensed them.
- Please do not flush medications of any kind down the toilet or any other drain. Medications flushed down drains can pollute our waterways.
- Where can I take my TV, computer, stove, microwave, hot water heater, air conditioner, etc?
- Contra Costa Transfer and Recovery Station: 925-313-8900 (possible fee)
- Community Development Dept. Solid Waste Hotline: 800-750-4096 (possible fee)
- Where can I dispose of creosote and pressure treated wood?
- Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility (Livermore) 925-455-7300
- Stockton 209 466-5192
- Where to take Household Hazardous Waste
There are main locations:
- East County - 2500 Pittsburg/Antioch Highway, Antioch, CA 94509, 925-759-1991
- Central County - Central Sanitary District, 4797 Imhoff Place, Martinez, CA 94553, 800-646-1431
- West County - 101 Pittsburg Avenue, Richmond, CA, 888-412-9277
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