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DONATIONS:   Mon.-Sat., 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM [closed at 4:30 from Nov. 1 to March 31]. CLOSED 1-2 PM daily for lunch. CLOSED on Sunday and all Holidays. VALCORE accepts all CRV Beverage Containers plus the following materials for donation. Please sort materials as listed below:
Material
Includes
Instructions 

Household Batteries


Batteries are commonly used in cordless   power tools, laptop computers, cellular and  cordless telephones, camera equipment, radios, flashlights, watches, clocks, shavers,
personal stereos, CD players, remote controlled toys.
We do not take car batteries; please take them to Vallejo Garbage Service at 2021 Broadway, Vallejo. (707) 552-3110, 

Cardboard, Chipboard,
 Brown paper bags

Manila envelopes, paper towel/toilet    paper tubes. Chipboard (like cereal    boxes) if grey or brown when torn.NO waxed, plastic, or foil coatings
Flatten boxes, please
Newspaper,
 Magazines, 
Catalogs
Brochures, slick/glossy advertisements. No junk mail or unglossed office paper
Big catalogs must be torn into smaller sections
Office paper
White and colored paper, construction paper, FAX paper, NCR paper, envelopes (windows OK), Post-it notes, file folders with gummed labels removed. NO stickers/adhesive labels, carbons paper ream wrappers, tissue paper,     paper plates, paper napkins, or paper towels.
Please open all envelopes and remove contents

Shredded office paper

White and colored paper. NO newspaper, slick/glossy paper or carbon paper
Keep in secured bags
Glass bottles
and jars
Clean food and beverage bottles and jars   Remove lids and sort by color: clear, brown, and green (paper labels OK). NO window glass, drinking glasses or dishes
Rinse out all bottles and jars

Plastic bottles
Look for the symbols on the bottom of the bottles as shown. Only translucent # 2 HDPE plastic
Remove lids, rinse and crush bottles
Aluminum scrap
Clean foil, pie pans, some cat food cans, lawn furniture, windows screens, non-CRV aluminum drink cans.
Test with a magnet. Magnets will not stick to  aluminum. Disassemble lawn furniture.

Electronics/Computer

Ink cartridges, cell phones & laptops
 
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