Whether you’re doing a periodic garage and closet clean out or preparing your home for sale, you will invariably (and hopefully!) end up with piles of things that need to go. Some of these should be thrown away, but many more can be donated, recycled or sold instead.
If you live in Lafayette and can be patient, we have regularly scheduled easy curbside options for donating clothing and other household items:
- Twice-yearly community-wide Re-use Pickup Days held in conjunction with Big Trash Pick-up Days. (Electronic recycling usually allowed once per year, as announced)
- More frequent curbside pick-ups sponsored by various non-profits. (Look for notices in your mail or left by your front door.)
The focus is on choices easily accessible to Lafayette. Having a 94549 zip code is not a requirement, though. For example, you’ll see we’ve already included the Goodwill drop-off storefront at Rheem Shopping Center in Moraga, as well as Consignment Plus Home Furnishings in Walnut Creek.
How far can the listed resources be from Lafayette? That depends on whether we know better options closer in. For example, we’re currently verifying options for disposing excess building materials many of us have from remodeling and other home projects. Some of these options are several miles from Lafayette, but likely worth the drive.
Please help us grow the list by adding your suggestions as a comment to this post or sending them to socialmedia@danagreenteam.com.
Thanks!
GIVE: Where to DONATE and RECYCLE near Lafayette, CA
Last updated: 11/9/12
Friends Corner Book Shop
DONATE: Books, DVDs, CDs (no VCR Tapes)
- 1st Street and Golden Gate Way, Lafayette, CA. (925) 283-1967
- Operated by volunteers of Friends of Lafayette Library and Learning Center.
- Donation drop off is inside Lafayette Library and Learning Center parking lot
Nifty Thrift
DONATE: Clothes, books, household times, furniture
RECYCLE: Electronics (Free)
- 3467 Golden Gate Way, Lafayette CA.
- Operated by Futures Explored
Wayside Inn Thrift Shop
DONATE: Clothes, books, household items, furniture
- 3521 Golden Gate Way, Lafayette CA. (925) 284-4781
- Operated by volunteers of Diablo Valley Assistance League
Unmanned Donation Bins (Various sponsors)
DONATE: Clothes and shoes
- Lafayette Valero, 3546 Mt. Diablo Blvd
- Quik Stop, 3458 Mt. Diablo Blvd
- Yan’s Restaurant, 3444 Mt. Diablo Blvd
- Celia’s Mexican Restaurant, 3666 Mt. Diablo Blvd
Art and Science of Eyewear
DONATE: Used prescription eyewear and sunglasses
- 3547 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Retailer at La Fiesta Square. (925) 283-2244
- This retailer accepts donations of used eyewear for the Lions Club
- You do not need to be a customer to recycle your eyewear here.
Big O Tire
RECYCLE: Used tires (small fee)
- 3328 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA. (925) 283-2258
Goodwill Drop-Off w/ Counter Service
DONATE: Clothes, shoes, books, household items, furniture
- 566 Center Street at Rheem Shopping Center, Moraga, CA 94556
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